Job summary
- Main area
- Healthy Child Programme
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 844-6397235
- Employer
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Eagle Bridge health and Wellbeing Centre
- Town
- Crewe
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Public Health Nurse (Cheshire East)
Band 5
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.
Job overview
Public Health Nurse: Cheshire East South Team
Do you fancy a career with an award winning integrated health and care NHS Foundation Trust?
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens and Knowsley.
Main duties of the job
You will be joining a proactive skill mixed team working together to deliver the Healthy Child Programme . As part of the 0-19+ Service which with other local statutory, health and voluntary agencies to provide includes Health Visiting and School nursing you will be working closely accessible, person centred packages of care in response to individual and local need. You will be working in partnership with Cheshire East Local Authority to take the local children’s agenda forward.
There is a fantastic opportunity to develop in the role and to acquire the knowledge and skills to apply for the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse-School Nurse/Health Visitor degree (PGDip).
Working for our organisation
About the Trust
Our local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:
- 0-19 / 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services
- Community Nursing
- Sexual Health Wirral
- Community Cardiology
- Walk-in centres
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Teletriage
- Community Dental
- Social Care
- End of Life Care
As a Trust, we provide extensive continuous professional development opportunities through a diverse range of learning solutions, including virtual and face-to-face events, webinars and action learning sets. We subscribe to numerous memberships and licences to support staff development and continuous learning.
You can read more about the Trust via the careers section on our website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applications are welcomed from both experienced and newly qualified nurses however some previous experience of working within a community environment or with school nursing would be beneficial. We have an established preceptorship programme in place and you will be well supported by your manager and colleagues and valued in your role. We offer opportunities for personal and professional development and you will receive regular appraisal, clinical and safeguarding supervision. There will also be opportunities to gain the skills to access the SCPHN School Nurse training whilst working at the Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications and Professional Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Adult/Child)
- Evidence of recent professional development
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship level 6
- Modules at level 6 – Public Health Related
- Solihull Approach trained
- Motivational Interviewing trained
- Immunisation training
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Public Health Priorities
- Knowledge of child development
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and working with vulnerable families
- Understanding of role within the Public Health Team
Desirable criteria
- Two years post registration with 12 months community experience
- Experience of data collection for reports
- Previous experience or working in a community environment
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Good verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to facilitate groups and discussions
- Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the service
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Commitment
- Vision
- Access to a car for work purposes
- Confident and approachable
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrea Johns
- Job title
- Team Leader South Team 0-19+
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07909530198
- Additional information
Please call to discuss any further information required
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