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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
220-WHT-2155-A
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
various sites
Town
London
Salary
£32,720 - £39,769 per annum inclusive of OUTER HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/07/2024 23:59

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Barnet Community Staff Nurse (Pathway to SCPHN HV)

Band 5

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

Barnet Community Staff Nurse (Pathway to SCPHN HV)

The Barnet 0-19 Service has recently joined Whittington Health, which delivers community services across five London boroughs. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation and an expanding team. Come and join us on our journey as we develop our staff and enhance our offer to families.  

Barnet is a large, richly diverse and dynamic borough and as a member of the 0-19 Service, you will be part of a team that is integrated, friendly and supportive. We deliver a local needs-led service ensuring that children and their families are at the heart of what we do. There are opportunities to work differently with many partners on different sites. We have some great networks supporting inclusivity and well-being, all in a great borough which is easy to navigate, central and reached via lots of different routes. 

We will provide a robust and innovative training package, looking to develop and expand on your skillset. Our learning and development department offers stimulating opportunities for continued professional development.  We offer flexible working opportunities and technological support. Staff wellbeing is a high priority for Whittington Health and as part of the organisation you can access a range of support and resources.

Main duties of the job

Job Overview

Are you looking for a real development opportunity within public health nursing?
Then you are what we are looking for.

We are looking for staff nurses who want an exciting challenge and are seeking to develop new skills. This is a development role over 2 years with CPD module linked to the University of Hertfordshire that offers progression to the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse training (Health Visiting). We want you to be passionate about Public Health, early intervention and prevention and to want to be part of an integrated service which strives for excellence, loves creativity and supports working together.

We will offer a comprehensive and robust induction programme, with a six-month probation

Working for our organisation

Working for your organisation should read: Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties of the job

To support health visitors in delivering the Healthy Child Programme and Whittington Health Trust (Barnet) Health Visiting service specification.

To work across the 0-19 service, based within the Health Visiting teams, to improve health and life outcomes for children and families within a defined community through delivering packages of care/support following assessment by the Health Visitor/Team Leader.

To participate in the development of intervention pathways, services and health improvement activities.

To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers, including Children Centres and Early Years to identify and address health needs.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse
  • Educated to Degree Level or Equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Perinatal Mental Health Training
  • Infant Feeding Training
  • Child Development Training
  • Immunisation training

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Basic Awareness of IT and IT Skills
  • Time Management Skills
  • Excellent Communication Skills , both Verbal and Written
  • Ability to Innovate and Motivate
  • Ability to manage work as a team member
  • Ability to support mentorship/preceptorship
  • Ability to travel across the Borough as required

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding children
  • Commitment to working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrate some post registration experience working with children
  • Demonstrate some post registration experience working in the community
  • Knowledge of services provided by other agencies
  • Demonstrate an interest in public health issues
  • Understanding and ability to carry out audits

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ruth Achu
Job title
Public health nursing manager
Email address
[email protected]

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