Community Nursery Nurse

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Royal Borough of Greenwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's Enhanced Health Visiting Service seeks a practitioner to work with children under five and their families. The role involves targeted interventions, universal health reviews, group sessions in family hubs, and acting as the link to early years settings with oversight from a senior health visitor.

Candidates should have NVQ Level 3 or equivalent (e.g., NNEB) and a BTEC in Early Years, with community experience and strong communication, confidentiality

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, for example NNEB.
• BTEC in Early Years.
• Community experience, including placements.

Responsibilities

• Provide targeted interventions to families under supervision by health visitors.
• Carry out universal health reviews and group sessions.
• Deliver health promotion activities with family hubs.
• Support early years settings as the named link.
• Plan own delegated workload.

Skills

Effective communication

Confidentiality knowledge

Safeguarding children

Workload management

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

BTEC in Early Years

Job description

This post sits within the Enhanced Health Visiting Service at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, working with children under five and their families. The core of the work is targeted support for individual families, delegated and supervised by health visitors, alongside universal health reviews and group sessions in family hubs. The role also covers child health clinics and acts as a named link for early years settings, with a senior health visitor providing oversight. Candidates need an early years qualification at NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.

What the job involves

• Provide targeted interventions to individual families through referral, as directed and supervised by health visitors, in line with evidence-based pathways
• Carry out universal health reviews, for example the 27-month review
• Deliver one-to-one and group sessions, such as introduction to solids and accident prevention
• Deliver a programme of group sessions in family hubs across each area
• Contribute to health assessments of children under five and their families where the work is predictable
• Develop, implement and evaluate health promotion programmes
• Work with the Enhanced Health Visiting Service and partner organisations to provide quality services for a designated population
• Support parents with behaviour and boundaries, sleep, play, toileting and other planned or unplanned needs
• Act as named link professional for early years settings, with support and oversight from a senior health visitor
• Support health visitors in child health clinics
• Plan own delegated workload as set by the health visitor
• Make an active contribution to the Enhanced Health Visiting Service

What’s required

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, for example NNEB
• BTEC in Early Years

Experience

• Community experience, which may include a student placement in the community

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Knowledge of confidentiality issues
• Working knowledge of safeguarding children
• Ability to manage workload and prioritise appropriately

Other

• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Nice to have

• Experience of working with children and families
• Insight into the Enhanced Health Visiting Service
• Understanding of partnership work with GPs, family hubs and early years settings
• Knowledge of clinical governance and risk

What’s offered

• Support and development for staff, including the Trust's nursing community
• A range of staff benefits, not itemised in the advert