Health Inequalities Nurse - Children & Young People

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose / Role and Clinical and Managerial Responsibilities

• An integral member of the PCN team
• An integral member of the local CYP Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT)
• Represent and champion the health needs of local CYP
• Contribute to the development of the role and new ways of working
• Keep abreast of local and national data and policy pertaining to CYP and disseminate and action as appropriate
• Work with CYP, carers, families and people who work with CYP to survey and understand barriers to accessing healthcare and needs, use this knowledge to shape services
• Create links, lines of communications and working relationships with local relevant teams and services including but not exhaustive: child health immunisation team, health visitors ,school nurses, schools, public health teams, youth services, GP practices, asylum seeker and refugee support teams, Libraries, Citizen advice, local family Hubs and foodbanks.
• Create and maintain ways and methods for GP practices to communicate with CYP which may be new and innovative and based on the CYP voice
• Record and monitor the activities and impact of the role and share this information with the PCN board on a quarterly basis
• Ensure effective planning and division of time to carry out various areas of work

Key areas of Work

PCN GP practices

Lead a local network for GP practice CYP champions to support practices to ensure services are CYP friendly and meet need, to include but not exhaustive: appointment systems, information on practice websites and appropriate information such as consent and confidentiality, access to appointments and use of IT resources.

On request audit GP practices care provision for CYP and provide advice for improvements

Care Leavers support

Work with care leavers support teams within social services to support information on access to general practice services being provided to young care leavers

Ensure GP practices provide any required reasonable adjustments for individual care leavers requiring additional support

Support individuals to access GP services as required

Transition between child and adult services

Provide information and links for young people and their carers with a Learning Disability on GP services and add to learning disability registers as required

Provide information and education on GP and other health services to young people close to turning 18 years of age.

Education

Work with local schools, colleges and youth services to provide health information and education sessions in schools to promote general health advice and how to access general practice services. Tailor the education sessions to suit the needs and ensure education on confidentiality and consent.

Provide healthcare careers advice to local colleges for young people entering the workforce at careers fairs

Vaccinations

Ensure ongoing and current practical skills, training and knowledge to deliver the UK childhood and adult vaccination programme including basic life support and anaphylaxis

Scrutinise local vaccination data to identify children with outstanding vaccinations who may benefit from reasonable adjustments and outreach provision

Build rapport with families and agree a flexible supportive approach to providing vaccinations which may include home visits and clinics in evenings or weekends

Support practices to provide vaccinations for children arriving from overseas with different and/or missing vaccinations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people

Desirable

• Experience of working in a Primary Care environment
• Experience of working autonomously

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Two Harbours Healthcare Ltd

Address

Lynch Lane Offices

Lynch Lane

Weymouth

Dorset

DT4 9DN

Employer's website

https://www.weymouthandportlandpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)