Community Staff Nurse - Health Visiting in Stockport

You will be delivering evidence based interventions as per the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years. You will be expected to work on your own initiative at times as well as under direct supervision of a Health Visitor or Caseload holder ., The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

• Registered Nurse
• Degree in relevant subject
• English and maths GCSE or equivalent, Knowledge of Nursing and evidence based practice
• Knowledge of Healthy Child Programme
• Knowledge of Child Development, Health and Well-Being in the Early Years
• Awareness of health inequalities and impact on individuals and communities.
• Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures, Awareness of parental mental and potential impact on infants and children
• Awareness of SEND and potential impact on infants and children and their family
• Evidence of post registration professional development
• Research Community Projects, Community Nursing
• Working with children in community setting
• Health promotion/public health
• Multi-agency liaison working, Team working
• Ability to work independently
• Communication skills at appropriate level
• Negotiation skills
• Reflective Practitioner We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is unfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 per annum and/or the required skill level set by UK Visas and Immigration.