*INTERNAL MPFT ONLY* Strengthening Families - 0-19 HV/School Nurse

The post holder will be part of the 0-19 Families Health and Wellbeing Service providing public health advice, information, and guidance and supporting early intervention. In doing so, they will contribute to the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of programmes of health, ensuring that they practice within their sphere of competence and knowledge.

They will work to professional codes, standards and guidance at all times ensuring that their practice is grounded in evidence based theoretical and practical knowledge.

The post holder will promote the health of children aged 0-19 within the Staffordshire area through the public health agenda, thus enabling each child to reach his/her development, and educational potential.

The post holder will hold a caseload of children and young people who have safeguarding plans in place and will support the children, young people by assessing their health needs and ensuring the appropriate health professionals are involved to meet those needs. They will engage in partnership working that involves the safeguarding of the children and young people on the caseload.

The post holder must be able to travel independently.

Work within their scope of practice

Demonstrate at all times the Values of Midlands Partnership University Foundation Trust.

Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner and have detailed professional and clinical knowledge. They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in the safeguarding children agenda (safeguarding, child in need) as well as contributing to public health across the 0-19 agenda.

Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community and hospitals.

Be skilled in the assessment of children and young peoples care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support packages.

Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.

Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.

Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management.

To deliver commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring key objectives and outcomes are achieved.

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Essential: - Diploma/Degree

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Essential: - Degree

Essential

Essential: - Experience/knowledge around Safeguarding children; - Local Safeguarding board training