Nursery Nurse Croydon, England
Job description
Would you like to be part of an exciting new team, utilising your knowledge and skills of children ? If Yes, this could be the role for you.
We are recruiting forward thinking dynamic community nursery nurses to be part of a bespoke team to work with our most vulnerable families. This is a fantastic opportunity to deliver child focused care supported by a team of experienced supportive health visitors. You will work within a busy team to deliver key public health themes to preschool children and families.
You will participate in the the delivery of the healthy child programme as delegated by the health visitor. This would involve giving support and advice on behaviour, weaning, play and stimulation, speech and language development, sleep management, toilet training and support positive parenting.
Nursery Nurse Band 4
You must be professional with attention to detail. You should be able to work autonomously, as well as part of a team. You will be expected to key health promotion activities and targeted work with families as delegated and feedback to the health visitor.
A comprehensive induction period with relevant training will be available to the successful candidates.
We have robust supervision and support including access to Professional Nurse Advocates, and excellent opportunities for further development from our learning and development team.
Proposed Interview date: 28th June 2023
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.
Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.
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