Locality Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor

As part of the Healthy Child Programme, Specialist Community Public Health Nurses and Family Public Health Nurses work within a defined locality or within our Single Point of Access, assessing need, delegating work within the team, implementing planned programmes of care and evaluating care delivered.

The role is to provide a child centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible Public Health programme to children, their families and communities, establishing links with the Early Childhood and Family Service, Early Years Settings, Early Help, other Health providers, communities and agencies (Education, School Services, Health and Voluntary organisations).

To promote the physical and emotional well-being of children, and young people, supporting them to establish good health now and in the future. To promote early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment, inclusion and the reduction of health inequalities to ensure children are supported to reach their full potential.

To work as part of a multidisciplinary 0-19 team to identify the health needs of children and young people, their families and the community and contribute to developing a strategy to address individual identified needs as well as those needs within the community.

To support the 0-19 service offer the post holder will be required to undertake migration training within 2 years of employment into the other SCPHN pathway, e.g. Health Visitor to School Nurse.

To use knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care.

To be competent as a non medical prescriber.

To support families through a range of methods including home visits, digital drop-in clinics, video contacts, to assess the needs of children and their families.

To support children and young people and their families with emotional and behavioural.

To advise their client group on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.

To link practice with local and national targets and deliver public health programmes based on current priorities and targets.

To plan evidence based health promotion programmes, order resources, compile teaching plans with aims, objectives and outcomes, and evaluate the sessions.

To act as a health link for other agencies, e.g. Childrens Services, GPs, Midwifery Services both community and hospital, voluntary services, public and private agencies and work closely with partner agencies to promote the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families.

To work with the Locality Leadership Team to support children, young people and families who are considered to be vulnerable or at risk. To adhere to current Safeguarding Procedures, and participate in child protection case conferences and case review meetings as required.

To contribute to the development of local policies and procedures relevant to their area of work and contribute to relevant service design projects.

To take responsibility for their own clinical practice including clinical supervision and to adhere to the NMC code of conduct.

As service need requires, to support service delivery at the Single Point of Access in Just One Number.

To support other localities including the Single Point of Access to ensure that all relevant clinical skills are kept up to date, and to maintain effective working relationships and continuity of services.

Our organisation welcomes students to join our locality teams across Norfolk, to gain practice experience within a positive learning environment. Students are supported by Practice Supervisors and Practice Assessors, whose role is to support each student to progress in their learning journey, by providing practice examples to meet students learning needs.

To be competent and confident in using digital technology and be able to promote this to service users. This includes supporting the development of JustOneNorfolk.

To promote early intervention and the use of digital resources via Just One Number and Just One Norfolk to enhance self-care skills for children, young people, and their families.

To confidently utilise virtual platforms in assessments, interventions, training, and networking to support effective practice and partnership working.

Within this role you will need to travel as an independent practitioner on a daily basis, across Norfolk which involves both rural and urban travel. The nature of our work does result in travel arrangements changing at short notice. Due to the large geography our service covers and the limitations of sufficient public transport to undertake this role you must hold a full and current driving licence and have access to your own transport to meet the travel requirements of the role. This is subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, and therefore if you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability then this will be considered.

Communication

To communicate complex and sensitive information concerning the child or young persons condition to the childs parents/carers and young person. Able to communicate effectively using appropriate methods and recognising barriers to communication.

To communicate within the multi-disciplinary team and model effective team working and communication skills, supporting change within the service.

To develop links with Early Childhood and Family Services (ECFS), educational settings and other agencies involved in promoting childrens well-being.

To work closely with other professional teams and key stakeholders including service users, statutory and non-statutory organisations.

To act as first line response to complaints working within national and corporate guidelines.

To contribute to the training of students of nursing and other disciplines, during community experience programmes.

To contribute to ensuring that CCS responsibilities to engage and consult with patients and the public are met in line with statutory requirements.

Budgetary Responsibility

To demonstrate responsible use of resources, with an awareness of budgetary restraints.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

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