Associate Public Health Practitioner - School Nursing

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

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Job summary

The North Hertfordshire and Stevenage school nursing team are looking for a dynamic and motivated Nursing associate or a Nursery Nurse to join our friendly and forward thinking team.

This post is suitable for a newly qualified Associate Public Health Practitioner and we would also consider Nursery Nurses who have an interest in, or previous experience of school nursing.

Our service:

Is committed to delivering a high quality service to our children and families as an integrated model with Family Support Services
Works with individual children and young people on developing local public health plans with schools and the wider community
Is an innovative service that embraces the use of technology
Delivers the Healthy Child Programme by using an electronic health needs assessment process to identify individuals requiring early intervention pathways
Uses Chat health text messaging service
Has implemented two health websites for use by children, young people, families & professionals.

We are looking for a candidate to help support and deliver the Healthy Child Programme. We deliver support, and packages of care to children and young people within the school setting and therefore ideally you would be able to drive, have access to a car, and be willing to travel across Hertfordshire.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

Be a confident, independent practitioner in emotional wellbeing working 1:1 with children and young people or in group sessions.
Be a skilled team player in emotional wellbeing
Have excellent communication skills to use with a variety of clients, professionals & staff
Have experience of electronic record keeping (this would be an advantage although full training will be given)
Have a full valid driving license and access to a car to use for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

In return we can offer you:

Access to a wide range of training opportunities.
restorative, management and safeguarding supervision
generous contributory pension
27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service

About us

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS TrustYou'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.

HCT are proud to offer all newly qualified practitioners and international recruited staff a Preceptorship programme that supports their transition to autonomous, confident and competent practitioner. The annual programme will cover topics such as Patient safety, communications skills, safeguarding, quality improvement, leadership, and management. As a Preceptee you will have regular meetings with your preceptor and AHP Preceptorship lead.

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust visionWe welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and agesWe don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply nowYou've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

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Date posted

19 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

812-SM-24-RSNH-B4-01

Job locations

Robertson House

Six Hills Way

Stevenage

SG1 2FQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To undertake universal Healthy Child Programme reviews, Tier One targeted interventions and public health interventions either 1:1 or groups, delegated by the PHN.

Work as part of the Family Centre Service to deliver the 5- 19 Healthy Child and Public Health Nursing Programme.

To support the PHN in identifying level of need and delivery of targeted Tier One interventions eg. Sleep, behaviour, tier 1 continence and soiling, healthy eating, emotional health and wellbeing.

Facilitate health promotion sessions and deliver activities in a variety of settings on local public health priorities as identified through health needs assessment analysis by the PHN.

Work in partnership with other members of staff and teams, voluntary and statutory organisations in response to service user needs.

Signpost and provide information for parents and young people, communicating information in an understandable form to children and young people.

To promote effective team working, sharing knowledge and information, encouraging a supportive environment to promote good working practice and outcomes.

Demonstrate empathy, compassion and ability to reassure.

Work in accordance with Local Safeguarding Childrens Boards procedures and participate in Safeguarding Supervision with appropriate training and guidance, recognise indicators of child abuse, reporting concerns to senior member of the team. Participate in identified work with families, children and young people, attending child protection conferences, core groups, child in need and team around the family meetings as required, under the supervision of a PHN

To participate in audit activities to ensure appropriate, safe and evidence base practice

Act in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Information Governance Policy to ensure confidentiality and protection of client information.

To maintain accurate, up-to-date, contemporaneous records in line with organisational policy and guidance. This includes SystmOne data entry of all activity.

To access and participate in Clinical Supervision, as per Quality performance data organisational policy.

To demonstrate continuous personal development and Compliance with mandatory training, maintenance of competencies required for the role.

To work within National and organisational policies including Health and Safety.

To undertake any other duties which may reasonable be required within the remit of the role.

To conduct oneself in a corporate and professional manner at all times.

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.