Public Health Community Nurse in Runcorn

As a Community Nurse within our 019 Healthy Child Programme, you will play a key role in shaping how we support children and families to thrive. Working as part of an innovative Family Hub model, you will focus on strengthening the home learning environment, improving engagement with families and increasing attendance and outcomes from developmental reviews. This is a highly collaborative role, where you will build strong relationships with Specialist community public health nurses, early years settings, education and wider partners to ensure children are identified early and supported through the right pathways at the right time. You will bring curiosity, initiative and a passion for improving outcomes, helping to reduce inequalities, address missed opportunities and support more children to achieve a Good Level of Development. We are looking for someone who is motivated, forward-thinking and confident working across organisational boundaries. In return, you will be part of a supportive, progressive service that values innovation, encourages new ideas and is committed to making a real difference to children and families.

Main duties of the job

• To support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme using evidence based practice to actively promote the health of children and young people.
• To be a named / link nurse for designated schools/ early years settings whilst holding a caseload which incorporates the 4 levels of intervention (Community, Universal, Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus).
• To deliver and engage in health promotion programmes and public health initiatives to prevent ill health, early identification of abnormalities and work with all clients in the 0-19 service and communities to reduce health inequalities as identified within individual Health Plans.
• To conduct health needs assessments in the home, school, clinics or community settings 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.
• Plan and implement school entry assessments delegating duties as appropriate.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles. North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region. Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services with inpatient and elective care, we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Job responsibilities

• As a registered nurse, the post holder will work within the 0-19 integrated public health nursing Team to deliver a flexible 8am-8pm service providing access to the Healthy Child Programme for children, young people and families accessing the 0-19 Service.
• The post holder will have delegated responsibility for effective early help and the assessment of Health needs, implementation and evaluation of care as part of the Healthy Child Programme, at community, Universal, Universal Partnership and Universal Partnership Plus level.
• This will include children with complex health needs; children/young people who may be presenting with a cause for concern, subject to safeguarding and Children in Care; parents/young people who are experiencing emotional health needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme using evidence based practice to actively promote the health of children and young people.
• To be a named / link nurse for designated schools/ early years settings whilst holding a caseload which incorporates the 4 levels of intervention (Community, Universal, Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus).
• To deliver and engage in health promotion programmes and public health initiatives to prevent ill health, early identification of abnormalities and work with all clients in the 0-19 service and communities to reduce health inequalities as identified within individual Health Plans.
• To conduct health needs assessments in the home, school, clinics or community settings 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.
• Plan and implement school entry assessments delegating duties as appropriate.
• Plan and implement health assessment at transition from primary to secondary school delegating duties as appropriate.
• Undertake comprehensive health assessments for identified babies, children and young people, including annual and bi annual health assessments for those in local authority care in line with the Healthy Child Programme for children 0-19 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 SCPHN health visitor or SCPHN school nurse.
• 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 0-19 with complex health needs, offering an enhanced integrated service within the multi-agency arena.
• To assess the needs of children and families following attendance at A&E, discharge from hospital working within trust guidelines.
• To identify, assess, report and work independently with oversight from the SCPHN School Nurse or SCPHN Health Visitor 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 named SCPHN School Nurse/SCPHN Health Visitor as necessary, to enable appropriate interventions to be implemented.
• Ensure efficient and effective use of resources.
• Support the delivery of nurse led immunisation programmes as service needs, following patient group directions and actively promoting the National and Local Immunisation Programmes to families.
• To work in collaboration with other agencies to deliver services to children, young people and their families.

Clinical

• Maintain active status on NMC register acting in accordance with the professional code and guiding documents in adherence with Revalidation Framework.
• Maintain contemporaneous, factual records in accordance with Trust guidelines and policies.
• Be aware of current working practices in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
• Use their own professional judgement to identify solutions to a range of day-to-day problems, seeking advice where appropriate from the SCPHN.
• Manage their time effectively to ensure prioritisation of workload in order to achieve agreed deadlines.
• Be responsible for own professional updating and keep abreast of current research based practice.
• Develop a working knowledge and experience of IT systems.
• Observing the complaints and disciplinary procedures in accordance with the Trust policy.
• Contribute to clinical audit, research and clinical governance as part of the 0-19 public health nursing Team.
• Participate in and complete the agreed induction programme for newly appointed staff.
• Manage time with the team leader and team to ensure service is covered.
• Report sickness absence and return relevant forms to line manager.
• Maintain portfolio of professional development.

Leadership:

• Act to maintain an appropriate learning environment to meet the educational and developmental needs of student nurses and other learners as required.
• Support other nurses and staff within the team, including the induction of new staff members.
• Ensure effective learning experience and opportunities to achieve learning outcomes for skill mix team.
• Develop and contribute to the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.
• Provide advice where services are developing.

Person Specification

• Qualifications
• Essential: Registered Nurse with NMC - current.
• Evidence of recent professional development.
• Mentorship (willing to work towards).
• Right to Work
• Essential: Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK? If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)? Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.
• Experience
• Essential: Able to demonstrate evidence based clinical practice.
• Experience of working with children, young people and their families.
• Experience of Multi agency working.
• Leading a skill mix team.
• Desirable:
• Experience of delivering childhood immunisation programme.
• Working within a community setting.
• Experience of using spread-sheets and Databases LEO or equivalent.
• Skills and Knowledge
• Essential: Able to demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding procedures and legislation for children and young people.
• Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of current childhood immunisation programme.
• Able to work as an effective team member.
• Ability to work independently.
• Desirable:
• Knowledge of current Public Health Outcomes and inequalities.
• Job Specific Requirements
• Essential: The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work to time scales.
• Good organisational Skills.
• Flexible approach to working situations.
• Desirable:
• The ability to travel independently across the Trust.
• Relationships
• Essential: If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
• 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
• Employer details
• Employer name: North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH).
• Address: Lister Road, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 1TW, United Kingdom.
• Employer's website: https://northcheshireandmersey.nhs.uk/.