Community Staff Nurse (Health Visiting)

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; Rhyl; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A Welsh health organization is seeking an enthusiastic Community Staff Nurse for its Denbighshire Flying Start team. This role involves supporting the Health Visiting Team, managing care for children, and engaging with families. Candidates should be Registered Nurses with a passion for health care and preferably a background with children. The position offers development opportunities with the potential for SCPHN training in the future. Welsh speakers are encouraged to apply, as the job promotes linguistic diversity.

Benefits

Induction and preceptorship programme

Regular managerial and safeguarding supervision

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid registration.
• Experience in working with children and families.
• Evidence of ongoing education and development.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for families.
• Support Health Visitors by carrying out delegated tasks.
• Co-ordinate and manage own workload effectively.

Skills

Ability to communicate effectively

Experience of safeguarding issues

Ability to work effectively in a team

Ability to speak Welsh

Ability to teach others and share knowledge

Education

Registered Nurse

RSCN or Child Branch

Job description

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 15 MONTHS DUE TO FUNDING.

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

Please note for Welsh students, you must apply via Streamlining where all available jobs can be located.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Community Staff Nurse to work in our Denbighshire Flying Start team.

The post holder will support the Health Visiting Team to provide a service based on the Healthy Child Wales Programme as indicated by Welsh Government. They will support the Health Visitors by carrying out delegated tasks and by providing support to parents/carers in helping their child to acquire the skills required for starting school, whilst contributing to the delivery and organisation of the public health programme.

Main duties of the job

Based within the community setting the Community Staff Nurse will be responsible for assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of care offered to families under the supervision of the delegating Health Visitor. They will be responsible for co-ordinating and managing their own work load and delivering evidenced based practice to families, delivering the Healthy Child Wales Contacts.

We offer an induction and preceptorship programme and the post holder will receive regular managerial supervision, and safeguarding supervision from our Clinical Nurse Specialist Safeguarding.

This post may be seen as a developmental post, with the applicant possibly applying for the SCPHN training in the future.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• RSCN or Child Branch

Skills

• experience of safeguarding issues.
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to speak Welsh
• Ability to teach others and share knowledge
• Ability to work effectively in a team.

Experience

• Evidence of ongoing education and development
• Experience of working with children and families.
• implementation of new ideas and practices.
• supervision of staff
• supervision and assessment of students

Knowledge

• Good knowledge of family dynamics and the issues of working with families
• Has a range of skills and expertise relevant to the care of children
• Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload
• Understanding of service structures and inter‑agency working
• Knowledge of evidence based practice

Other relevant requirements

• Ability to travel within geographical area

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.