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Health Visitor Community Staff NurseSwindon Borough Council • Swindon, United Kingdom
Health Visitor Community Staff Nurse

Health Visitor Community Staff Nurse

Swindon Borough Council • Swindon, United Kingdom
8 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Job summary
Community Staff Nurses are a valued part of our skill mix team, who work with the Named Health Visitor and Early Years Family Practitioners to empower Children, Young People and Families to make healthy lifestyle choices. They are able to offer Healthy Child Programme contacts, identifying when extra help may be required and offer the appropriate support or signposting as needed under the direction of named Health Visitor.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and be able to build effective working relationships with a wide range of people. They will have exceptional time management and organisational skills and demonstrate a resilient, brave and connected mind set. The ability to travel throughout the Borough is essential and therefore a car driver would be preferable. This is an excellent career development opportunity for anyone considering SCPHN training in the future.

Main duties of the job
About you:
  • You'll bring excellent communication skills and be able to build effective working relationships with a wide range of people in addition to your exceptional organisational skills and a resilient, brave and connected mind set to successfully contribute to delivering the Health Visiting service offer.
  • You will need to be pro-active and creative in engaging with children, young people and families.
  • You will need to be a qualified nurse, hold a current NMC registration with up to date revalidation.
  • You will be expected to evidence continuous professional development and have a desire to progress and learn.
  • You will understand the need for change and be able to flexibly accommodate it positively.
  • You will be offered a tailored induction programme and full training with support through our well designed preceptorship programme.
  • You must be able to travel throughout Swindon. Having access to a car would be preferable as you will work in a variety of settings to include the family home.

About us
Swindon Borough Council are on an exciting journey to transform service delivery. We want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that's who we're doing it for the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, you'll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. It's all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

You must be fluent in the English language, as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act for the effective performance of a customer-facing role.

The ability to travel throughout the Borough will be required and access to a car.

We are not considering applications where there is a requirement to sponsor a work visa for successful applicants.

You will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

This role is subject to Swindon Borough Council's Terms and Conditions.

Job responsibilities
  • To practice as a Registered Nurse or Midwife with the supervision of a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN).
  • Demonstrates behaviours as an NMC registrant, that uphold the code, principles and guidance laid out by the nursing regulatory body.
  • Build and use effective relationships with support with a wide range of people, networks, communities and professionals to improve outcomes for the age 0-19 population.
  • Use appropriate frameworks with support to make and contribute towards assessments to ensure that appropriate support is offered to those in need and ensure that considerations are made to the cost-effectiveness of these plans.
  • Participate in meetings of internal/external partners.
  • Act on received instructions and requests from Specialist practitioners.
  • Participate in planning and reviewing cases and projects to support decisions or arrangements.
  • With support of senior staff, undertake a delegated caseload with a requirement to work autonomously where appropriate to deliver required outputs, prioritising their workload as necessary.
  • To support the recruitment and induction of new staff. Act as a nominated buddy to a new a staff member.
  • Provide feedback on operational issues with teams and events to support the improvement of work and service plans.
  • Demonstrates personal accountability for best practice and own development.
  • With support of SCPHNs and experienced staff nurses, works with confidence across all areas of universal services as appropriate.
  • Any other duties and/or accountabilities commensurate with the roles seniority to meet the needs of residents, through the application of relevant knowledge, skills and experience within the specialism of the role.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential
  • Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training.
  • Working knowledge of regulatory processes and policy frameworks e.g. NMC Code, Standards of Proficiency, Every Child Matters, Healthy Child Programme.
  • Experience of co-ordinating and supporting nursing care delivery in the relevant service area.

Desirable
  • Please see Role Profile for full details
  • Appreciation of wider internal and external issues impacting own team/department.

Qualifications
Essential
  • Please see Role Profile for full details
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing or Midwifery or equivalent.
  • Current registration with NMC as a Registered Nurse or Midwife.
  • Full driving license and car for work use.

Desirable
  • Please see Role Profile for full details

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).

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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