Band 5 Community Staff Nurse

1 month ago

Enfield, United Kingdom North Middlesex University Hospital Full time

Job overview

VACANCY HEADER:

COMMUNITY STAFF NURSE: BAND 5

Are you an enthusiastic, resilient and motivated Band 5 staff nurse looking for a fresh challenge and the opportunity to work within a community based 0-19 health visiting service? You will be supporting health visitors to deliver the National Healthy Child Programme with a clear focus on improving the health and wellbeing of children (0-5 years) and families in Enfield

What we are looking for:

A general / paediatric / mental health nurse with 12 months post qualification experience including working with families and an understanding of child development

A reflective and emotionally intelligent practitioner who makes good use of supervision and support

Someone who is able to address sensitive issues with families in a clear and supportive way

Someone who is able to prioritise their work based on need and have a clear rationale for every visit

Ability to develop and maintain good interpersonal relationships with clients & partners

Main duties of the job

To support health visitors in delivering the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years and North Middlesex Universal Hospital Trust (Enfield) Health Visiting service specification, within the commissioning criteria.

To work with the health visiting skill mix team to improve health and life outcomes for children and families within a defined community through delivering packages of care following assessment by the Health Visitor.

To participate in the development of services and health improvement activities.

To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers, including Children Centres and Early Years to identify and address health needs as part of the Healthy Child Programme.

Working for our organisation

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.

Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.

We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

To undertake interventions as directed by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, undertaking mandated checks in line with the service specification and scope of practice

To deliver coordinated interventions within the framework of service specification.

To assess the health needs of the child and community involving the carer and / or child in the process of meeting those health needs under the delegation of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

To monitor the health of the child and to involve the carers in promoting optimum health and development of the child.

To liaise with other agencies statutory and voluntary and maintain good working relationships, making referrals and consulting as necessary with the informed consent of clients and within the policies of the Trust. Liaising with the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse prior to referrals made.

To be aware of the deviations from the norm in health and behaviour and to intervene to protect vulnerable children by prompt action, by referral and working with other colleagues and agencies as part of a specialist team. Examples include Safeguarding Interventions, Health Needs Assessment and Referral.

To ensure good communication channels are maintained within the Team.

To assist the Specialist Public Health Nurse at Child Health Clinics monitoring the growth of babies and children, advising parents on aspects of parenting within his/her knowledge base and referring to the Specialist Public Health Nurse where there are problems or more detailed advice is required

To undertake developmental assessments when trained and competent to do so.

To undertake 6-8 week development reviews and liaise with the Specialist Public Health Nurse as appropriate.

To deliver health promotion activities to children, young people and their families.

Carry out visits to review aspects of development as directed by the Specialist Public Health Nurse.

Follow up visits following attendance at A & E Departments.

To undertake assessments when new children/families move into the area and liaise with the Specialist Public Health Nurse as appropriate.

Undertake pre-school contact as directed by the Specialist Public Health Nurse and handover to the School Health Team where required.

Liaise with the GP and other members of the Primary Care Team as appropriate.

To undertake routine blood spot result giving when trained and competent to do so in line with service specification.

To assist the Specialist Public Health Nurse, contribute to the development of a plan, undertake delegated duties to meet the plan with Partnership Plus and Universal Plus , assessment and care of children when trained & competent to do so

Partnership and Service Users

To ensure that there are opportunities for ongoing involvement of children, parents and carers in development of services and quality assurance.

To facilitate the use of the family and friends test.

Quality Assurance

To ensure that they are engaged with the Clinical Governance mechanisms and effective monitoring systems in place which assure the quality of the service.

To be involved in feedback of audit results and statistical data to staff and action planning based on those results.

To ensure that evaluation data is shared with teams / staff to support better learning.

Person specification

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Conscientious Ability to work as part of an integrated team working across organisational and professional boundaries.

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

RN/RMN/RSCN/RNLD Current NMC registration

Desirable criteria

Evidence of continual professional development at level 5

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

Good communication and interpersonal skills, including an ability to build rapport and establish good one to one relationships. Good IT skills Ability to present and write information in a clear and precise manner. Ability to critically appraise research findings, draw out significance for clinical practice and implement research findings. Ability to develop practice and give feedback to clinicians and managers Ability to work independently and demonstrate an ability to make decisions. Ability to manage sensitive and stressful situations. Ability to support and challenge work practices in a credible and nonthreatening way. Applies equality of opportunity to all

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