Staff Nurse (Health Visiting) in Chippenham

We are looking for a dedicated and motivated Staff Nurse working as part of the Health Visiting Team providing preventative and supportive health care to children and families in Bath & North East Somerset. The Health Visiting Staff Nurse is a registered nurse working as part of the Health Visiting Team maintaining a public health focus under the supervision of a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) to deliver the Healthy Programme in a variety of settings including the home and community venues as delegated by the Health Visitor. This is a part‑time role working 22.5 hours per week. Base Ground Floor Unit 1, Greenways Business Park, Chippenham, SN15 1BN.

Main Responsibilities

• Work within the boundaries of the Staff Nurse Competency framework.
• Work with the Health Visiting Team to achieve Key Performance Indicators.
• Work in partnership with children and families to identify any health needs at the earliest opportunity and to provide appropriate support to achieve positive outcomes.
• Work in partnership with Early Years Services in the community such as Children’s Centres and Early Years settings.
• Support infant feeding and parent-infant relationships by adhering to the Baby Friendly Initiative Standards.
• Complete the Family Health Needs assessment for allocated mandated reviews and update the SCPHN (Health Visitor) with any areas of concern.
• Provide support to families using the Solihull Foundation Approach model and Five to Thrive trauma‑informed practice in behavioural management, parenting skills and in the delivery of programmes of care to vulnerable families as identified by the SCPHN Health Visitor.
• Provide ongoing support and intervention to allocated families and update the SCPHN health visitor when significant changes occur.

Qualifications

• NMC registration in a field of nursing.
• Experience in working with children and families.
• Holds a full UK driving licence and has access to a vehicle for work purposes.
• Knowledge of national and local policy in Children’s Service and Public Health.
• Understanding of child development.
• Able to demonstrate a commitment and ability to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and families with the skills to build sustainable professional boundaries.
• Registered Children’s Nurse.
• Experience of working in a multi‑disciplinary environment.
• Knowledge of behaviour change theory.
• Interest in undertaking the SCPHN qualification.

Package Description

As a Band 5 Staff Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our 0‑19 Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases and cashback and voucher offers.
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
• Online and face‑to‑face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

Equal Opportunity

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. Safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance. We have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.