Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) for the Response Team

We have a Secondment/Fixed term opportunity within the Public Health Nurse response team. The PHN response team is a workforce of specialist community public health nurses within the BNSSG public health nursing service.

The PHN Response team provides information, support and access to interventions for families with children and young people, following an attendance to Bristol Children's Emergency Department /Minor Injuries Unit/Urgent Care Centres and other emergency departments across the BNSSG area. This unique service is designed to work together with system partners to deliver an integrated, evidence-informed service for children and their families as part of the Sirona public health nursing service. The service has a focus on primary prevention, partnership working and early interventions.

Within this role you will help empower parents to make decisions that affect their family's future health and wellbeing. The team also work in partnership with system partners in Urgent care settings to enhance communications between professionals and to provide clarity of the public health nursing role., The PHN response team will be using a report generated through connecting care to inform them of children 0-19 within the BNSSG area that have attended an urgent care setting. They will then apply Filters to the report to identify the children in line with a triage tool who require further assessment and follow up.

The team will contact parents by phone when assessment/follow-up is required to offer information, support, signposting, or referral.

The PHN response team will also be responsible for building partnership relationships with all urgent care settings (Yate Minor Injuries unit, Bristol Urgent Treatment Centre, Clevedon Minor Injuries unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol Children's Hospital and Weston General hospital) by offering fortnightly PHN liaison meetings.

The Team will be attending all the urgent care settings across BNSSG to maintain links and support the staff within the settings awareness around public health.

The team will be available on a rota, to see children within the emergency department at BCH when requested by ED staff and it is agreed that a public health nurse contact is required, to provide information and support within the scope of the PHN role.

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

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