Job overview
Our Specialist Community Public Health Nurses - either school nurses or health visitors wishing to transition, lead and line manage School Staff Nurses and Assistant Practitioners, to deliver a range of interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families to:
• support resilience and wellbeing
• improve health behaviours and reducing risk taking
• support healthy lifestyles
• support vulnerable young people and improving health inequalities
• support complex and additional health and wellbeing needs
• promote self-care and improving health literacy
The nature of their work requires clinical input and effective leadership as well as good project management skills.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the School Health Team you will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme in accordance with national and local strategy/guidance.
A key part of your role will be to complete Health needs assessments, to support the identification of any unmet health needs and offer brief interventions and packages of care in line with evidence-based practice.
You will work in partnership with partner agencies in the identification and protection of vulnerable children and contribute to the development of care plans, working in accordance with local and professional guidelines.
This role requires you to undertake regulated activities to both children and adults.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB).
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered health care professional (NMC registration)
2. Health related degree and evidence of relevant post graduate development at Level 6
3. Evidence of Specialist qualifications relevant to area of practice - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse or Health Visitor)
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Experience of working as a Nurse or Midwife.
5. Practical experience in managing health related projects/complex caseloads
6. Supporting others (mentor / educator / supervisor) experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
7. Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance to relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
8. You will have knowledge of up to date clinical practice by using up- to- date skills and adhering to evidence-based procedures and clinical effectiveness frameworks. You will fully understand the role and remit of a SCPHN.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
9. Understanding of training needs in relation to post
10. Ability to manage time effectively, priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines
11. Ability to work effectively with a variety of people at all organisational levels across different sectors including areas of social deprivation
12. Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and groups
13. Strong influencing and negotiating skills
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
14. Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice
15. Ability to manage and lead change
Ability to Manage
Essential criteria
16. Able to support the implementation of local and national agendas for health under the guidance of the senior Practitioner
17. Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures.
18. Ability to manage own time effectively.
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