Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Job summary

6 month fixed term, full time.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse to join our 0-19 Integrated Public Health Nursing Service in Rotherham.

We would welcome applications from Specialist Community Public Health Nurses with excellent clinical, interpersonal and communication skills.

We are looking for practitioners who will complement the existing strong approach to teamwork whilst also demonstrating the ability to work on your own initiative. You will have a good understanding of children, young people and their families and the ability to deliver the healthy child programme to a diverse population across Rotherham.

Successful candidates will have experience of using motivational interviewing, solution focused therapies, and experience of leading on and completing Family Assessments of Need and working with Vulnerable families.

If you have the drive and passion to work with communities and families to make a difference for children and young people then we would love to hear from you.

The Rotherham Foundation Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and aims to secure better health and better lives for the people of Rotherham and our workforce. We promote equality, diversity and participation within our workforce and a healthy and flexible working environment to support staff to achieve a successful balance between work and personal lives. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Main duties of the job

-To provide a consistent, effective, accessible and appropriate 0-19 Service for children, young people and their families

- To work in partnership with agencies and families

- To signpost to partner agencies where assessed as required

- To lead the delivery of public health, universal, targeted and specialist interventions across the 0-19 years age range for a defined population and will be delivered in line with the National and Local guidelines and public health priorities.

- The team will work proactively using a partnership approach to promote health and contribute to tackling health inequalities within the level of competencies required for the post.

- You will work with children, young people and families within the home environment, school or other identified community setting.

- The successful candidate will need to have a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification as either a School Nurse or Health Visitor

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall

But don't just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence

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Employer details

Employer name

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Rotherham Community Health Centre

Greasbrough Road

Rotherham

South Yorkshire

S60 1RY

Employer's website

https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Rotherham Community Health Centre

Greasbrough Road

Rotherham

South Yorkshire

S60 1RY

Employer's website

https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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