Starting Well Nurse

Our 0-19 Starting Well Service is looking to appoint a permanent, Starting Well Nurse across the Chester and Rural District. You would become part of an integrated team delivering the key elements of the Healthy Child Programme to the Cheshire West and Chester 0-19 year old population and their families. As a Starting Well Nurse in this post, your responsibilities and caseload will be focused to the 0-11/11-19 age range.

• Be a qualified Registered General Nurse.
• Demonstrate skills in service improvement, innovation and public health.
• Be flexible and solution focused in your approach to challenges.
• Be willing to work in an integrated way.
• Be compassionate, competent and child focused in all that you do
You should have an excellent knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme and demonstrate a commitment to multi agency/collaborative and integrated team working. Comprehensive training and support will be provided. You will support the service leads with service improvement and the delivery of interventions to support the health, wellbeing and development of children and their families across Cheshire West and Chester. You will benefit from a full induction and preceptorship programme where appropriate. Regular clinical and safeguarding supervision will also be provided as will access to relevant internal and external training/development opportunities.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries. Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall. We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you. CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.