Community Staff Nurse

The Hounslow Health Visiting Service is seeking a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. The successful applicant will work within a skill mix team to support and assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of activities aimed at promoting the health of the local population, as well as offering support to identified families as delegated by a Health Visitor. The post is suitable for those wanting to develop the skills and knowledge to prepare for a Health Visiting career.

Main duties of the job

The Community Staff Nurse will work in a skill mix Health Visiting team supporting the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, including:

1. Health Review contacts
2. New birth reviews
3. Maternal mood assessment and listening visits
4. Transfer in Contacts
5. Individual, group and local public health activities
6. Follow up on DNA's
7. Delegated Home visits
8. Infant feeding support
9. Accident prevention
10. Support Duty Health Visitor role
11. Hold a small caseload of families to deliver delegated packages of care e.g. LAC children, children with SEND needs, premature infants, children with long-term healthcare conditions, listening visits. Report back to named HV and seek regular caseload supervision with the named HV.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st level registration/2nd level (RGN)

Experience

• Evidence of team working
• Previous experience of community-based work
• Experience of audit/evaluation

Knowledge

• Awareness of Health Visiting and School Nursing roles

Skills

• Ability to work on own initiative and recognise role boundaries
• Understands the importance of the Public Health approach to health visiting and school nursing roles
• Understands the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary care
• Knowledge /understanding of Clinical Supervision
• Demonstrates awareness of Clinical Supervision

Other Requirements

• Able to work flexibly
• Self-directed learner
• Demonstrates leadership skills

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.

£34,521 to £41,955.45 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)