Public Health Staff Nurse 5-19 | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Public Health Community Staff Nurse 5-19 School Nursing North Hertfordshire and Stevenage An exciting opportunity has arisen for dynamic and motivated Band 5 Public Health Staff Nurse's to work within the School Nursing Team based in North Hertfordshire. We are looking for a Band 5 who is able to work autonomously and manage their own caseload, but who can also work as part of a team. We are looking for Public Health Staff Nurse's to join our workforce to deliver high quality care to our service users in an integrated model with Family Support Services. As well as working with individual children and young people, our focus is on developing local public health plans with schools and the wider community.,

• You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
• We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
• Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
• HCT are proud to offer all newly qualified practitioners and international recruited staff a Preceptorship programme that supports their transition to autonomous, confident and competent practitioner. The annual programme will cover topics such as Patient safety, communications skills, safeguarding, quality improvement, leadership, and management. As a Preceptee you will have regular meetings with your preceptor and AHP Preceptorship lead.
• We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages
• We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now
• You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you
Word versions of documents are available if needed to allow for any adaptations to be made i.e. font, colour, background, convert to Read Aloud. As a qualified nurse you will support the Public Health Nurses to implement and deliver the Healthy Child 5-19 programme within the agreed specification from commissioners. You will deliver care, support & advice to children & their families that attend mainstream schools in the Royston, Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin, Knebworth and Stevenage area of Hertfordshire. This includes working in schools to deliver the online health questionnaires to Y6 children and liaising with parents following their completion of the online health questionnaire for reception children . You will be involved in carrying out brief interventions, after triage and allocation by a Public Health Nurse, following agreed care pathways in response to referrals and health needs assessment alerts. You may also be involved in supporting schools with writing education and health care plans for children with complex health needs, coordinating support in partnership with other specialist health professionals. You will be required to proactively manage a caseload, prioritising cases according to risk and level of need, with regular supervision from a Public Health Nurse.

Ideally you would be able to drive, have access to a car for business purposes and be willing to travel across Hertfordshire.,
• be a skilled team player working in a skill mix team under the guidance of a Specialist Practitioner (5-19) as well as being able to work autonomously.
• have excellent communication skills to use with a variety of clients, professionals & staff
• have a full valid driving license and access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
HCT Public Health Nursing Team 5-19 is an innovative service that is using electronic health assessments at key stages to help identify individuals requiring early intervention pathways as well as determining public health needs of local communities. HCT also uses Chat health text messaging service and has implemented two health websites for use by children, young people, families & professionals. The service is committed to mobile working and experience of electronic record keeping would be an advantage although full training will be given., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

This role will be based across North Hertfordshire and Stevenage. The core service is provided between 9am and 5pm (working hours can be flexible within these times). Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defense against COVID-19. In return, we can offer you:
• access to a wide range of training opportunities including development of leadership skills
• restorative, management and safeguarding supervision
• Generous contributory pension
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• Special Leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is voted as one of the 'Top 100 Best Places to Work' (HSJ/ Nursing Times) and is a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation. Our CQC rating is 'Good'.