This 12-month staff nurse post with Whittington Health sits within the Health Visiting teams of the Barnet 0-19 Service. The work centres on supporting health visitors to deliver the Healthy Child Programme, delivering care packages after assessment, and helping to shape intervention pathways and health improvement work. It is a development post with a possible route into Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) training, and it requires registration as a nurse.
What the job involves
- Support health visitors in delivering the Healthy Child Programme and the Barnet Health Visiting service specification
- Deliver packages of care and support to children and families in a defined community, following assessment by the Health Visitor or Team Leader
- Take part in developing intervention pathways, services and health improvement activities
- Work with other health care and service providers, including Children Centres and Early Years, to identify and address health needs
- Work across the 0-19 service to improve health and life outcomes for children and families
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree level education or equivalent
Registration & licences
- NMC registration as a registered nurse
Skills & knowledge
- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- Time management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to innovate and motivate
- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to support mentorship and preceptorship
Other
- Ability to travel across the borough as required
- Understanding of safeguarding children
- Commitment to working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Nice to have
- Training in perinatal mental health, infant feeding, child development or immunisation
- Post-registration experience working with children
- Post-registration experience working in the community
- Knowledge of services provided by other agencies
- Interest in public health issues
- Understanding of audit and ability to carry it out
What’s offered
- Training package and continued professional development through the learning and development department
- Comprehensive induction programme
- Flexible working opportunities
- Technological support
- Staff wellbeing support and resources
- Staff networks supporting inclusivity and wellbeing
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
