Job summary
Full time/Part time positions
‘Community based, child and family focused, corporate team safe working’
Are you a Staff Nurse looking to be part of an innovative Health Visiting Team with a freshly implemented corporate working model?
The Croydon Health Visiting Team are looking for Community Staff Nurses who will:
- Support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
- Support and assist Child development Workers as required
- Participate in the development of skill mix staff within the Health Visiting Service
- Participate in Health Education programmes and health promotion activities on a multi-disciplinary basis as agreed with the team.
- Lead on the delivery of the new-born bloodspot screening programme for children under the age of 1yr .
ALL colleagues are encouraged and supported to develop their professional interest and roles. We offer 7 specialist areas to be involved with; the topics being closely aligned to the 6 High Impact Areas of the HCP. You will join and be actively working with colleagues to ‘ Champion ‘ across the borough, for example :
- Team leadership and corporate governance, data management and audit
- Complex needs , SEND,
- Safeguarding children
- Homeless health
- Practice Education and Facilitation
- Infant feeding, health weight and nutrition, breast feeding.
- Maternal mental health ; Perinatal Infant mental health ,
Main duties of the job
Community Staff Nurse Health Visiting
We are looking to recruit community B5 staff nurses in health visiting . This role provides an exciting opportunity to experience being part of a health visiting team in the delivery of the health child programme and forms part of a ‘recruit to train’ strategy to offer successful candidates an opportunity to be considered for Specialist Community Public Health Nurse training in Croydon
About us
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.
These include:o Croydon University Hospital o Purley Hospital o The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath o Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside o A minor injuries unit in New Addington The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our Vision:”Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it”Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:o You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff o You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff o You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians o You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to homeo You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services
We are one of 17 Trusts in the country who have been accepted as national pioneers on staff engagement and empowerment, through the adoption of “Listening into Action” as a new way of working. The approach we are taking to “Listening into Action” is new and different.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional / Clinical responsibilities To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and be conversantwith current professional advice and developments. To maintain own level of clinical competence by reading relevant literatureand taking opportunities for personal and professional development To use evidence based practice to develop and maintain a high qualitystandard of health visiting To participate in audit/ research as required by the health visiting and theTrust To organise the delivery of Health Visiting services to a defined population,including home visiting and provision at other sites Undertake health needs assessments at home with clients and working inpartnership with other agencies/services, to implement appropriate individualprogrammes of care
6 To work in accordance with the Trust’s Safeguarding the Welfare ofChildren: Children in Need & Child Protection Procedure Policy and Procedures andthe National Guidelines for Safeguarding Children To raise awareness with individuals and in the wider local community of thehealthy lifestyle initiatives eg smoking cession, Baby friendly initiative, healthyweight and nutrition. To act as an advocate for clients, liaising with agencies within and outsidethe health service To provide health promotion and advice to individuals, families and otherclient groups To participate in the identification of local health needs and thedevelopment of strategies to meet these. To work collaboratively with other statutory, voluntary and communityorganisations to facilitate service provision and access for families and individuals To participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice To participate in Risk Assessment in clinical and non-clinical areas, andaccidents or near misses promptly and when required using the appropriateincident report tool, and cooperate with any investigation undertaken
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional / Clinical responsibilities To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and be conversantwith current professional advice and developments. To maintain own level of clinical competence by reading relevant literatureand taking opportunities for personal and professional development To use evidence based practice to develop and maintain a high qualitystandard of health visiting To participate in audit/ research as required by the health visiting and theTrust To organise the delivery of Health Visiting services to a defined population,including home visiting and provision at other sites Undertake health needs assessments at home with clients and working inpartnership with other agencies/services, to implement appropriate individualprogrammes of care
6 To work in accordance with the Trust’s Safeguarding the Welfare ofChildren: Children in Need & Child Protection Procedure Policy and Procedures andthe National Guidelines for Safeguarding Children To raise awareness with individuals and in the wider local community of thehealthy lifestyle initiatives eg smoking cession, Baby friendly initiative, healthyweight and nutrition. To act as an advocate for clients, liaising with agencies within and outsidethe health service To provide health promotion and advice to individuals, families and otherclient groups To participate in the identification of local health needs and thedevelopment of strategies to meet these. To work collaboratively with other statutory, voluntary and communityorganisations to facilitate service provision and access for families and individuals To participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice To participate in Risk Assessment in clinical and non-clinical areas, andaccidents or near misses promptly and when required using the appropriateincident report tool, and cooperate with any investigation undertaken
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- RN
- Evidence of professional updated
Desirable
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Work on own initiative
- Ability to assess and implement packages of care
Experience
Essential
- post registration experience
- experience of health promotion
Desirable
- previous experience of working with children
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- RN
- Evidence of professional updated
Desirable
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Work on own initiative
- Ability to assess and implement packages of care
Experience
Essential
- post registration experience
- experience of health promotion
Desirable
- previous experience of working with children
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
