Community Nursery Nurse
This job is now closed
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Community Nursery Nurse to join the Brent Health Visiting Team. We are searching for community nursery nurses who have experience of working within early years settings or the health service and are skilled in communicating with professionals and clients from a wide variety of backgrounds.
As a community Nursery Nurse our skill mix teams work passionately to deliver our progressive service and continue to seek and develop innovative ways of working with Brent families to enable children to have their best start in life.You will be of support for members of the team and deliver services in line with the Healthy Child programme under the supervision of the Health Visitor.
The team are seeking dynamic individuals with a strong public health focus who are fully committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our diverse population. You will be a highly motivated individual who has good communication skills with an interest in proactively managing health promotion initiatives.
The successful candidate will be trained in delivering the Infant to school programme us base on the MESCH way of working for children 2months and 1 year prior to start school.
Main duties of the job
- Support the work of the 0-19 Public Health Team with planned programmes of public health care and health promotion in accordance with The Healthy Child Programme (DH 2009).Undertake activities as delegated by the Health Visitor, in support of the delivery of the 0-19 service.
- Support the delivery of a 'child focused service' which promotes good partnership working with parents, nurseries, children's centres and other agencies.
- To participate in service development and health improvement activities.
- To advise parents/carers on positive parenting skills including understanding and managing child behaviour, introduction to solids and nutrition, play and stimulation, speech and language development, sleep management and toilet training, ensuring that advice is evidence based to facilitate school readiness.
- To act as the link 0-19 professional for identified PVIs in line with local service specification .
- Work in a collaborative manner with Children's Centres, nurseries, parents, members of the Primary Health Care Team and other agencies.
- Identifying where there is a cause for concern and taking appropriate action in accordance with safeguarding guidelines, including informing a senior member of staff of any concerns.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Details
Date posted
14 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£31,081 to £33,665 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
18 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
824-ONW-7018986-A
Job locations
Sudbury Primary Care
Watford Road
London
HA03HG
Employer details
Employer name
Central London Community Health Trust
Address
Sudbury Primary Care
Watford Road
London
HA03HG
Employer's website
https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Supporting documents
Privacy notice
Central London Community Health Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)