Job summary
North Tyneside Council are recruiting staff nurses/staff midwives to work within the 0-19 Childrens Public Health Service. Successful applicants will be given the opportunity to apply in the future, to the SCPHN Programme or Apprenticeship Programme with a view to become a qualified Health Visitor or School Nurse.
Would you like to be part of an innovative skill mix team of health visitors, school nurses, public health staff nurses and nursery nurses? This is your chance to work with an outstanding group of safeguarding and health professionals. The service has close working relationships with the early help service, multiagency safeguarding hub (MASH), education, housing, primary care, midwifery services and sport and leisure, which ensures good outcomes for families and provides positive working relationships for staff. The Signs of Safety model is embedded throughout the service and robust safeguarding supervision is provided to staff by Safeguarding Nurse Advisors.
North Tyneside Childrens Social Care has been graded Outstanding by Ofsted in 2025. Staff are provided with support and supervision from the Nurse Manager throughout their probationary period and beyond and have access to an identified preceptor.
Main duties of the job
The staff nurse/staff midwife is a member of the 0- 19 Childrens Public Health Service within a locality team. The post holder will promote and protect the health and well-being of children, young people and their families from the ante-natal period through to age 19 and address inequalities. Fundamental to the aim of the service is universal access to the healthy child programme and early identification of additional and/or complex needs.
Essential Criteria
- Registered Nurse / Adult / Child / Mental Health or Registered Midwife
- Current NMC registration.
- Relevant and recent nursing experience
- Knowledge of current issues relating to public health priorities and addressing inequalities in outcomes.
- Understanding of adult/child safeguarding procedures
- Understanding the national drivers with regards to providing a 0-19 service
About us
Applying
To apply for this role please click the link below and you will be taken to the North Tyneside Careers Portal.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of the job is to improve the health and
wellbeing of children, young people and families, and addressing inequalities
through the delivery of the healthy child programme and working as part of a
skill mixed team.
The staff nurse/staff midwife is
a member of the 0- 19 Childrens Public Health Service within an integrated
locality team.
Working to the NMC code and
within the policies and procedures for the legal and statutory requirements
relating to clinical practice.
The post holder will take a role
in providing support for an effective transition to parenthood and adulthood,
improving the health and well-being of children, young people and their
families.
The aim of the service is to
promote and protect the health and well-being of children, young people and
their families from the ante-natal period through to age 19 and address
inequalities.
Fundamental to the aim of the
service is universal access to the healthy child programme and early
identification of additional and/or complex needs.
To provide a continuously improving service in
line with the 0 - 19 Clinical Governance Framework and Public Health Service
Plan.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of the job is to improve the health and
wellbeing of children, young people and families, and addressing inequalities
through the delivery of the healthy child programme and working as part of a
skill mixed team.
The staff nurse/staff midwife is
a member of the 0- 19 Childrens Public Health Service within an integrated
locality team.
Working to the NMC code and
within the policies and procedures for the legal and statutory requirements
relating to clinical practice.
The post holder will take a role
in providing support for an effective transition to parenthood and adulthood,
improving the health and well-being of children, young people and their
families.
The aim of the service is to
promote and protect the health and well-being of children, young people and
their families from the ante-natal period through to age 19 and address
inequalities.
Fundamental to the aim of the
service is universal access to the healthy child programme and early
identification of additional and/or complex needs.
To provide a continuously improving service in
line with the 0 - 19 Clinical Governance Framework and Public Health Service
Plan.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Adult/Child/Mental Health or Registered
- Midwife
- Current NMC registration.
- Relevant and recent nursing experience
Desirable
- Evidence of on-going professional development.
- Practice, Supervisor and Assessor training.
Experience
Essential
- Child protection / Safeguarding Children / experience of national and local policies.
- Health promotion
- Multi Agency working
- IT and keyboard skills for the use of report writing information retrieval and access of evidence-based practice.
- Use of expert data systems for client care, audit, service planning and health profiling, e.g. SystmOne.
- Use of equipment to support developmental assessment and screening and the provision of clinical care.
- Educational equipment to support health promotion and learners.
- Accepts referrals from other disciplines and refer clients to Tier 3 services
Desirable
- Caseload management
- Community development work.
Knowledge
Essential
- Adhere to Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct and to national and local policies.
- Knowledge of current issues relating to public health priorities and addressing inequalities in outcomes.
- Understanding of adult/child safeguarding procedures
- Understanding the national drivers with regards to providing a 0-19 service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Adult/Child/Mental Health or Registered
- Midwife
- Current NMC registration.
- Relevant and recent nursing experience
Desirable
- Evidence of on-going professional development.
- Practice, Supervisor and Assessor training.
Experience
Essential
- Child protection / Safeguarding Children / experience of national and local policies.
- Health promotion
- Multi Agency working
- IT and keyboard skills for the use of report writing information retrieval and access of evidence-based practice.
- Use of expert data systems for client care, audit, service planning and health profiling, e.g. SystmOne.
- Use of equipment to support developmental assessment and screening and the provision of clinical care.
- Educational equipment to support health promotion and learners.
- Accepts referrals from other disciplines and refer clients to Tier 3 services
Desirable
- Caseload management
- Community development work.
Knowledge
Essential
- Adhere to Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct and to national and local policies.
- Knowledge of current issues relating to public health priorities and addressing inequalities in outcomes.
- Understanding of adult/child safeguarding procedures
- Understanding the national drivers with regards to providing a 0-19 service
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.
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).
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.
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).
