Barnet Community Staff Nurse (Pathway to SCPHN HV)

Job description

Job summary

Barnet Community Staff Nurse (Pathway to SCPHN HV)

Are you interested in public health nursing ?

Would you like to improve the health outcomes of children and young people in Barnet?

Are you looking for a real development opportunity ?

Then you are what Barnet needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation and an expanding team. Come and join us on our journey as we develop our staff and enhance our offer to families.

Barnet is a large, richly diverse and dynamic borough and as a member of the 0-19 Service, you will be part of a team that is integrated, friendly and supportive. We deliver a local needs-led service ensuring that children and their families are at the heart of what we do.There are opportunities to work differently with many partners on different sites. We have some great networks supporting inclusivity and well-being, all in a great borough which is easy to navigate, central and reached via lots of different routes.

We will provide a robust and innovative training package, looking to develop and expand on your skillset. Our learning and development department offers stimulating opportunities for continued professional development. We offer flexible working opportunities and technological support. Staff wellbeing is a high priority for Whittington Health and as part of the organisation you can access a range of support and resources.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Main duties of the job

Job Overview

We are looking for staff nurses who want an exciting challenge and are seeking to develop new skills. This is a development role fixed over 1 year with the possibility to expand, with CPD module linked to the University of Hertfordshire that offers progression to the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse training (Health Visiting). We want you to be passionate about Public Health, early intervention and prevention and to want to be part of an integrated service which strives for excellence, loves creativity and supports working together.

We will offer a comprehensive and robust induction programme, with a six-month probation

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

• To support health visitors in delivering the Healthy Child Programme and Whittington Health Trust (Barnet) Health Visiting service specification.
• To work across the 0-19 service, based within the Health Visiting teams, to improve health and life outcomes for children and families within a defined community through delivering packages of care/support following assessment by the Health Visitor/Team Leader.
• To participate in the development of intervention pathways, 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

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

• To support health visitors in delivering the Healthy Child Programme and Whittington Health Trust (Barnet) Health Visiting service specification.
• To work across the 0-19 service, based within the Health Visiting teams, to improve health and life outcomes for children and families within a defined community through delivering packages of care/support following assessment by the Health Visitor/Team Leader.
• To participate in the development of intervention pathways, 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

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

• The post holder is a qualified registered nurse ideally with experience in working in paediatrics in an acute/community setting
• Experience working in the community and/or with children and families

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
• High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs.
• Ability to apply research to practice.
• Ability to set personal objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
• Ability to delegate work appropriately and safely.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance
• Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas
• Willingness to support management of change.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children
• Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity

Person Specification
Education and Qualification

Essential

• The post holder is a qualified registered nurse ideally with experience in working in paediatrics in an acute/community setting
• Experience working in the community and/or with children and families

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
• High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs.
• Ability to apply research to practice.
• Ability to set personal objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
• Ability to delegate work appropriately and safely.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance
• Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas
• Willingness to support management of change.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children
• Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address

Edgeware Community Hospital

Barnet

London

HA8 0AD

United Kingdom

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