Public Health Nurse Development

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is seeking a Registered Nurse or Midwife to join the Healthy Child Service, delivering care to children and young people aged 0-19 in home and community settings. You will work in a skilled, supportive team with safeguarding, supervision and regular appraisals, promoting evidence‑based practice and collaboration with partner agencies to meet families’ needs.

The role provides a pathway to Health Visitor/School Nursing training, with ongoing professional

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration.
• Evidence of degree level study in the last 2 years (or willingness to work towards).
• Mentor/998 or equivalent teaching qualification.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Experience of Safeguarding adults and/or children.
• Experience of Mentoring.
• Experience of working in a community setting.
• Experience of working with children and their families; clinical skills to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs.
• Knowledge of local and national policies informing the Healthy Child Programme.
• Competent keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT (Word/Outlook/Microsoft Teams/Excel/PowerPoint).
• Commitment to developing excellent services to improve outcomes for children.
• Understanding of health promotion principles and practice.
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise work; work independently.
• Ability to communicate effectively with children, parents and partner agencies.
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team; experience delivering healthcare interventions via digital platforms.
• Experience with SystmOne.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Time management

Prioritisation

Mentoring

Safeguarding

Health promotion

Multidisciplinary working

Digital platforms

Education

NMC registration

Degree-level study (last 2 years)

Mentor/998 teaching qualification

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Office (Word/Outlook/Teams/Excel/PowerPoint)

Job description

Are you a registered nurse or midwife? Have you an interest in working with children and young people aged 0-19? If you are passionate about children, young people, families and working as part of a team that makes a difference to health outcomes, then this opportunity is for you. As a service, the Child is central to what we do as we strive to improve health outcomes for the children, young people and their families who live in our community. We deliver early intervention, health promotion and build therapeutic relationships to empower families, children and young people to make the best choices. The Public Health Nurse role is an opportunity to work within the Healthy Child Service and then as opportunity arises onto applying for the Health Visitor/School Nursing training. The Healthy Child Service prides itself on our supportive, skill mixed team. You will receive regular 1-1s, safeguarding, caseload and management supervision, shared team learning and annual appraisals. You will partake in regular whole team meetings where we value the voices of staff as paramount in the innovation of our service. You will be working within the skill mix delivering the Healthy Child Service in a variety of settings, including home and community venues. You will be working closely with partner agencies and voluntary services to ensure that the right support is given at the right time to children, young people and families. You will be identifying need and delivering support in conjunction with the wider skill mix. You will be working with children on the Universal to specialist pathways which includes safeguarding and be supporting the most vulnerable families. You will be delivering evidenced based practice in line with the NMC code, with an expectation to maintain knowledge and skills as a part of your ongoing professional development.

• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of degree level study in the last 2 years (or willingness to work towards), Mentor/998 or equivalent teaching qualification, Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting
• Experience of Safeguarding adults and/or children, Experience of Mentoring
• Experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of working with children and their famillies, The clinical skills to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs
• Current knowledge of local and national policies informing the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
• Competent keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Excel and PowerPoint
• Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children
• Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to act upon the principles and practice of health promotion
• Able to plan and organise their work using time management and prioritisation skills and work independently
• Ability to communicate effectively with children, parents and partner agencies
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team, Experience with delivering healthcare interventions via digital platforms
• Ability to use SystmOne Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.