Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visiting

Integrated Care System; Bristol; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service organization in Bristol seeks a Community Public Health Nurse to support child health and well-being through partnership with families and communities. Applicants should possess a nursing or midwifery degree and be NMC registered or awaiting confirmation. This role includes delivering services, promoting health initiatives, and group facilitation. A valid UK driving license is required. The position offers an annual salary ranging from £31,049 to £37,796, along with full NHS benefits.

Benefits

Full NHS benefits

27+ days' annual leave

Participation in NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• NMC registration or awaiting registration confirmation.
• Experience in supporting students in practice.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with agencies to improve child outcomes.
• Empower families to access services.
• Support parents with child development needs.
• Lead community group sessions.

Skills

Understanding of public health nursing theory

High standard of communication skills

Focus on child outcomes

Understanding of safeguarding roles

Decision making skills

Ability to work independently and in a team

Group facilitation skills

Education

BSc (Hons) Degree in nursing or midwifery

Evidence of successful study at postgraduate level

Job description

Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visiting

We are delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity for NMC registered nurses or midwives to work within the Health Visiting Service as part of a skill mix team, supporting the delivery of integrated, evidence-informed services for children and their families, with a focus on prevention, promotion, and early intervention.

Applications are welcome from experienced, newly qualified nurses and midwives and students nearing the end of their training. Posts will be based across Bristol and successful candidates will be required to be flexible to work across a defined locality.

Main duties of the job

• Work collaboratively with other agencies, for example early years settings, to promote health and well-being and improve early identification of need and risks to child outcomes.
• Empower individuals, families, and communities to influence and access services, information and skills and act as an advocate particularly for those families who find services difficult to access.
• Work in partnership with families who need additional support to ensure their child is 'ready to learn' at transition to school.
• Actively participate in supporting students of all levels through the provision of placement support, supervision, assessment, and development opportunities.
• Support the local implementation of the Healthy Child Programme and specific public health programmes such as Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) and UNICEF BFI.
• Support parents to understand the development needs of their children including the importance of the home learning environment and early brain development.
• Deliver specified 'Support Packages' to families, which are short term, time limited interventions.
• Utilise group facilitation skills at the drop in baby hubs and cultivate an environment which supports parental self-efficacy and self-compassion.
• Lead structured, evidence informed groups in a community venue such as children's centre or deliver groups in partnership with a Children's Centre Worker.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Person Specification

Education and training requirements

• Bsc (Hons) Degree in nursing or midwifery with current NMC registration or be awaiting registration confirmation
• Evidence of successful study at post graduate level.
• Evidence of supporting students in practice.

Skills, experience and knowledge required

• Demonstrate an understanding of the theory underpinning public health nursing including the impact of wider determinants of health and parenting capacity on child outcomes both in the short term and long term
• Demonstrate a high standard of communication and interpersonal skills in a range of situations.
• Demonstrate an ability to remain focused on the child and child outcomes when working in partnership with families.
• Evidence of a clear understanding of the safeguarding role of Community Public Health Nurses - Health Visiting, within a universal service and multi-agency context
• Demonstrate an ability to utilise decision making skills and apply a solution focussed approach to problem solving whilst considering wider organisational and business needs.
• Demonstrate a willingness to undertake further training e.g. in group facilitation skills, leading a multi-agency meeting, child development including early brain development, UNICEF.
• Demonstrate an ability to work independently but also to be able to function effectively within a team
• Group facilitation skills - either with parents or students or colleagues.

Other

• This role requires the post holder to be mobile, visiting several locations across a locality so the post holder must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to an appropriate means of transport to undertake the job effectively.

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearPer annum, pro rata