Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly ambitious, innovative, energetic, friendly, and high achieving 0-19 Public Health Nursing Servicewe are seeking to recruit a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor or School Nurse) who is passionate about wanting to lead and support the provision of a high-quality Children in Care service.
To ensure continued provision of the Public Health Nursing Service within Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council we are seeking to recruit a dedicated, motivated, and innovative Specialist Community Public Health Nurse to work in our Children in Care Team.
You will need to be a registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) with sound knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and related policies and pathways. You will need to be able to identify risk, assess, plan, and deliver care, providing evidenced based interventions to support children, young people, and care leavers within Barnsley.Be a highly motivated, innovative, and adaptable practitioner who is committed totaking a child centred approach with the ability to identify health needs as early as possibility and improve health and wellbeingby promoting health, preventing ill health, and reducing inequalities.You will need to be able to plan andprioritiseyour own workload.
Main duties of the job
The Children in Care SCPHN will work as an integral part of a multi-agency service to provide a seamless pathway for Children in Care & Care Leavers. You willundertake statutory health assessments, develop & undertake age-appropriate health promotion advice, attendance at statutory reviews, and the delivery of the healthy child programme with children & young people in care to improve their life chances & health outcomes.Youwill work with children in care, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children/young people, children with complex health needs, care leavers & their parents/carers.Following national & local guidelines, plan, organise, deliver, and evaluate comprehensive health assessments to assess & formulate the complex needs of a looked after child or young person using evidence-based knowledge to develop health plans towards improving the long-term health outcomes for looked after children & willact as a resource providing health advice to children, carers, & professionals.
We are seeking an experienced nurse who can contribute to ongoing service improvement initiatives demonstrating a commitment that the voice & lived experience of the child & young person is at the heart of all decision making & clinical care planning. Experience of safeguarding & multi-agency working is also key to the role. The team also take responsibility for children placed out of borough. This includes undertaking the health assessment and/or liaison with other agencies and services.
About us
We know that our greatest asset is our employees, which is why for successful candidates we will recognise your NHS continuous service for the purposes of annual leave and sickness absence, and you can continue to access the NHS Pension Scheme if you are an existing scheme member.
Barnsley is a place of possibilities. Our Barnsley 2030 Strategy details how we will work together to make Barnsley the best place it can be. This is an exciting time to join us, and the team has strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, making our work more effective in meeting the needs of our population and tackling health inequalities.
We live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do.Our 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service is rated Outstanding by CQC. You can be sure we will do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. We offer a full induction programme, and excellent training packages to enable you to have the right skills to do your job, including regular supervision to help you recognise your continued professional development needs and support you to achieve your potential.The ability to travel to a range of venues and settings is essential.
We offer working conditions that are flexible and agile that support good life work balance. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide evidence based public health nursing practice that promotes and improves health and addresses
inequalities at individual, family and community level. Lead the delivery of the healthy child programme to
improve health and wellbeing and safeguard children, young people and families. Develop and implement
structured interventions for children and families with complex needs including assessments, appropriate
management of risks and providing professional and clinical supervision to other team members.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide evidence based public health nursing practice that promotes and improves health and addresses
inequalities at individual, family and community level. Lead the delivery of the healthy child programme to
improve health and wellbeing and safeguard children, young people and families. Develop and implement
structured interventions for children and families with complex needs including assessments, appropriate
management of risks and providing professional and clinical supervision to other team members.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of integrated working/ multi-agency working
- Working in a community setting
- Experience of public health related work/ leading public health initiatives
- Experience of safeguarding vulnerable children and families
- Experience of working with complex vulnerable children and families
- Evidence of compliance with professional regulations Standards of Proficiency
- Experience of initiating and leading the early help processes for children and families
Desirable
- Experience of managing staff
General and Special Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and related policies and pathways
- Knowledge and understanding of public health and preventative strategy
- Knowledge and understanding of Local and National Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
- Sound knowledge of professional accountability and professional regulations requirements for continued registration
- Demonstrate in depth knowledge and understanding of the impact of long term health and social issues and safeguarding
- Demonstrate knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for practice
- Experience and understanding of clinical and safeguarding supervision
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Recorded Nurse Prescriber
- Mentor Qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing to a range of audiences including children, young people, parents and carers and professional colleagues.
- Ability to plan and prioritise workload within a changing and flexible work environment
- Skills in health needs assessment, planning and evaluating interventions
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills in the use of information technology
- Ability to work autonomously and independently
- Ability to use reflective practice techniques to evaluate, present and critically analyse own practice
- Ability to line manage and supervise other team members, organising and delegating as appropriate
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders as well as ability to constructively challenge when required
- Demonstrate a flexible, innovative approach to work, as well as willingness to develop
- specialist areas of work and critically analyse own personal development.
- Demonstrate leadership skills and interpersonal skills with an ability to work effectively in partnership with team, other professionals and agencies
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate a full commitment to develop information technology skills as appropriate to undertake public health nursing duties
- Ability to undertake travel in connection with the post duties
- Willing to undertake training and continuous professional development in connection with the post
- Willing to work flexibly in accordance with the policies and procedures to meet the operational needs of the service and the council.
- Work in accordance with our values and behaviours, as part of an inclusive and high performing council
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of integrated working/ multi-agency working
- Working in a community setting
- Experience of public health related work/ leading public health initiatives
- Experience of safeguarding vulnerable children and families
- Experience of working with complex vulnerable children and families
- Evidence of compliance with professional regulations Standards of Proficiency
- Experience of initiating and leading the early help processes for children and families
Desirable
- Experience of managing staff
General and Special Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and related policies and pathways
- Knowledge and understanding of public health and preventative strategy
- Knowledge and understanding of Local and National Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
- Sound knowledge of professional accountability and professional regulations requirements for continued registration
- Demonstrate in depth knowledge and understanding of the impact of long term health and social issues and safeguarding
- Demonstrate knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for practice
- Experience and understanding of clinical and safeguarding supervision
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Recorded Nurse Prescriber
- Mentor Qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing to a range of audiences including children, young people, parents and carers and professional colleagues.
- Ability to plan and prioritise workload within a changing and flexible work environment
- Skills in health needs assessment, planning and evaluating interventions
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills in the use of information technology
- Ability to work autonomously and independently
- Ability to use reflective practice techniques to evaluate, present and critically analyse own practice
- Ability to line manage and supervise other team members, organising and delegating as appropriate
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders as well as ability to constructively challenge when required
- Demonstrate a flexible, innovative approach to work, as well as willingness to develop
- specialist areas of work and critically analyse own personal development.
- Demonstrate leadership skills and interpersonal skills with an ability to work effectively in partnership with team, other professionals and agencies
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate a full commitment to develop information technology skills as appropriate to undertake public health nursing duties
- Ability to undertake travel in connection with the post duties
- Willing to undertake training and continuous professional development in connection with the post
- Willing to work flexibly in accordance with the policies and procedures to meet the operational needs of the service and the council.
- Work in accordance with our values and behaviours, as part of an inclusive and high performing council
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
