About the Role
and our Ideal Candidate
The role of Student Community Public Health Practitioner is a development post building on existing knowledge, skills and competencies to achieve a higher level of practice resulting in an academic qualification as well as a recordable/registrable qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You will be employed by the London Borough of Sutton but will work as part of the Sutton Health and Care Alliance (SHC).
Your duties and responsibilities will include (not limited to):
1. The assessment and reassessment of care needs, whilst developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care in conjunction with and under the supervision of the Practice Teacher/Mentor
2. To regularly take part under supervision, in managing a corporate caseload, in order to develop the required managerial skills, including the allocation of work, supervision and support of junior staff.
3. Delivering service activities and manage caseloads to ensure intended outcomes for clients and the Council are delivered within agreed service standards.
4. Participate in and develop health promotion activities in line with Borough priorities.
5. Identify and implement improvements in your own work area in order to deliver continuous service improvement and improved outcomes to clients.
6. Liaise with clients to review service requirements and resolve problems.
7. Keep up to date with changes in policy/legislation/contractual requirements in order to ensure service delivery is effective and complies with appropriate regulations.
8. To respond effectively to the local population health needs through working within the team.
9. To work within national and local policies for Safeguarding to identify vulnerable children and children in need of protection under the supervision of the Specialist Practice Teacher, and to contribute to interagency planning for children requiring statutory social services involvement.
Our Ideal Candidate
We would expect the successful students to fulfil the following:
Education/Qualifications
10. Registered Nurse and/or
11. Evidence of application for NMC registration and confirmed NMC registration within 2 months of the start date
12. DipHE (or above) qualification equivalent to credits at level 5 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework for England) or evidence of previous education and learning to this level.
Please note:
Some Universities will accept 60 credits at level 5/6 and offer candidate the option to APEL (accreditation of prior experiential learning)
For the post graduate diploma route a 2:1 Honours Degree is necessary Please refer to the candidate guidance for HEI details
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
13. Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
14. Willingness to support management of change, development and working practice Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance
15. Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas
16. Ability to set personal objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations Ability to work as part of a team and other agencies.
17. Must be a car owner/driver
Please state if applying for School Nurse or Health Visitor.
About Us
SHC is a partnership of key local health and care providers including the Council, Epsom and St Helier’s NHS Trust (ESH), South West London and St Georges MH Trust and the GP Federation. The SHC Alliance was formed so that local health and care providers could work together to deliver high quality health and social care for Sutton residents. The SHC Alliance is already starting to deliver innovative services in Sutton that are providing joined-up care. The first of these is Sutton Health and Care at Home which went live in April 18.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
18. A generous annual leave entitlement of 26-32 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade
19. Enhanced Maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
20. Two volunteering days per year
21. Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme (dependent on the role)
22. Adjustable and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
23. Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
24. Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
25. Interest free season ticket loans
26. Local Government Pension Scheme
27. Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
28. Electric vehicle leasing scheme
29. Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support