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The closing date is 06 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Community Nursery Nurses to join an innovative Health Visiting Team within Gloucestershire.

Gloucestershire Health & Care are an evolving and dynamic organisation working collaboratively to deliver the Healthy Child Programme (PHE updated March 2021) to young children, families and communities in the county

Permanent posts 22.5 hours per week for 2 individual posts.

Salary is on the band 4 scale £26,530- £29,114 per annum pro rata.

The successful candidate will work under the supervision and leadership of The Health Visiting Service, we require you to have excellent communication skills, be enthusiastic, creative and flexible in your approach, to be able to work alone as well as within a group setting delivery public health / health promotion to families with children that are primarily 0 - 5 years of age.

We offer mentorship, training, and support along with ongoing opportunities for continuing professional development.

If you have a have a NVQ Level 3 in Early Years, Care & Education or equivalent qualification, experience of working with children and their families in a community setting, a driving licence with access to your own vehicle and are looking to join a forward thinking & proactive Health Visiting team committed to improving the health outcomes of children, families and communities then please come and join us.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%

This high level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

To work within a Health Visiting Team to deliver identified components of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP), (DH 2016), in line with local service specifications and the service model for health visiting that meets the public health needs of local communities.

Monitoring quality and compliance and reporting risks by exception to the Clinical Team Leader.

To contribute to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) and 6 High Impact areas Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), including monitoring the growth & development of 0-5s and delivering relevant health promotion advice.

To advise parents/carers on positive parenting skills including understanding and managing child behaviour, introduction to solids and nutrition, play and stimulation, speech and language development, sleep management and toilet training, ensuring that advice is evidence based to facilitate school readiness.

To work with specific children and families, in the home, clinic/hub setting or nursery according to their individual care plan as agreed with the Health Visitor or Public Health Nurse (PHN).

Plan, implement and evaluate health promotion activities, taking responsibility for certain topics once training received and competency assessment signed off within an agreed timeframe.

Work in a collaborative manner with childrens centres, nurseries, parents, members of the primary health care team, allied health professionals and other agencies.

Have an understanding and awareness of safeguarding issues, identifying where there is a cause for concern and taking appropriate action in accordance with safeguarding guidelines, including informing a senior member of staff promptly of any concerns.

Have knowledge of, and be able to effectively use, local services and resources.

Work in a range of different and sometimes challenging working conditions in different environments with support and supervision from HV or PHN.

Regularly travel and ensure relevant equipment is available at locations, in line with health and safety requirements.

To provide cover for other Community Nursery Nurses in their absence. This may entail working at another clinic/hub or locality.

To be prepared to take on new roles and initiatives in discussion with line manager as they emerge to support the delivery of the service, support through training as required.

• NNEB Diploma/NVQ QCF Diploma Level 3 in Early Years, Care and Education
• Foundation Degree in Health & Social Care or equivalent or willingness to complete

• Understanding the role of the CNN within the Health Visiting Team

• Ability to work as part of a team and on own
• Ability to identify a child displaying developmental delay
• Confidence to run a group/presentations
• Understanding of normal child development
• Experience of working with children and families in a formal health, educational or social care setting

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£26,530 to £29,114 a yearper annum, pro rata