Community Health NurseNHS
Job summary
Are you looking for a new change of direction or a new challenge?
We are looking for Registered Nurses and Midwives to join our Health Visiting team as a Community Health Nurse (CHN) in Southampton City supporting children, young people and families in their own homes and community settings. We welcome applications from all Registered Nurses, Adult, Child, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, and Registered Midwives.You will work with children aged 0-5 and their families, alongside experienced Health Visitors to deliver the Healthy Child Programme (DH 2021).The Healthy Child Programme offers every family an evidence-based programme of interventions including screening tests, immunisations, developmental reviews and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices.This role will draw on your previous knowledge and skills to ensure the best outcomes are achieved and care is delivered to children and families in Southampton at the right time and in the right place by the right professional. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving outcomes for children and families in our area and to reduce health inequalities by delivering well led, safe, effective, caring, and responsive services.
Main duties of the job
To participate in the delivery of core contacts of the healthy child programme to children who are part of the universal and targeted caseloads and support specialist and Tier 4 families under the guise of the Health Visitor within each locality by home visits, group or education settings.
To undertake short- and medium-term interventions with targeted and specialist families who have been assessed by the health visitor / public health nurse as needing help with healthy weight activities, child development and/or parenting interventions. This may be by home visits or groups or interventions in an education or local authority setting.
Through supervision with line manager in 1 to 1s and within supervision groups the CHN will demonstrate competency in clinical decision making to assess and develop appropriate plans of care under the universal and targeted levels of the Healthy Child Programme.
To communicate effectively, providing and receiving sensitive and complex or contentious information where advanced inter-personal skills are required.
Build effective relationships with other agencies and disciplines, and work in partnership to promote health and wellbeing of communities, families and individuals, and to act as an advocate where appropriate.
To follow local and national policies and procedures with regards to safeguarding children. To use skills to analyse information to identity and review families causing concern and escalate to the health visitor to agree a plan of action.
Job description
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence