Community Nursery Nurse

The Community Nursery Nurse will work both independently and as part of the health visiting team to promote positive outcomes for children and young people. The main duties include supporting parents/carers by offering advice and support /care interventions on a wide range of health issues; including, toileting, bedwetting, behaviour management and parenting advice, including facilitating parenting groups., Undertake delegated work from the health visitor to improve health outcomes for children; young people and families in the community setting, in a variety of ways including; 1:1 work, group work, home visiting, nursery and school setting and telephone advice.
Undertakes delegated pieces of work with families who request support with their child's weight.
Submit accurate and timely activity and outcome data to ensure that key performance indicator targets set by the Trust/and or the local authority are monitored and outcomes achieved.
Undertake developmental assessments and support health needs using ages and stages questionnaires (ASQ) and schedule of growth skills (SOGS) as appropriate ; undertake tasks delegated by the health visitor including: accepting and responding to re-assigned alerts, deliver brief interventions and feedback progress to the health visitor.
To have a knowledge and understanding of current child protection guidelines, recognising if children are in need of protection and report concerns to health visitor in line with Coventry Safeguarding Children's Board policy and procedures.
Support the team to deliver health public health initiatives which are consistent with nation/local messages.
Support the health visiting team at Open Baby Clinics.
Respond appropriately to general enquires from parents/carers and school/nursery staff referring back to the health visitor.
To act as a resource to nurseries, parents/carers and provide information on health initiatives; e.g. healthy eating.
Follow and adhere to the standards and guidelines set for Health Visiting to ensure a consistent approach is followed.
Support the uptake of the childhood immunisation programme when opportunities arise with contacts with children, young people and families.
Ensure that confidentiality is upheld at all times, as per trust guidelines.
Attend the Trust statutory and mandatory training programme specific to the role ensuring that training completed follows the essential skills policy including regular appraisal.
Participate in/access group or team clinical supervision.
Participate in and contribute to team/locality meetings to keep up to date with trust information.
In accordance with trust guidelines for record keeping, maintain and keep contemporaneous records in whatever form they present, e.g. text, phone calls.
Measurable Result Areas
Participate in clinical audits and clinical bench marking to improve service care and delivery.
Communications and Working Relationships
Support the local induction/training programmes for new staff, and other appropriate workers.
Support the clinical lead in the delivery of the service, ensuring and maintaining high standards of evidence based practice within the locality.
Promote positive team working by attending weekly base meetings. Discussing delegated work ensuring that work set and identified is feedback and completed.
Promote the health visiting team positively to other agencies and professionals.
Knowledge skills and experience required
Maintain a professional attitude at all times, in the best interests of the profession and in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
Work to agreed Trust Policies and procedures which support the Clinical Governance agenda.
Review and reflect on own practice through accessing clinical and restorative supervision.
Prioritise and attend team meetings to ensure communication within and outside the team.
Use information technology securely and conform with the organisation's information governance policies., Sometimes we get a lot of applications for our roles. On those occasions we might close the job early. If you don't want to miss out we recommend submitting your application as early as possible.
The Trust use an Applicant Management System called TRAC which helps us manage the recruitment process. All communications regarding your application will come via TRAC (even if you applied via NHS Jobs).
Please check your TRAC account regularly and ensure your email is set up to accept messages so they don't go into your junk/spam folder.
We aim to shortlist all vacancies within 2 days of the vacancy closing, we will get back to all candidates ASAP.
Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Equality and Diversity and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the grounds of any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
All South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust sites are smoke free. We feel it's a great way to help our patients, visitors and staff stay healthy.
The Trust is part of a 'Foundation Group' through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.

An exciting opportunity for a Community Nursery Nurse post has arisen to support the Foleshill Health Visiting Team (Team 3). Working with some challenging and vulnerable families in the city requires respect and sensitivity at all times using suitable communication skills to support parents in caring for their children. You will develop a therapeutic relationship with clients to promote a trusting relationship, respecting the diverse needs of our community. You will support clinics and be promoting positive health messages. You will be carrying out Developmental Reviews and referring children into additional services depending on need. Behaviour management is an essential skill in delivering positive parenting with an understanding of culture, beliefs and mental health and well being. If you feel you have the qualifications and skills to fulfil this post please get in contact.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
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Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.