Band 5 Health Inclusion Nurse

NHS Jobs; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Band 5 salary

Hybrid working

Parking at base locations

My Reward Hub discounts

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is recruiting a Health Inclusion Nurse to work within the Families First team across Warwickshire. The role focuses on holistic health assessments, trauma-informed care, and coordinated support for families facing disadvantage and barriers to healthcare.

Expect hybrid working and a strong emphasis on equity and safeguarding. The post involves travel across local authority locality bases, close collaboration with Family Help Practitioners, Social Workers, and education

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult, Child, Learning Disability or Mental Health) with active NMC registration.
• Experience working with children and families.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working.
• Experience of community-based practice.
• Knowledge and experience of safeguarding practice.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload of children, young people and families with identified or emerging health needs.
• Identify physical, emotional and developmental needs using evidence-based assessment tools and deliver targeted interventions.
• Support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and wider public health priorities.
• Undertake home visits and attend joint visits with Family Help practitioners to help families access services.

Skills

Registered Nurse

NMC registration

Job description

Package Description

You will feel valued as aHealth Inclusion Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 5 salary in line with Agenda for Change NHS Pension with full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Flexible and hybrid working arrangements Plentiful local parking at base locations Membership of My Reward Hub discounts, cashback, and voucher offers Access to wages as you earn them to support financial wellbeing Comprehensive wellbeing support (mental, physical, financial and legal) Access to eLearning, career pathways and CPD through our Outstanding Learning Enterprise A supportive, open and innovative culture with opportunities to influence service development This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new and innovative way of supporting children, young people and families. As aHealth Inclusion Nurse, you'll work within an integrated Families First team, helping to improve health outcomes for those facing disadvantage, vulnerability, poor health outcomes or barriers to accessing services. You'll provide holistic health assessments, targeted interventions and practical support to families, taking a trauma-informed and relationship-based approach. Working closely with Family Help Practitioners, Social Workers, education professionals and a range of partner agencies, you'll play a key role in reducing health inequalities and improving access to healthcare services. This is a fixed-term opportunity within a test-and-learn model, giving you the chance to contribute ideas, shape ways of working and help develop a service designed to make a meaningful difference to local families.

You'll manage a defined caseload of children, young people and families with identified or emerging health needs. Using evidence-based assessment tools, you'll identify physical, emotional and developmental needs and deliver targeted interventions that improve health and wellbeing outcomes. You'll also support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and wider public health priorities. Working across community settings, you'll undertake home visits, attend joint visits with Family Help practitioners and support families to access the services they need. This will include signposting and referring to primary care, dentistry, ophthalmology, mental health, community and voluntary sector services, while promoting engagement and reducing barriers to access. As an embedded member of the Family Help Team, you'll contribute to multi-agency meetings, safeguarding activity, care planning and reviews. You'll maintain accurate records, participate in quality improvement initiatives and work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure families receive coordinated, compassionate and effective support.

Benefits

• Band 5 salary in line with Agenda for Change NHS Pension with full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Plentiful local parking at base locations
• Membership of My Reward Hub discounts, cashback, and voucher offers
• Access to wages as you earn them to support financial wellbeing
• Comprehensive wellbeing support (mental, physical, financial and legal)
• Access to eLearning, career pathways and CPD through our Outstanding Learning Enterprise
• A supportive, open and innovative culture with opportunities to influence service development

Main Responsibilities

You'll manage a defined caseload of children, young people and families with identified or emerging health needs. Using evidence-based assessment tools, you'll identify physical, emotional and developmental needs and deliver targeted interventions that improve health and wellbeing outcomes. You'll also support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and wider public health priorities. Working across community settings, you'll undertake home visits, attend joint visits with Family Help practitioners and support families to access the services they need. This will include signposting and referring to primary care, dentistry, ophthalmology, mental health, community and voluntary sector services, while promoting engagement and reducing barriers to access. As an embedded member of the Family Help Team, you'll contribute to multi-agency meetings, safeguarding activity, care planning and reviews. You'll maintain accurate records, participate in quality improvement initiatives and work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure families receive coordinated, compassionate and effective support

Person Specification

• Essential Registered Nurse (Adult, Child, Learning Disability or Mental Health)
• Current NMC registration
• Experience working with children and families
• Experience of multidisciplinary working
• Experience of community-based practice
• Knowledge and experience of safeguarding practice
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
• Desirable Knowledge of child development
• Desirable Experience of safeguarding children
• Desirable Understanding of health inequalities
• Desirable Knowledge of public health principles
• Desirable Family-centred practice experience
• Desirable Partnership working experience
• Desirable Previous knowledge of the Families First approach

Please note that this role will require travel and the ability to work across a range of local authority locality bases and health team locations throughout Warwickshire.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust