Public Health Community Nurse - School Nursing Oldham, England
Job description
Job overview
As a Registered Nurse, the post holder will work within the Right Start and School Nursing Service to deliver the Healthy Child Programme 5-19.
Working within the School Nursing Team, the post holder provides a comprehensive service to meet the needs of children, young people and their families, applying the principles of positive health and wellbeing, the prevention of ill health with individuals, families and the wider community.
We have various hours available, permanent and fixed term contracts.
Main duties of the job
To support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 using evidence-based practice to actively promote the health of children and young people.
To deliver and engage in health promotion programmes and public health initiatives to prevent ill health, early identification of abnormalities and work with individuals, Schools and communities to reduce health inequalities as identified within individual School Health Plans.
To conduct health needs assessments in a planned programme of care within a variety of settings. Offer appropriate interventions, delivering agreed programmes of care and evaluating the outcomes for the child young person and family.
Undertake comprehensive health assessments for identified children and young people, including annual health assessments for those in local authority care in line with the Healthy Child Programme 4-19 years of age.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (SRFT) and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (PAT). Our dedicated team of around 20,000 staff – our NCA Family – provide a range of community and hospital services to over one million people across Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Salford, as well as providing more specialist care services to patients across Greater Manchester and beyond.
Our Care Organisations are designed to operate within a group arrangement of hospitals, community, and healthcare services. Together they manage and are responsible for the day-to-day running of their hospital and community services, ensuring the safe delivery of high-quality care at scale.
Oldham Care Organisation is responsible for delivering healthcare services at the Royal Oldham Hospital and within the community.
Come and be a member of our innovative and friendly Oldham team. We will offer support and preceptorship alongside clinical supervision to help you develop in this key public health role.
Our integrated model brings together key professionals from Health, Education, Clinical Psychology and the Special Education Needs and Disability team (SEND). Being based in our children’s centres you will be delivering key services in the heart of the community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 using evidence-based practice to actively promote the health of children and young people.
To deliver and engage in health promotion programmes and public health initiatives to prevent ill health, early identification of abnormalities and work with individuals, Schools and communities to reduce health inequalities as identified within individual School Health Plans.
To conduct health needs assessments in a planned programme of care within a variety of settings. Offer appropriate interventions, delivering agreed programmes of care and evaluating the outcomes for the child young person and family.
Undertake comprehensive health assessments for identified children and young people, including annual health assessments for those in local authority care in line with the Healthy Child Programme 4-19 years of age.
Establish clear and effective communication links with children and young
people, parents/carers, education staff, and a range of other professionals
from both voluntary and statutory organisations.
Communicate outcomes of assessment and future care planning to the named School Nurse.
Where necessary carry out home visits to children and families advising on all aspects of health as appropriate.
Participate in health needs assessment of the local community, contributing to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to address unmet health needs.
To identify and assess children 5-19 with complex health needs, offering an enhanced integrated service within the multi-agency arena.
To identify, assess, report, and work independently with oversight from the School Nurse to safeguard and protect the health and wellbeing of children and young people working within safeguarding policies and guidelines. To attend Child Protection case conferences and other meetings as appropriate.
To provide on-going support for children and young people in care including the statutory health assessment and on-going review.
Listen appropriately and take into account any sensitive issues and communicate these to appropriate persons/agencies ensuring that children are protected and that disclosures are acted upon appropriately.
Feedback the views and needs of children/young people, families and schools to the School Nurse as necessary, to enable appropriate interventions to be implemented.
To work in collaboration with other agencies to deliver services to children, young people and their families
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
If you are an International Nurse without a current NMC PIN, please do not apply for this role. To find out more about the current international nursing opportunities available to you here at the NCA, please contact [email protected]
Person specification
Experience/Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with NMC - current registration. Evidence of recent professional development Mentorship (willing to work towards)
- Able to demonstrate evidence based clinical practice Experience of working with children, young people and their families Experience of Multi agency working
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding procedures and legislation for children and young people Able to work as an effective team member Ability to work independently
- The ability to travel independently throughout Oldham. The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering childhood immunisation programme Working within a community setting Experience of using spread-sheets and Databases LEO or equivalent
- Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme Knowledge of current Public Health Outcomes and inequalities
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-vaccination-programme where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from everyone. We value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of our local community. If you are disabled and require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team to discuss.
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
