Public Health 0-19 Practitioner - Health Visitor/School Nurse

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a Band 6 Public Health Practitioner for a part-time role delivering services to children and families. The successful candidate will demonstrate compassion and leadership while supporting health initiatives. This role offers extensive training, flexible working options, and comprehensive benefits, truly valuing professional development.

Benefits

NHS Pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Free car parking

Salary sacrifice car and bikes

Flu vaccination

Citizens Advice support

Qualifications

• Competent within their scope of practice.
• Experience in health services for children and families.
• Ability to assess care/support needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver public health services to children and families.
• Lead and support a team in community health initiatives.
• Implement and evaluate care plans for service users.

Skills

Caring and compassionate

Active listening

Team leadership

Supervisory skills

Education

Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the 0-19 Stoke Integrated Health Visitor and School Nurse Service delivering public health services to children and families across Stoke on Trent. We have a vacancy offering a 22.5hrs a week for a Band 6 Public Health Practitioner (HV/SN) based in the 0-19 Stoke Hub. The Hub is based in Smallthorne Health Centre and provides a single point of access to the Health Visiting and School Nursing Integrated Service utilising new and innovative technology to reach out to the Young People and Families to provide advice and support. We are seeking a person who will be caring and compassionate, who has the ability to actively listen and have a warm and approachable manner. You will lead by example and encourage effective skill mix team working to develop others and ensure the best outcomes for our Children, Young People and Families across Stoke on Trent. As a trust we are committed to supporting professional and personal development of our staff and have excellent training opportunities that align with our integrated 0-19 service. We also provide the Transfer of Fields (TOF) Training which is an opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within the 0-5 and 5-19 elements of the service. The expectation would be that you would commence the relevant Transfer of Fields course within the first 12 months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the
• Work within their scope of practice
• Demonstrate at all times the Values of Midlands Partnership Foundation
• Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner and have detailed professional and clinical They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in public health across the 0-19 agenda.
• Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community and
• Be skilled in the assessment of children and young people's care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support
• Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
• Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to
• Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team
• To deliver commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring key objectives and outcomes are

Benefits

• Supporting your career development and progression. Excellent NHS Pension scheme Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave Options for flexible working Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave. Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients. Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k Free car parking at all trust sites Free flu vaccination every year Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met) And more.
• We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.