Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

0-25 Junior Public Health Nurse - Durham North

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Job summary

HDFT are seeking to recruit a motivated and passionate registered nurse to be part of the innovative 0- 25 Service within Co Durham . We are the largest provider of children's public health nursing services in the North East of England providing services that stretch from North Yorkshire up to Gateshead and Sunderland. We are dedicated to working towards improved public health outcomes for children and families in the footprint, delivering high quality universal and targeted health visiting and school health services to meet the key improvement priorities for the population.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve working within both school and community settings , including family homes both as part of a team and as a lone worker. The role sits within our 6 -25 Family Health team.

Key aspects of the role include: Planning and delivery of Health promotion sessions and information campaigns via social media. Health Needs Assessment and multi-agency working to support children and families with complex health and emotional health needs, Safeguarding and Looked After Health Assessments, Drop In sessions in both schools and communities, and ensuring visibility and accessibility to children, young people and families both in school and the local community.

About us

"I joined the 6-25 Family Health Team as a staff nurse in May 2023. The move from an acute clinical hospital setting into a public health community setting has been transformative both personally and professionally.What I love about this job is buildingtherapeutic relationships with children and their families to understand and assess their physical, emotional and social needs holistically which is not always possible within a busy, demanding clinical environment. A challenging but most important part of this job ispromotingthe safeguarding and wellbeing of children. Consequently, I am able to receive vital safeguarding supervision from an experienced safeguarding team, peer supervision 3 monthly and vast safeguarding training. Also, there are other invaluable training opportunities available in this job and your continuing professional development, knowledge, skills and competence is seen as a priority. Ialso receive regular 1:1s and appraisals with line managers to ensure appropriate support is in place to promote both my professional development and personal wellbeing. It goes within saying I now have a much better work life balance working within the community."

Details

Date posted

20 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

421-CCS-1417C

Job locations

Stanley CYPS

Front Street

Stanley

DH9 0TE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Excellent communication skills and a passion for public health are essential, alongside good organisational skills, flexibility to meet the needs of the service and ability to travel independently to meet service delivery as required.

For more information please see the job description attached. For more information please contact Karen Guest-Humphries on kguest-humphries@nhs.net

Job description

Job responsibilities

Excellent communication skills and a passion for public health are essential, alongside good organisational skills, flexibility to meet the needs of the service and ability to travel independently to meet service delivery as required.

For more information please see the job description attached. For more information please contact Karen Guest-Humphries on kguest-humphries@nhs.net

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registration (Child, RGN, RSCN learning disabilities)

Desirable

  • Post-registration qualification
  • Counselling qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Post-registration experience
  • Experience of change management

Desirable

  • Experience of working in community setting

Other

Essential

  • Able to travel to different locations in order to meet service needs
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registration (Child, RGN, RSCN learning disabilities)

Desirable

  • Post-registration qualification
  • Counselling qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Post-registration experience
  • Experience of change management

Desirable

  • Experience of working in community setting

Other

Essential

  • Able to travel to different locations in order to meet service needs

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stanley CYPS

Front Street

Stanley

DH9 0TE


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stanley CYPS

Front Street

Stanley

DH9 0TE


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Locality Manager

Karen Guest-Humphries

kguest-humphries@nhs.net

07584154653

Details

Date posted

20 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

421-CCS-1417C

Job locations

Stanley CYPS

Front Street

Stanley

DH9 0TE


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