Job summary
Nottingham CityCare Partnership is a dynamic organisation
which provides a broad range of services to improve outcomes for children,
young people and their families within a diverse multi-cultural city and we
have an exciting opportunity to join our Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing
Service in the role of Public Health Practitioner.
The Public Health Practitioner will work across Nottingham
City supporting the delivery of public health and health promotion interventions
as part of the Healthy Child Programme for babies, children, young people and
families which includes Group and 1:1 work with families in a variety of
community and virtual settings
You will participate in the development and rollout of training to our
workforce and work alongside the
Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing skill mix teams to support delivery of
high quality public health services to children, young people and their
families. This willinclude an annual
Public Health programme including Groups and Health promotion and awareness
raising across all of our Care Delivery Groups embedding the NHS Calendarof National
campaigns, coordinating our approach with local focus.
Main duties of the job
Support delivery of public health interventions as part of the Healthy Child Programme for babies, children, young people and families.
Support the development of training and deliver/co facilitate training.
Undertake programmes of care to improve public health, including but not limited to promoting healthier diet and nutrition intake and physical exercise goals by supporting parents with nutrition, physical activity and sleep management support, in a variety of settings.
Deliver training around health promotion and programmes of care using virtual and face to face delivery methods.
Work with partner agencies to ensure our Public Health promotion matches the current Public Health agendas.
As part of the Public Health team search for public health needs, emerging issues for children and families in Nottingham City.
Participate in the development and delivery of a range of health promotion initiatives to support in the delivery of public health agenda, health promotion and the reduction of health inequalities by improving health and wellbeing.
About us
We are a
provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the
health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and
care partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a
passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference
everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of
kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do,
guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently
deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add
social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to
make a difference in peoples lives.
CityCare value
the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications
from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or
Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented
within our organisation.
We are proud to be a forces-friendly
organisation and are dedicated to supporting Veterans, Service Leavers, Reservists, and
military spouses/partners. We value the unique skills and contributions you
bring.
CityCare is an
equal opportunities employer. We are positive about employing people with
disabilities. If you require your application in a different format please
contact Human Resources on 0115 8839418. CityCare is committed to the
protection of vulnerable adults and children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
To work across Nottingham City as part of The Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service. Supporting delivery of public health interventions as part of the Healthy Child Programme for babies, children, young people and families.
Participate in the development and delivery of a range of health promotion initiatives to support in the delivery of public health agenda, health promotion and the reduction of health inequalities by improving health and wellbeing.
As part of the Public Health team search for public health needs, emerging issues for children and families in Nottingham City.
Participate in the development of training and deliver/co facilitate training.
Co-produce and quality assure health promotion resources as part of the Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service resource group.
Deliver public health, evidence based, early intervention and prevention packages of care to families in the home, group /clinic settings in Nottingham city.
Contributes to the development of Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service annual public health plan for service delivery including planning and distribution of promotional materials, displays, literature, and resources.
Support the coordination of public health and health improvement campaigns.
Your practice must adhere to clinical guidelines, policies, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) both on a local and national level and you must demonstrate Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC values and behaviours in all you do.
Dimensions
To work under the direction and leadership of a Clinical Service Manager/Lead/Specialist, Community Public Health Nurses and other team members and be integral to the 0-19 Childrens Public Health Nursing Service.
Work alongside the Childrens Public Health 0 -19 Nursing skill mix teams to support delivery of high quality public health services to children, young people and their families in Nottingham City.
Deliver health promotion interventions to children aged 0 -19 years old and their families in a variety of community and virtual settings.
Work autonomously to organise and complete delegated work effectively, seeking advice where necessary.
Undertake other duties as may be required for maintenance of an effective and efficient service.
Work with partner agencies to ensure our Public Health promotion matches the current Public Health agendas.
Day to day supervision; proactive co-ordination of staff to deliver group activities or key contacts across the city.
Core service hours are 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays
Key Responsibilities
Quality and performance
- Undertake public health interventions supporting parents and children, using behaviour change strategies to bring about readiness to change, essential for healthier lifestyle changes, including but not limited to; a healthy diet, nutrition and physical exercise, immunisation uptake, oral health, sleep, behaviour and childhood development.
- Carry out assessments, including growth measurements, to enable goal setting, in partnership with children and families, to be able to meet specific, measurable, realistic and time framed outcomes as part of the Programmes of Care and childhood development as per the Healthy Child Programme (DoH 2009).
- Undertake programmes of care to improve public health, including but not limited to promoting healthier diet and nutrition intake and physical exercise goals by supporting parents with nutrition, physical activity and sleep management support, in a variety of settings.
- Deliver training around health promotion and programmes of care using virtual and face to face delivery methods.
- Create and design public health promotional resources to deliver training and education using desk top publisher and other means of IT software for resource production including participation in website and social media platform materials eg videos and podcasts and display board layouts.
- Be able to plan, organise and facilitate groups to deliver health promotion messages e.g. first foods, balancing milk to meals, oral health, healthy weight, physical activity, and others, using virtual and face to face delivery methods.
- Day to day co-ordination of staff, ensuring cover for groups and health promotion work.
- Promotion of Healthy Start and use of Vitamin D for those pregnant and breastfeeding and for babies and children.
- Provide routine information to children young people and families which require persuasive and motivational interviewing skills, particularly when there are barriers to understanding and recognition of a family that is not ready to change.
- Support the planning and implementation of the annual National Child Measurement Programme.
- Work collaboratively with caseload holders to ensure any safeguarding concerns are discussed and acted on.
- Coordinate focus groups and surveys to support co production and consistently audit and evaluate the required service delivery using skills for analysing health improvement materials.
- Receive information and feedback from clients who may have difficulty conveying their views and ensure provision is made to facilitate their ability to achieve this e.g. when English is not the first language.
- Undertake targeted health promotion initiatives in a variety of settings for displays and health promotion focused events.
- Ability to contribute towards achieving key performance targets, preparing and entering health improvement data that will then inform service improvements and delivery.
- Work in a cost-effective manner.
- Contribute to processes to maintain stock control, ordering and distribution of resources for the Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service.
- Support the use of electronic communication for sharing ideas, content, information and messages. Digital media may include text messages, emails, internet based messaging services and web chats.
- Actively contribute to maintenance and security of all equipment.
- Contribute to the promotion and uptake of enhanced offers/incentive schemes to children and families e.g. imagination library.
- Contribute to activities aimed at increasing service efficiencies and reducing environmental impact i.e. reduced printing and signposting to alternative resources.
- Undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required within the remit of the role.
Professional
- Work in accordance with Nottingham City Local Safeguarding Childrens Board procedures.
- Provide and receive routine information, orally, in writing or electronically in line with Nottingham CityCare policy and abiding by legal requirements.
- Ensure clear, accurate and up to date recording of information on electronic record keeping systems, eg SystmOne, as per local record keeping policy.
- Complete all appropriate records/documents in a clear, accurate and timely way, participating in reporting processes as necessary.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload with supervision of senior colleagues and line management.
- Observe confidentiality at all times.
- To demonstrate empathy, compassion and ability to reassure
- Be sensitive to the needs of children, young people and their carers who may have communication problems. Where English is not the first language or understanding limited identify appropriate resources to optimise understanding for parents and young people.
- Participate in the planning and delivery of induction/training for new staff and students.
- Delegate work to appropriate support staff according to their remit.
- Offer leadership to children and young peoples practitioners and support workers in the undertaking of their roles i.e. shadowing opportunities.
- Maintain accurate diary in accordance with lone working policy and adhere to mobile working guidance.
- At all times ensure that own actions support and promote equality, diversity and the rights of patients, the public and colleagues within the health care environment.
- To conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times during the undertaking of your work.
- To dress in accordance with Nottingham CityCare Partnership policies.
- To uphold Nottingham CityCare Core Values and Behaviours.
Knowledge, training and experience
- To attend mandatory training sessions as defined by Nottingham CityCare Partnership.
- To have an understanding of CityCare policies and procedures related to your clinical role.
- To attend safeguarding supervision in accordance with Nottingham CityCare requirements.
- To actively participate in CityCare appraisal and supervision, supporting achievement of individual, team and organisation objectives.
- To participate in appropriate continuing professional development and learning opportunities to support objectives from the annual appraisal and to ensure your teaching, training and developmental skills are evidence based and current.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
To work across Nottingham City as part of The Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service. Supporting delivery of public health interventions as part of the Healthy Child Programme for babies, children, young people and families.
Participate in the development and delivery of a range of health promotion initiatives to support in the delivery of public health agenda, health promotion and the reduction of health inequalities by improving health and wellbeing.
As part of the Public Health team search for public health needs, emerging issues for children and families in Nottingham City.
Participate in the development of training and deliver/co facilitate training.
Co-produce and quality assure health promotion resources as part of the Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service resource group.
Deliver public health, evidence based, early intervention and prevention packages of care to families in the home, group /clinic settings in Nottingham city.
Contributes to the development of Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service annual public health plan for service delivery including planning and distribution of promotional materials, displays, literature, and resources.
Support the coordination of public health and health improvement campaigns.
Your practice must adhere to clinical guidelines, policies, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) both on a local and national level and you must demonstrate Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC values and behaviours in all you do.
Dimensions
To work under the direction and leadership of a Clinical Service Manager/Lead/Specialist, Community Public Health Nurses and other team members and be integral to the 0-19 Childrens Public Health Nursing Service.
Work alongside the Childrens Public Health 0 -19 Nursing skill mix teams to support delivery of high quality public health services to children, young people and their families in Nottingham City.
Deliver health promotion interventions to children aged 0 -19 years old and their families in a variety of community and virtual settings.
Work autonomously to organise and complete delegated work effectively, seeking advice where necessary.
Undertake other duties as may be required for maintenance of an effective and efficient service.
Work with partner agencies to ensure our Public Health promotion matches the current Public Health agendas.
Day to day supervision; proactive co-ordination of staff to deliver group activities or key contacts across the city.
Core service hours are 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays
Key Responsibilities
Quality and performance
- Undertake public health interventions supporting parents and children, using behaviour change strategies to bring about readiness to change, essential for healthier lifestyle changes, including but not limited to; a healthy diet, nutrition and physical exercise, immunisation uptake, oral health, sleep, behaviour and childhood development.
- Carry out assessments, including growth measurements, to enable goal setting, in partnership with children and families, to be able to meet specific, measurable, realistic and time framed outcomes as part of the Programmes of Care and childhood development as per the Healthy Child Programme (DoH 2009).
- Undertake programmes of care to improve public health, including but not limited to promoting healthier diet and nutrition intake and physical exercise goals by supporting parents with nutrition, physical activity and sleep management support, in a variety of settings.
- Deliver training around health promotion and programmes of care using virtual and face to face delivery methods.
- Create and design public health promotional resources to deliver training and education using desk top publisher and other means of IT software for resource production including participation in website and social media platform materials eg videos and podcasts and display board layouts.
- Be able to plan, organise and facilitate groups to deliver health promotion messages e.g. first foods, balancing milk to meals, oral health, healthy weight, physical activity, and others, using virtual and face to face delivery methods.
- Day to day co-ordination of staff, ensuring cover for groups and health promotion work.
- Promotion of Healthy Start and use of Vitamin D for those pregnant and breastfeeding and for babies and children.
- Provide routine information to children young people and families which require persuasive and motivational interviewing skills, particularly when there are barriers to understanding and recognition of a family that is not ready to change.
- Support the planning and implementation of the annual National Child Measurement Programme.
- Work collaboratively with caseload holders to ensure any safeguarding concerns are discussed and acted on.
- Coordinate focus groups and surveys to support co production and consistently audit and evaluate the required service delivery using skills for analysing health improvement materials.
- Receive information and feedback from clients who may have difficulty conveying their views and ensure provision is made to facilitate their ability to achieve this e.g. when English is not the first language.
- Undertake targeted health promotion initiatives in a variety of settings for displays and health promotion focused events.
- Ability to contribute towards achieving key performance targets, preparing and entering health improvement data that will then inform service improvements and delivery.
- Work in a cost-effective manner.
- Contribute to processes to maintain stock control, ordering and distribution of resources for the Childrens Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service.
- Support the use of electronic communication for sharing ideas, content, information and messages. Digital media may include text messages, emails, internet based messaging services and web chats.
- Actively contribute to maintenance and security of all equipment.
- Contribute to the promotion and uptake of enhanced offers/incentive schemes to children and families e.g. imagination library.
- Contribute to activities aimed at increasing service efficiencies and reducing environmental impact i.e. reduced printing and signposting to alternative resources.
- Undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required within the remit of the role.
Professional
- Work in accordance with Nottingham City Local Safeguarding Childrens Board procedures.
- Provide and receive routine information, orally, in writing or electronically in line with Nottingham CityCare policy and abiding by legal requirements.
- Ensure clear, accurate and up to date recording of information on electronic record keeping systems, eg SystmOne, as per local record keeping policy.
- Complete all appropriate records/documents in a clear, accurate and timely way, participating in reporting processes as necessary.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload with supervision of senior colleagues and line management.
- Observe confidentiality at all times.
- To demonstrate empathy, compassion and ability to reassure
- Be sensitive to the needs of children, young people and their carers who may have communication problems. Where English is not the first language or understanding limited identify appropriate resources to optimise understanding for parents and young people.
- Participate in the planning and delivery of induction/training for new staff and students.
- Delegate work to appropriate support staff according to their remit.
- Offer leadership to children and young peoples practitioners and support workers in the undertaking of their roles i.e. shadowing opportunities.
- Maintain accurate diary in accordance with lone working policy and adhere to mobile working guidance.
- At all times ensure that own actions support and promote equality, diversity and the rights of patients, the public and colleagues within the health care environment.
- To conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times during the undertaking of your work.
- To dress in accordance with Nottingham CityCare Partnership policies.
- To uphold Nottingham CityCare Core Values and Behaviours.
Knowledge, training and experience
- To attend mandatory training sessions as defined by Nottingham CityCare Partnership.
- To have an understanding of CityCare policies and procedures related to your clinical role.
- To attend safeguarding supervision in accordance with Nottingham CityCare requirements.
- To actively participate in CityCare appraisal and supervision, supporting achievement of individual, team and organisation objectives.
- To participate in appropriate continuing professional development and learning opportunities to support objectives from the annual appraisal and to ensure your teaching, training and developmental skills are evidence based and current.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare or public health setting (minimum of 2 years experience)
- Experience of working in a skill mix team.
- Experience of carrying out delegated work independently
Desirable
- Experience of working in a primary care setting
- Experience of delivering group work to clients
- Experience of using motivational interviewing/ behaviour change techniques with clients
- Experience of being a change champion
- Professional use of social media / virtual communication technology
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- An ability to confidently use Microsoft Suite (Ability to efficiently use applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook for various tasks)
- Experience of using electronic record keeping systems and contributing to updating records.
- Evidence of managing confidential and sensitive information.
- Good communication, verbal, electronic and written.
- Evidence of good customer care/ service skills
- An ability to plan, organise and manage own workload and meet tight deadlines.
- Demonstrate ability to use initiative
Desirable
- Awareness of local and national childrens public health agendas
- Previous knowledge of SystmOne and use of health care records
- An understanding of the Healthy Child Programme (DH 2009)
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of child protection and safeguarding procedures.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a minimum of NVQ Level 3, or equivalent, in a Health / Social Care field.
- Or demonstrate significant relevant previous experience of working in health care/health promotion.
- Good basic numeracy and literacy to GCSE level (A-C or 9-4) or equivalent.
Desirable
- Teacher training qualification
- Information technology training
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours (8.30 - 5.00) to meet the needs of the service.
- Ability to be flexible re sites worked from across the whole City.
- Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare or public health setting (minimum of 2 years experience)
- Experience of working in a skill mix team.
- Experience of carrying out delegated work independently
Desirable
- Experience of working in a primary care setting
- Experience of delivering group work to clients
- Experience of using motivational interviewing/ behaviour change techniques with clients
- Experience of being a change champion
- Professional use of social media / virtual communication technology
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- An ability to confidently use Microsoft Suite (Ability to efficiently use applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook for various tasks)
- Experience of using electronic record keeping systems and contributing to updating records.
- Evidence of managing confidential and sensitive information.
- Good communication, verbal, electronic and written.
- Evidence of good customer care/ service skills
- An ability to plan, organise and manage own workload and meet tight deadlines.
- Demonstrate ability to use initiative
Desirable
- Awareness of local and national childrens public health agendas
- Previous knowledge of SystmOne and use of health care records
- An understanding of the Healthy Child Programme (DH 2009)
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of child protection and safeguarding procedures.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a minimum of NVQ Level 3, or equivalent, in a Health / Social Care field.
- Or demonstrate significant relevant previous experience of working in health care/health promotion.
- Good basic numeracy and literacy to GCSE level (A-C or 9-4) or equivalent.
Desirable
- Teacher training qualification
- Information technology training
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours (8.30 - 5.00) to meet the needs of the service.
- Ability to be flexible re sites worked from across the whole City.
- Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations.
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.
