Bank - 0-19 Community Nurse

1. Assist the 0-19 Team in their duties where appropriate.
2. Support and assist Nursery Nurses as required.
Clinical Skills
1. Undertake interventions as directed by the Specialist Community Practitioner, e.g. immunisation and vaccination, screening.
2. Assess the health needs of the child and community involving the carer and/or child in the process of meeting those health needs.
3. Monitor the health of the child and to involve the carers in promoting optimum health and development of the child.
4. Liaise with other statutory and voluntary agencies and maintain good working relationships, making referrals and consulting as necessary.
5. Be aware of the deviations from the norm in health and behaviour and to intervene to protect vulnerable children by prompt action by referral.
6. Assist the Specialist Community Practitioner at Child Health Clinics monitoring the growth of babies and children, advising parents on aspects of parenting within his/her knowledge base and referring to the Specialist Community Practitioner where there are problems or more detailed advice is required.
7.Carry out home visits as delegated by the Specialist Community Practitioner., We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
+ A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
+ A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
+ Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
+ Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Supporting our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

We are now looking to recruit qualified nurses who are motivated and enthusiastic about providing high quality care in children's services
You will need to be registered with the NMC and have experience and/or qualifications in working with children and young people. Temporary work is also available for block bookings and ad hoc shifts.
If shortlisted, you will be required to take a literacy & medication assessment, date to be confirmed.

Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video, North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) is the leading provider of community healthcare services in South West Essex.

We operate a Temporary Staffing service and offer our Bank Staff excellent benefits including:
+ Competitive hourly rates and weekly pay;
+ Access to paid annual leave and statutory sick pay;
+ My Trust Benefits discount scheme;
+ Access to the NHS pension scheme;
+ Paid mandatory training;
+ Opportunities for locally agreed training;
+ Flexibility of hours/location;
+ Priority over agency staff for booking shifts;
+ Free uniform, Among the community services we provide we deliver children's services including health visitor, school nurse, children's therapies and specialist children's services.