This 12-month fixed-term Public Health Nurse post sits in the South team of the Cheshire East 0-19+ service, supporting the School Nurse team across Crewe and Nantwich. The core of the work is delivering the Healthy Child Programme and managing a safeguarding caseload, including health assessments, multiagency meetings and clinics. It focuses on children and young people, including those in need, under child protection or cared for, and includes leading junior staff. Registered nurse status and access to a car for work are essential.
What the job involves
- Support delivery of the 0-19 public health offer across the South locality
- Deliver the Healthy Child Programme core offer to families, children and young people
- Manage a safeguarding caseload
- Complete health assessments
- Contribute to multiagency meetings and complete reports
- Facilitate clinics across the South locality
- Support the School Nurse with young people who are in need, under child protection or cared for
- Provide leadership to junior colleagues and new starters
- Organise work planning and delegation
- Chair and attend meetings
- Work across the whole South area from a base at Eagle Bridge Health and Wellbeing Centre, Crewe
What’s required
Qualifications
- Evidence of recent professional development
Registration & licences
- Registered nurse
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of public health priorities
- Knowledge of child development
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues and working with vulnerable families
- Understanding of the role within the public health team
- Good verbal, non-verbal and written communication
- Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
Checks & eligibility
- Access to a car for work purposes
Other
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Confident and approachable
- Commitment
- Vision
Nice to have
- Solihull Approach and motivational interviewing training
- Mentorship level 6
- Level 6 modules related to public health
- Immunisation training
- Two years post registration, including 12 months community experience
- Experience of data collection for reports
- Ability to facilitate groups and discussionsAbility to be flexible to meet the needs of the service
What’s offered
- Option to work flexibly where needed
- Clinical and management supervision every 12 weeks, plus planned and reactive supervision
- Access to training and induction through specialist safeguarding nurses
- Weekly safety huddles and monthly team meetings
- Opportunity to develop into other public health and 0-19 roles
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
