Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Swanwick CP; In loco; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Tempo pieno

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Flexible working

Descrizione del lavoro

Swanwick Lodge Secure Children's Home in the United Kingdom seeks a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse to lead the integrated health and wellbeing team, delivering clinical care and safeguarding supervision. The role follows the SECURE STAIRS framework with a trauma-informed, whole-setting approach.

Non-medical prescribing is required or training offered. You will support staff wellbeing, provide reflective spaces and drive public health programmes for children in welfare placements.

Competenze

• BSc or equivalent SCPHN qualification in health visiting or school nursing.
• Non-medical prescribing, or willingness to train for it.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Mansioni

• Provide expert clinical public health leadership to the integrated health and wellbeing teams.
• Ensure service delivery meets the commissioned service requirements, incl. Healthy Child Programme 0-19 and relevant standards.
• Take a whole-setting approach, partnering with internal and external colleagues.
• Provide clinical expertise in direct service provision.
• Provide clinical and safeguarding supervision to staff within the teams.
• Offer wellbeing support to the wider team, including training and reflective spaces.
• Promote a system-wide, trauma-informed approach within the SECURE STAIRS framework.

Conoscenze

Public health leadership

Safeguarding

Clinical supervision

Partnership working

Trauma-informed practice

Whole-setting approach

Clinical governance

Effective communication

IT literacy

Formazione

BSc SCPHN qualification

Non-medical prescribing or willingness to train

Ongoing professional development

NMC registration

Descrizione del lavoro

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse post at Swanwick Lodge Secure Children's Home, which holds up to 10 young people on welfare placements. Health services are commissioned separately from the county council's care and education. The role gives clinical public health leadership to the integrated health and wellbeing team, alongside direct care, clinical and safeguarding supervision, and wellbeing support and training for staff. Work follows the SECURE STAIRS framework and a trauma-informed, whole-setting approach. Non-medical prescribing is required, or a willingness to train for it.

What the job involves

• Provide expert clinical public health leadership to the integrated health and wellbeing teams
• Ensure service delivery meets the commissioned service requirements, including the Healthy Child Programme 0-19 and the 2019 healthcare standards for children and young people in secure settings, in line with Trust…
• Take a whole-setting approach, working in partnership with internal and external colleagues
• Provide clinical expertise in direct service provision
• Provide clinical and safeguarding supervision to staff within the teams
• Offer wellbeing support to the wider team, including training and reflective spaces
• Promote a system-wide, trauma-informed approach to understanding the young people, within the SECURE STAIRS framework

What’s required

Qualifications

• BSc or equivalent SCPHN qualification in health visiting or school nursing
• Non-medical prescribing, or willingness to train for it
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Registration & licences

• NMC registration
• Registered nurse (adult, child, mental health or learning disability)

Experience

• Working in partnership on a whole-setting approach
• Senior-level clinical experience using effective decision making
• Proven effective leadership
• Proven safeguarding experience with complex and vulnerable children and young people
• Delivering safeguarding and clinical supervision

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of local and national policy for children, young people and families, public health programmes, and national safeguarding policy and local child protection guidelines
• Knowledge of clinical governance and CQC standards for children and young people
• Knowledge of HR policies and procedures
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including use of IT
• Working in partnership with internal and external agencies and engaging vulnerable young people
• Delivering a whole-setting public health approach and innovating to deliver service change

Nice to have

• Leadership or management qualification

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests can be discussed as part of the interview process