Public Health Nurse (Cheshire East)

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Public Health Nurse (Band 5) to join the North team based in Macclesfield. You will work with the 0-19+ team, delivering the Healthy Child Programme through home visits, clinics and group work in family hubs.

The role involves managing a caseload, supervising students, and providing leadership to junior staff within the Cheshire East North 0-19+ service, with opportunities for development within public health and 0-19

Qualifications

• RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM and active registration.
• Evidence of recent professional development in public health.
• Level 6 modules in public health related topics.
• Solihull Approach training completed.
• Motivational Interviewing training completed.
• Immunisation training completed.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the 0-19+ public health nurse offer.
• Manage your own caseload allocated by Health Visitor.
• Complete developmental clinics and group work with family hubs.
• Provide supervision to CHPA and supervise student nurses or trainees.
• Home contacts with SEND children and support families; liaise with CIN/CPP and cared-for children.
• Facilitate clinics across the North Locality Cheshire East.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Time management

Facilitation skills

Education

RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM

Evidence of recent professional development

Public Health related modules (level 6)

Solihull Approach trained

Motivational Interviewing trained

Immunisation training

Job description

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Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Compassion
Supportive and caring, listeningto others.

Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Job overview

Part time, Public Health Nurse, Band 5, North team based at the Macclesfield Base. - Working in the 0-19+ Team

We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our Cheshire East North 0-19+ team as a part time Public Health Nurse, supporting the Health Visitor North team covering Macclesfield, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Poynton and Disley. Initially the position is based in Macclesfield.

The work involves working with families ,children and young people and delivering the Healthy Child Programme core offer. The role supports the Health Visiting service working with the team to carryout the Healthy Child Programme, via home visits, clinics and group work in the family Hubs. The role gives a great insight to our service and has supported employees to develop into other roles associated with public health and 0-19 services. We have great feedback from students and staff who enjoy working within a friendly and supportive team.

Main duties of the job

Supporting the 0-19+ service to deliver the 0-19+Public Health Nurse offer.

Managing your own caseload allocated by Health Visitor

Completing developmental clinics as per the Healthy Child Programme and drop in clinics. Facilitation of group work working closely with the family hubs in Macclesfield. Escalation of concerns to Health visitor. Providing supervision to CHPA and being assessor/supervisor for student nurses or trainee staff.

Completion of home contacts, working with SEND children and supporting families, working with CIN/CPP AND Cared for children with oversight from the Health Visitor.

Delegation and work planning/organisation

Facilitating clinics across the North Locality Cheshire East

Working for our organisation

The Cheshire East 0-19+ service is a friendly supportive team offering staff the opportunity to work flexibly if needed.

We work with the trust values of compassion openness and Trust ensuring that we demonstrate these values to children and families in Cheshire East North Team and to each other.

We have weekly safety huddles to support staff at the beginning of each day and monthly team meetings. Each member of staff has Clinical and Management supervision every 12 weeks or more often if required.

Supervision is available to all staff both planned and reactive.

We work closely with our specialist Safeguarding nurses to ensure staff feel supported and have access to appropriate training and induction

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will work as part of the 0-19+ service, delivering public health offer across North Team [Macclesfield] working initially with the 0-5 age group.

The role also includes providing leadership to junior colleagues and new starters, organising/ work planning and delegation and chairing and attending meetings.

Person specification

Qualifications and Professional Training

• RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM
• Evidence of recent professional development
• Modules at level 6 – Public Health Related
• Solihull Approach trained
• Motivational Interviewing trained
• Immunisation training

Experience and Knowledge

• Knowledge of public Health Priorities
• Knowledge of child development
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues and working with vulnerable families
• Understanding of role within the public Health Team
• Previous experience of working in a community environment
• Two years post registration with 12 months community experience
• Experience of data collection for reports

Skills and Attributes

• Good verbal and non-verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Effective interpersonal Skills
• Ability to use email internet and word processing software
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to facilitate groups and discussions
• Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the service

Personal Qualities

• Access to a car for work purpose
• Commitment
• Vision
• Confident and approachable

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We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.WCHC is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of disability, age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme . We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.

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.