Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

B4 Community Nursery Nurse - School Nursing

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Job summary

Full time/Term time contract

Are you a Community Nursery Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to work within in Barnet, supporting families and their children aged between 0-11 years through the delivery of services in schools, children centres, homes, clinics and green spaces.

Barnet School Nurses are a key partner delivering the 5-19 services in the local area, offering support and advice to families. We have a vacancy for 3 Community Nursery Nurses with an NVQ Level 3 in Child Care/CACHE Level 3 Diploma or equivalent.

You will be working as a member of the school nursing team and alongside both health and early years staff in schools. Your role is to support the school nurse liaison with school nurseries contacts with a particular focus on the 3-6 year old cohort, delivering agreed interventions and supporting engagement in the wealth of activities on offer including minor illness, oral health and much more.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme across schools in Barnet. Will be developing relationships with school nurseries to enhance the school readiness programme.

You would be expected to demonstrate good communication skills withcolleagues and partners as well as families and children. Good computer skills are essential for the role, and you will be expected to work with the local electronic patient record system.

There are lots of opportunities to participate in activities and training such as school readiness programme, asthma programme as well as facilitating groups such as toilet training, continence assessments and parents coffee mornings. All of this work is managed within a framework which explains the training and supervision on offer starting with the induction programme and a six month probation which applies to all staff at Whittington.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Date posted

18 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£31,081 to £33,665 a year pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Term time hours

Reference number

220-WHT-2573

Job locations

Various sites in Barnet

2 Dollis Park

London

N3 1HF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Please Note: This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024. Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found athttps://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202425.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Education and Expereince

Essential

CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care or equivalent and Education & 4 GCSEs, including English and maths ( A -C). See person specification

Knowledge, Skills and Ability

Essential

Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs.
Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance.
Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.
Ability to set personal objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
Ability to delegate work appropriately and safely.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children.
Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity
Knowledge of infection control standards.

Expereince of working with fam

Essential

Working in a nursery/community setting with children and families.

Person Specification

Education and Expereince

Essential

CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care or equivalent and Education & 4 GCSEs, including English and maths ( A -C). See person specification

Knowledge, Skills and Ability

Essential

Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs.
Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance.
Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.
Ability to set personal objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
Ability to delegate work appropriately and safely.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children.
Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity
Knowledge of infection control standards.

Expereince of working with fam

Essential

Working in a nursery/community setting with children and families.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Various sites in Barnet

2 Dollis Park

London

N3 1HF

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Various sites in Barnet

2 Dollis Park

London

N3 1HF

Employer's website

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