Community Staff Nurse - Health Visiting

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Thame; Remote; GBP 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to join the Princes Risborough Health Visiting team. You will communicate with families, apply public health principles and support safeguarding in the community.

The post includes an induction and potential Health Visitor training; you will need to drive between localities to reach service users. Flexible and NHS benefits are highlighted for staff development.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with ongoing NMC pin; demonstrate leadership and CPD progression.
• Awareness of public health role in health visiting and safeguarding.
• Willingness to engage in Health Visitor training where offered.

Responsibilities

• Deliver community health visiting services with proactive communication.
• Attend induction and transition support for new team members.
• Travel between local community sites to meet patient needs.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Public health understanding

Proactive approach

Team working

Evidence-based practice

Staff appraisals

Clinical governance

Education

Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN

Leadership at point of care

CPD evidence

Mentoring qualification (NMC) desired

Job description

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

How would you like to work as part of a high performing Health Visiting Service in the beautiful county of Buckinghamshire?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Staff Nurse to join Princes Risborough Health Visiting team.

Main duties of the job

Bespoke training will provide support and ensure competencies within the role. You will be pro-active, have good communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrate an understanding of the public health role within health visiting.
An induction programme will be provided for successful candidate to support their transition into the community health visiting team. Candidates do not need to have experience of working within the health visiting service but do require knowledge and understanding of the current health visiting service and safeguarding practice.
The successful applicant may have the opportunity to apply for Health Visitor training.

To meet the requirements of this post you are required to be able to drive between different community localities.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.

As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.

Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
• Leadership at the Point of Care, or other leadership training
• Evidence of further continued professional development
• Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

Skills, abilities & knowledge

• Works to evidence-based practice
• Awareness of interagency collaboration
• Ability to identify families with complex health needs
• Experience of undertaking staff appraisals
• Participation in Specialist projects
• Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
• Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision

Experience

• Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
• Able to demonstrate clinically effective practice with children and families
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
• Knowledge of current issues which impact on Professional Practice
• Able to evaluate and audit practice to help achieve positive health outcomes
• Work within local and National Frameworks for implementing Clinical Governance
• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting

Special Circumstances

• Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.