Band 5 Healthy Child Programme Nurse (0-5)

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization seeks a Band 5 Healthy Child Programme Nurse to support local families and children through integrated health services. The role emphasizes health promotion, effective healthcare delivery, and community engagement. Candidates should be registered nurses with a commitment to reducing health inequalities and enhancing children's health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with appropriate qualifications.
• Experience or training in the Healthy Child Programme is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver health care within the Healthy Child Programme framework.
• Conduct health assessments and follow safeguarding procedures.
• Engage with families to promote health and well-being.

Skills

Communication

Health Promotion

Assessment Skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Band 5 Healthy Child Programme Nurse (0-5)

As a registered nurse, the post holder will work within an integrated neighbourhood team contributing to and supporting the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 services.

Working within Healthy Together, the post holder will contribute to improving access, identifying health needs, improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities by providing a comprehensive neighbourhood based service to meet the needs of local children and their families.

Through a whole family approach, the focus will be on prevention of ill health, promotion of positive health and well-being and working collaboratively with the wider community.

As a member of the Healthy Together neighbourhood team the post holder will be responsible for taking an active role with the 0-5 service in the delivery of integrated health services. Training and the competency framework will support all areas of work.

Main duties of the job

• Delivery of effective health care within the organisation.
• Support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme using evidence based practice to actively promote the health of children, young people and families.
• Develop, deliver and engage in health promotion programmes that aim to prevent ill health, support early identification of health needs and work with individuals, education and communities to reduce health inequalities.
• Carry out universal and targeted 6-8 week, 3-4 month, 1 year and 2 year development reviews.
• Deliver additional support packages of care (infant feeding support, sleep/behaviour support).
• Undertake comprehensive health assessments for identified children and young people.
• Contribute to the triage of A&E attendances and hospital discharges within agreed Trust guidelines, following up priority and potentially vulnerable children, young people and families.
• Identify, assess, report and work with children or young people at risk of harm within the local safeguarding children partnership for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland policies and trust guidelines.
• Under the supervision of the Public Health Nurse, attending case conferences and contributing to strategy discussions and core groups as appropriate.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.