The post holder will be a member of a Health Visiting Team and will undertake duties as delegated by the Specialist Community Public health nurse (Health Visitor). The post holder will provide a service which includes health surveillance, health promotion, support and advice and immunisations primarily to families with children under 5 years of age. The post holder will work as part of the wider community nursing and primary health care team, liaising and working with other statutory and voluntary agencies as appropriate

0-5 teams provide a safe, effective and high quality service to clients using research-based evidence to inform practice within agreed professional standards. The post holder will work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families.The Band 5 Community Staff Nurse will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependant on assessed needs. Ensuring the programme is delivered in partnership with other statutory and non-statutory agencies. This role will play a key part in the development and safe delivery of 0-5 services.

Main duties of the job

Community Staff Nurse Health Visiting

Full & Part Time hours considered

We are looking to recruit community B5 staff nurses in health visiting . This role provides an exciting opportunity to experience being part of a health visiting team in the delivery of the health child programme and forms part of a 'recruit to train' strategy to offer successful candidates an opportunity to be considered for Specialist Community Public Health Nurse training in Croydon

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.

These include:o Croydon University Hospital o Purley Hospital o The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath o Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside o A minor injuries unit in New Addington The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our Vision:Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need itOur 5 key 'Here for you' promises to the people of Croydon are:o You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff o You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff o You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians o You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to homeo You feel it's getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services

We are one of 17 Trusts in the country who have been accepted as national pioneers on staff engagement and empowerment, through the adoption of Listening into Action as a new way of working. The approach we are taking to Listening into Action is new and different.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and ResponsibilitiesTo support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.To support and assist Child development Workers as requiredTo participate in the development of skill mix staff within the Health Visiting Service To participate in Health Education programmes and health promotion activities on a multi disciplinary basis as agreed with the team.To lead on the delivery of the new-born bloodspot screening programme for children under the age of 1yr .

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• RN
• Evidence of professional updated

Desirable

• SSSA coaching

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Work on own initiative
• Ability to assess and implement packages of care

Experience

Essential

• post registration experience
• experience of health promotion

Desirable

• previous experience of working with children

Employer details

Employer name

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Address

Lennard Rd

Croydon

CR9 2RS

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199-6332361-SS-Y-A