Job summary
- Main area
- Public Health Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (South East Area)
- Job ref
- 421-CCS-1530C
- Employer
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Eddie Ferguson House
- Town
- Blyth
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Public Health Nurse - Northumberland
Band 5
Job overview
HDFT are seeking to recruit a motivated and passionate registered Nurse to be part of the innovative 0-19 Service within the HDFT footprint, based within Northumberland.
We are the largest provider of children’s public health nursing services in the North East of England providing services that stretch from North Yorkshire up to Northumberland.
We are dedicated to working towards improved public health outcomes for children and families in the footprint, delivering high quality universal and targeted health visiting and school health services to meet the key improvement priorities for the population.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of children’s community health commissioned services supporting the SCPHN (School Nurse), and contributing to the delivery of high quality services for children young people, parents, carers and families working within the framework of the Healthy Child Programme Programme. The post holder will be pro-active in delivering the national and Public Health agendas in response to identified health and social need, working in partnership with other agencies and meet agreed standards, objectives and statutory requirements.
Working for our organisation
The post holder works as a member of the 0-19 Community Public Health Team, being responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive service which meets the needs of the 5-19 population.
The post holder will participate in delivering Public Health intervention and support to children and families in Northumberland.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Excellent communication skills and a passion for public health are essential, alongside good organisational skills, flexibility to meet the needs of the service and ability to travel independently to meet service delivery as required.
For more information please see the job description attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Post-registration qualification
- Counselling qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-registration experience
- Experience of change management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in community setting
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to travel to different locations in order to meet service needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Helen Pudney
- Job title
- Locality Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07976552557
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