Public Health Staff Nurse - School Nursing & Health Visiting 0-19

NHS; Kirklees; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Kirklees seeks a Public Health Staff Nurse for School Nursing & Health Visiting roles. You will be responsible for delivering health assessments, initiatives, and interventions for children aged 0-19. The ideal candidate will have experience in either School Nursing or Health Visiting and a passion for working with families. Offered benefits include flexible working and development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working

Generous pension

Development opportunities

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience working within the School Nursing or Health Visiting discipline.
• Ability to deliver a range of assessments and brief interventions.
• Passion for working with children aged 0-19.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and deliver health assessments and provide health information.
• Work independently and as part of a multi-agency team.
• Engage with school-aged children and families creatively and flexibly.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Experience in School Nursing

Health Visiting experience

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Public Health Staff Nurse - School Nursing & Health Visiting 0-19

Staff Nurse Public Health - 0-19 School Nurse & Health Visiting

4 roles available - two in each area

Band 5 £31,049 - 37,796

PermanentMonday - Friday 37.5 hours

Main duties of the job

We are offering an exciting opportunity and are looking to recruit innovative and motivated Staff Nurses, who can demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to join our teams across the Kirklees locality.

You will need experience within the School Nursing or Health Visiting discipline and be able to work as part of a team.

Staff Nurse (Health Visiting)

You will have a passion for working with pre school aged children (0-5 yrs) and their families. You will be required to facilitate and deliver a range of assessments alongside the health visitor, provide health information, deliver brief interventions and work both independently and as part of a multi-agency team.

Staff Nurse (School Nursing)

You will have a passion for working with school aged children and young people and be required to facilitate and deliver a range of assessments, brief interventions, proactive public health initiatives and work both independently and as part of a multi-agency team. You will work from a variety of settings including schools, partner agencies and homes, working flexibly and creatively to best engage and meet the diverse health needs of the school aged population. You will have a flexible approach, to undertake health needs assessments and determine health needs of a 5-19 caseload.

About us

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Development opportunities We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.
• Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
• Please refer to the attached person specification document.

Experience

• For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
• Please refer to the attached person specification document.

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.

Employer name

Locala Health and Wellbeing

Address

Eddercliffe Health Centre, Bradford Road, Liversedge, WF15 6LP

Eddercliffe Health Centre, Bradford Road, Liversedge, WF15 6LP