Public Health Nurse / Development role 0-19 - NEW HIRE BONUS £1500

Are you a registered nurse or midwife? Have you an interest in working with children and young people aged 0-19? If you are passionate about children, young people, families and working as part of a team that makes a difference to health outcomes, then this opportunity is for you. As a service, the Child is central to what we do as we strive to improve health outcomes for the children, young people and their families who live in our community. We deliver early intervention, health promotion and build therapeutic relationships to empower families, children and young people to make the best choices. The Public Health Nurse role is an opportunity to work within the Healthy Child Service and then as opportunity arises onto applying for the Health Visitor/School Nursing training. The Healthy Child Service prides itself on our supportive, skill mixed team. You will receive regular 1-1s, safeguarding, caseload and management supervision, shared team learning and annual appraisals. You will partake in regular whole team meetings where we value the voices of staff as paramount in the innovation of our service.

• If successful, you will be offered a position in one of our six localities in Norfolk, based on current vacancy.
You will be working within the skill mix delivering the Healthy Child Service in a variety of settings, including home and community venues. You will be working closely with partner agencies and voluntary services to ensure that the right support is given at the right time to children, young people and families. You will be identifying need and delivering support in conjunction with the wider skill mix. You will be working with children on the Universal to specialist pathways which includes safeguarding and be supporting the most vulnerable families. You will be delivering evidenced based practice in line with the NMC code, with an expectation to maintain knowledge and skills as a part of your ongoing professional development. In return, we offer: 1. The opportunity to apply for the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse course (Health Visiting or school nurse) as the opportunity arises, and the following migration programme to become dual qualified. 2. the opportunity to develop your skills with access to in-service training programmes and ongoing personal development. 3. the opportunity to be part of a service provided by a Trust rated outstanding by the CQC 4. competitive annual leave package of 27 days leave pro rata. Both salary and leave increase with years of service as per Agenda for Change scheme. Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives. There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey. If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development. As part of the Healthy Child Service 0-19 team, the Public Health Nurse will be supported to work within a defined area, assessing need, delegating work within the team, implementing planned programmes of care and evaluating care delivered. The post holder will develop the skills to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible Public Health Service for children, their families and communities. Their role is to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic, and accessible Public Health Service to children aged 0-19, their families and communities, establishing links with children, families, schools, communities and agencies (Education, School Services, Health and Voluntary organisations).Working on early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment and inclusion, to reduce health inequalities and ensure children are supported to reach their full potential. Main Duties and Responsibilities 1. To work as part of a multidisciplinary 0-19 team to identify the health needs of children and young people, their families and the community and contribute to developing a strategy to address individual identified needs as well as those needs within the community. 2. To be committed to maintaining an evidence-based work ethic through continual learning and professional development. Post holder will be encouraged to develop professionally including consideration of the SCPHN course.. 3. To develop further their core skills of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to provide early intervention and care to families, children and young people in line with our commissioned service. 4. To support families through a range of methods including home visits, digital or in person drop-in clinics, virtual and phone contacts to assess the needs of children and their families. 5. To work as part of the locality team to support children, young people and families who are vulnerable or at risk. Post holders should ensure that they are compliant with safeguarding mandatory training and that they are aware of local safeguarding policies and procedures and how to access these. 6. To support other localities as required, including Just One Number, to ensure that all relevant clinical skills are developed, and to maintain effective working relationships and continuity of services. 7. To work with, promote and support families to access the Norfolk Family Hub offer 8. To develop skills to promote the use of digital resources on Just One Norfolk during all contacts with service users to enhance self-care skills for children, young people, and their families. 9. To take responsibility for their own clinical practice including supervision and to adhere to the NMC code. 10. To contribute to the development of local policies and procedures relevant to their area of work and contribute to relevant service design projects. 11. To develop the skills to utilise virtual platforms in assessments, interventions, training, and networking to support effective practice and partnership working. 12. Within this role you will need to travel as an independent practitioner on a daily basis, across Norfolk which involves both rural and urban travel. The nature of our work does result in travel arrangements changing at short notice. Due to the large geography our service covers and the limitations of sufficient public transport to undertake this role you must hold a full and current driving licence and have access to your own transport. This is subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, and therefore if the post holder requires a reasonable adjustment due to a disability then this will be considered. 13. Post holders will be willing to undertake training to be an assessor and supervisor to enable them to support pre registration students on placement within the service. Post holder will ensure that they maintain compliance with this requirement. 1. Collaboratively facilitate in delivering our Pathway to Parenting (P2P) programme to expectant parents in the community.

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• This post attracts a New Hire Bonus of £1,500 (pro- rata for part time staff), please see attached terms and conditions.