Community Public Health Nurse

1 month ago

Didcot, United Kingdom Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with children, young people and their families in the community, as part of a new team delivering high quality care, to children aged from 0-19yrs, in line with the Healthy Child Programme?

We have a 30 hours part time, term time only post in the Didcot Locality where you will be able to develop your skills and knowledge to work alongside experienced practitioners in a variety of settings, including primary and secondary schools, health centres and the client’s home. The role will include working with school aged children, providing public health related care to support in areas such as safeguarding, emotional health, sexual health and physical health, alongside supporting schools to deliver personal, health and social education, and managing medical conditions in schools. For more information, please see the Job Description.

All levels of experience are welcome in the children and young people service. Whether you are newly qualified or looking for a change in direction.

Main duties of the job

Within the caseload, and as delegated by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse the post holder will contribute to the safe and effective delivery of the 0-19 service. 

You will be based within the locality and will work with the 0-19 teams in that locality and supporting l0cality wide work where needed for school aged children and young people. The role involves working in partnership with children, young people, families, primary care, schools and statutory and voluntary services and other partner agencies to facilitate health-enhancing activities and improve health outcomes.

You will deliver services to children and families within schools and community settings. 

The role includes undertaking Healthy Child Programme transitional assessments and planning, delivering and evaluating public health initiatives through school and community-based health promotion activities. 

The role will require the post holder to adhere to Safeguarding policies and actively engage under the supervision from a SCPHN in safeguarding processes and meetings.

You will work in partnership with other agencies and develop, participate and maintain interagency networks.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible 

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:  “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are:  “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

Excellent opportunities for career progression Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers Competitive pension scheme Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme Employee Assistance Programme Mental Health First Aiders Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply) Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description for full details of the role, duties and responsibilities. There are a number of opportunities available and we will consider full time and part time posts. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

First Level Registered Nurse or Midwife Practice assessor/supervisor

Experience

Essential criteria

Be competent delivering health promotion advice

Desirable criteria

Confidence to speak in front of larger groups Community Experience Experience of delivering health promotion activities

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Demonstrates an understanding of evidence-based practice

Skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrates an understanding of leadership skills Excellent communicator with a high level of interpersonal and organisational skills An effective and proactive team player Competent knowledge and skills in IT packages e.g Microsoft word, excel

Desirable criteria

Motivates and inspires confidence and enthusiasm in self and team All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.  We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

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