Band 5 staff nurse/midwife (health visiting team)

Job summary

Band 5 staff nurse/midwife (health visiting team) - 2 positions Calderdale

1x 37.5 hours

1x 34.5 hours

Band 5 (£31,049 - £37,796)

Permanent

Main duties of the job

We have opportunities for a Staff Nurse/ midwife working within Locala's forward thinking, innovative Public Health Early Years team (health visiting). The roles will offer the opportunity to experience public health nursing practice

You will work as part of a locality based 0-19 skill mix team to provide support to children, young people and their families. We will be offering further opportunity to access the development pathway once in post (courses dependant) and can offer support for you to meet the entry requirements, if required. If you choose a development pathway this would involve a period of work-based practice development in preparation to commence the current post-graduate Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Programme or the post-graduate apprenticeship route (approval pending) in the arena of Health Visiting. Successful applicants will then undertake the SCPHN education pathway/Apprenticeship from September 2024 or 2025 (courses dependant), where they will be supported to achieve their programme outcomes by a Community Practice Teacher/Practice Assessor in their workplace. Following successful completion of the SCPHN course the post-holder will be awarded a band 6 Health Visiting post within Locala.

About us

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

About us

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.