Bank B5 Community Staff Nurse

To provide in conjunction with the Health Visiting team an accessible, person centred, effective needs led public health nursing service to the 0-5 age population and their families. To participate in service development and health improvement activities. To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers, including Children centres and Early years settings to identify and address health needs. To monitor, maintain and develop the service. To deliver the role specific elements of the Universal Healthy Child Programme (DH 2009)
The post holder will be responsible for:
· Management and Leadership
· Clinical
· Quality
· Professionalism
· Teaching and Learning
Working hours Mon - Fri
Must hold previous experience working as a Community Staff Nurse in the 0-19 team, · To organise and prioritise own work without direct supervision, reporting any issues, concerns or personal limitations to the Team Lead.
To be responsible for the care and safe keeping of equipment issued for personal use and to report any defect or loss.
To facilitate and maintain a good working relationship with GP's, Children Centres, Early Years Providers and other health and social care service providers, so as to provide a comprehensive service to children and parents.
To attend and actively participate in team, locality and other relevant meetings., To identify and record all new problems and concerns and report back to the Team Lead or named Health Visitor
To liaise with the Health Visitor when the child's/parent's needs are beyond their own role or scope of practice
To provide care and attention to the needs of vulnerable children which includes risk assessments and taking appropriate action as delegated by the Health Visitor
· Participate in managerial supervision i.e., 1:1s
· To provide skilled, effective and evidence-based public health nursing to children/families and to operate safely and in line with best practice guidance.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
+ stay well
+ manage their own health with the right support
+ avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.
Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence

NHS AfC: Band 5
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.