Band 5 Healthy Child Programme Nurse - School Nurse

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Healthy Child Programme Nurse - School Nurse at a leading NHS Trust. Join a dynamic team focusing on promoting child health and delivering the Healthy Child Programme through home and school-based work. Both full-time and part-time roles available, with varied working patterns considered.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Equal opportunities in employment

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and self-motivated Registered Nurse.
• Experience working with children, young people, and families.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of effective health care within the organisation.
• Support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
• Develop and engage in health promotion programmes.

Skills

Experience working with children

Evidence-based practice

Health promotion

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Band 5 Healthy Child Programme Nurse - School Nurse

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Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the 5 to 19 Leicester City school nursing team. Our teams work within Public Health Nursing to deliver the Healthy Child Programme. We are agile workers, which includes face to face clinical work in schools as well as office and home working. We are pleased to offer full and part time job opportunities. Our core working hours are 8.30am-4.30 Monday-Friday.

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the 5 to 19 Leicester City school nursing team. Our teams work within Public Health Nursing to deliver the Healthy Child Programme. We are agile workers, which includes face to face clinical work in schools as well as office and home working. We are pleased to offer full and part time job opportunities. Our core working hours are 8.30am-4.30 Monday-Friday.

Public Health Nursing seeks to promote and protect the health of children and young people. We do this by promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing the likelihood of ill health through delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. Public Health Nursing is central to giving children the best start in life and to reach their full potential. We offer early intervention as physical and mental health issues emerge, referring to specialist services as required.

We would love to meet you if you are an enthusiastic and self-motivated Registered Nurse who has experience of working with children, young people and families. Our teams are busy, high achieving and dynamic consisting of committed and skilled people who want to deliver the best possible care for children and their families. School nursing offers a range of services to meet the varying needs of the local population, which includes our well-developed digital offer. This includes the award-winning Chat Health text messaging service.

For further information please contact: Beth Logan Public Health Nurse, School Nurse on 07826923424 or [e-mail]

Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)

• 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.
• 1-2-1 work for school-age child, working at Universal Plus and Partnership Plus levels
• Act as whole-family safeguarding caseload holder including strategy calls, Children in Need, children with Child Protection plans, universal contacts for children on the safeguarding caseload
• Deliver the Healthy Together continence offer
• Support early intervention and referral for emotional health issues
• Co-ordinate and support the completion of health questionnaires in schools
• Undertake comprehensive health assessments for identified children and young people
  
  

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire 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.

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