Job summary
Are you looking for a real development opportunity? Are you wanting to have a real understanding of public health nursing?
Then you are what we are looking for.
As part of Bright Start Islington 0-19 Children & Young People's service, you will be part of a team that is integrated, friendly, supportive and dynamic. We deliver a local needs-led service ensuring that children and their families are at the heart of what we are looking for staff nurses who are wanting an exciting challenge and seeking to develop new skills. This is a development role over 2 years with CPD module linked to Herts University that offers progression to the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse training (Health Visiting/School Nursing). We want you to be passionate about Public Health, early intervention and prevention and to want to be part of an integrated service which strives for excellence, loves creativity and supports working can offer lots of opportunity to work differently with many partners on different sites. We have some great networks supporting inclusivity and well-being, flexible working, all in a great Borough which is easy to navigate, central and reached via lots of different routes.
Main duties of the job
To support health visitors and school nursing in delivering the Healthy Child Programme and Whittington Health Trust (Islington) Health Visiting/School Nursing service work across the 0-19 service mainly based in the Bright Start Health Visiting skill mix team to improve health and life outcomes for children and families within a defined community through delivering packages of care/support following assessment by the Health Visitor/School participate in the development of intervention pathways, services and health improvement support the community BCG work in collaboration with other health care and service providers, including Children Centre's and Early Years to identify and address health needs as part of the wider Islington Bright Start Early Childhood offer.
About us
Bright Start Community Staff nurses will work as part of a health visiting/School Nursing team to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme from parent's homes, Children's Centres, Schools and Health Centres. We work closely with our key partners in Early Years and in the wider Health arena to provide an integrated service to all families in Islington understanding that together we achieve much provide:o a robust induction programme and a comprehensive preceptorship framework programme to support newly qualified regular management and clinical regular perinatal consultations, multiagency meetings, safeguarding supervision, Clinical Professional Development forums and Integrated meetings with our A robust internal and external training package which includes promotional guide training, the UNICEF infant feeding training, PNMH training (iHV), SLT training, leadership and other HEE funded A well being package recognising that we need to support you to keep you well so you can support those you work with.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see JD and PS attached for more details regarding the job description and main responsibilities
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
1. Registered Nurse
2. Educated to Degree Level or Equivalent
Desirable
3. Perinatal Mental Health Training
4. Infant Feeding Training
5. Child Development Training
Skills and Abilities
Essential
6. Basic Awareness of IT and IT Skills
7. Time Management Skills
8. Excellent Communication Skills, both Verbal and Written
9. Ability to Innovate and Motivate
10. Ability to manage work as a team member
11. Ability to support mentorship/preceptorship
12. Ability to travel across the Borough as required
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
13. Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding children
14. Commitment to working as part of a multidiscipli9nary team
Desirable
15. Demonstrate some post registration experience working with children
16. Demonstrate some post registration experience working in the community
17. Knowledge of services provided by other agencies
18. Demonstrate an interest in public health issues
19. Understanding and ability to carry out audits