Community Staff Nurse in Health Visiting

You'll work alongside our Health Visitors implementing the Healthy Child Programme and enjoy a varied role, finding every day is different! Your work will include:

• Providing vital support to families in a variety of community settings, including well baby clinics, developmental review clinics, child health clinics and home visits
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team across the richly diverse area
• Advising on health and wellbeing, including for children with complex needs
• Working with other services to offer integrated care for vulnerable families
You'll be part of a supportive team with ongoing training and professional development. There's the opportunity to get involved in areas you're passionate about. For example, our community staff nurses champion breastfeeding clinics, support in neonatal units and run our text-based 'Chat Health' service. There's also the potential to be supported to study the SCPHN course and become a qualified Health Visitor. Our service operates Mon to Fri from 9 - 5. We welcome full and part time applications. Applications are processed as they are received. We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early!,
• Support families within a variety of community settings considering the diverse needs of the community.
• Work with the HV team to achieve the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) especially focussing on the antenatal and the 6-8-week postnatal contacts
• Provide support to families using the Solihull approach model in behaviour management, parenting skills and delivering programmes of care to vulnerable families as identified by the health visitor.
• Support breastfeeding and parent infant relationships applying the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards.
• Be fully aware and understand of local safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Liaise with other agencies and services to provide integrated and cohesive support for children
  
  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
  
  Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites