Job summary
- Main area
- Health Visiting
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 407-COMMUNITY-6485616
- Employer
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Across Walsall
- Town
- Walsall
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Strengthening Families Team
NHS AfC: Band 5
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce
Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant. The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community. As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.
RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK - PROFESSIONALISM
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work in our Healthy Child Programme (HCP) 0-19 (Health Visiting and School Nursing). You will be part of the Strengthening Families team supporting babies, children and young people who are on child in need or child protection plans. You will be support by senior Strengthening Families practitioners who are qualified health visitors and school nurses.
The ideal applicant will have experience of child safeguarding and with wider partners in early years, education, social care and voluntary sector. A commitment to keeping babies, children and young people safe and well is essential. You will be supported to develop your knowledge and skills in the area of safeguarding.
The team is part of wider HCP 0-19 service which focuses on delivering a public health services to babies, children and young people and their families. Our focus in on prevention, promotion and protection.
There are great career progression opportunities within the service including an opportunity for professional development and secondment to undertake a degree in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing to qualify as a health visitor or school nurse
Main duties of the job
As a staff nurse in the Strengthening Families Team you will manage your own caseload of babies, children and young people to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care. You will be supervised and supported by qualified School Nurses and Health Visitors supporting babies, children and young people who are subject of child in need and child protection plans. You will contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions within the wider Healthy Child Programme 0-19.
Working for our organisation
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development of our Pleck Road site was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children’s Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from some 60 sites including Health Centres and GP surgeries. Covering Walsall and beyond, our multidisciplinary services include rapid response in the community and home-based care, so that those with long-term conditions and the frail and elderly, can remain in their own homes to be cared for wherever appropriate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsibility for planning, co-coordinating and reviewing own caseload in conjunction with the team. Ensuring that workload is appropriately prioritised and managed.
Ensure effective communication with babies, children, young people, parents, carers and others including those whose first language is not English, liaising with and co-ordinating interpreting services.
Undertake holistic health assessments and plan, implement and evaluate evidence based nursing care for individual babies, children, young people and their families.
Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health education and promotion packages using evidence based materials and methods.
Where appropriate, contribute to multi agency processes to assess and develop care plans to support babies, children and young people’s health and wellbeing
Have a good knowledge of local services in health and partner agencies and where appropriate, liaise and refer a baby, child or young person to multi-disciplinary teams and other specialist services.
Where appropriate, take on the role of lead professional to coordinate delivery of care plans for children and young people e.g. Children on plans
Working in partnership with the multi-agency team provide clinical advice, information and support regarding babies, children and young people with long term conditions, disability or specific health problems to minimise negative impacts on their lives and promote health gain and social inclusion to the children, family and carers.
Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health promoting activities with individuals and groups, utilising evidence-based materials and methods e.g. sexual health and relationships, emotional health, growth, healthy lifestyles
Develop and maintain effective communication networks and work collaboratively with key partners, health workers, statutory and voluntary agencies to actively promote national and local public health priorities
Plan, deliver and evaluate group work for children and young people and/or parents e.g. emotional Health groups, parenting groups
Plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions to early years settings, schools and other agencies.
Act as role model leading by example through practice with positive attitude and presentation.
Attend regular team and service meetings to give and receive relevant information and to maintain effective team working.
Provide mentorship to learners including, pre and post registration nurse and mentorship, supervision and support for members of the team as directed by Clinical Team Leader, commensurate with knowledge and skills.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN or RM Current NMC Registration.
- Demonstrable evidence of personal and professional development.
- Demonstrable evidence of working with babies, children and young people
Desirable criteria
- Placement in school nursing or health visiting service within training
- Demonstrable experience of working with babies, children and young people who have been subject to safeguarding support
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understands responsibility of working within teams
- Able to demonstrate clinically effective practice.
- Ability to apply clinical governance framework to clinical practice
- Understands and can demonstrate accountability.
- Effective communication skills both written and verbal with children, families and others.
- Able to establish and maintain key relationships with colleagues and other disciplines both internally and externally.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of health and social care policy relating to children’s services
- Up-to-date knowledge of current Government and Local initiatives and how these translate into practice
- Demonstrates up-to-date evidence Community Nursing/Public Health.
- Knowledge of child health and development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Tryphine Molineux
- Job title
- Deputy Professional Lead HCP 0-19
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01922 423349
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