Community Nursery Nurse

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Job overview

The Barnet 0-19 Service has recently joined Whittington Health, which delivers community services across five London boroughs. 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.

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We are seeking to employ Community Nursery Nurses with an NNEB or NVQ Level 3 in Childcare to our Health Visiting teams to work across various sites in Barnet. This is an exciting opportunity to join us as we expand our Community Nursery Nurse provision.

You would be expected to demonstrate effective communication skills due to the nature of the role in working with children and families. Proactive communication with colleagues and partners is also essential to ensure local health priorities are addressed to improve health outcomes for children in Barnet.

Good IT skills are essential for the role and you will be involved in delivering key aspects of the Healthy Child Programme. Supporting the development of the service and working with colleagues and partners, to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective Universal Health Provision as delegated by the Health Visitor/Team Leader. The role includes assessing children's development, supporting families with infant feeding and child development.

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

Working for our organisation

We will provide a robust and innovative training package, looking to develop and expand on your skill set. Our learning and development department offers stimulating opportunities for continued professional development. We offer flexible working opportunities and technological support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES

A. Leadership

1. To support the development of well functioning integrated teams by modelling effective team working and communication skills, and by supporting change within the service.

2. To ensure that individuals within the teams are aware of and work within the Trust policies and procedures. To ensure the maintenance of up to date, accurate records that comply with local and national standards.

3. To develop and maintain effective and appropriate communication systems with staff and colleagues within Whittington Health, Children’s Centres, Schools and GP Practices.

4. To take every reasonable step to see that the working environment is safe, healthy and hazard free for staff and users, including ensuring that infection control procedures are in place.

5. To facilitate the use of information technology and ensure that relevant and up to date information on clinical and service developments are provided to agreed timescales.

6. To participate in audit, research projects and/or innovations following agreed policy and protocol.

7. To participate in the induction of newly appointed team members and support with students on placement within the team.

B. Clinical

1. To work closely with colleagues in the Health Visiting team in the planning and delivery of health promotion activities and public health initiatives in a variety of settings.

2. To work closely with colleagues in the Health Visiting team to meet the specific health needs of individual children and families, including carrying out programmes of work in the home.

3. To provide and promote access to information and other services, to refer as appropriate. To liaise and work in partnership with statutory and non-statutory agencies, and other health services colleagues.

4. To work in partnership with local Children’s Centres to involve parents with the programme and to have an input in the planning and delivery of services.

5. To participate in multi-agency working and develop links with local nurseries and other community groups. Under the supervision of the Health Visitor, work with families with complex medical/developmental needs and attend Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings where appropriate.

6. To work in partnership with colleagues and other professionals to promote healthy lifestyles and healthy schools through health promoting activities. To provide health promotion/education in a range of settings and with groups and individuals.

7. To carry out ASQs/health reviews on children at 1 and 2 years of age and review/refer as appropriate. To regularly monitor children with identified needs.

8. Manage a caseload of children with SEND, under the supervision of the Health Visitor. Liaising with the multiagency network to ensure the children’s identified health needs are addressed.

9. To undertake Transfer In Visits for universal families, as directed by the Health Visitor.

10. To undertake bloodspot sampling, following appropriate training.

11. To work with the team to support children, young people and families who are vulnerable or at risk. Under the supervision of the Health Visitor, undertake identified pieces of work with Universal Plus (UP) and Partnership Plus (UPP) families. To adhere to current Local Safeguarding Board and London Child Protection Procedures and attend child protection supervision.

12. Work with the Health Visitors and School Nurses on the transition of children into reception in primary school.

13. To undertake mandatory training, and service specific training as required to maintain skills and competencies.

14. To support with managing well baby clinics and to lead, where appropriate.

C. Partnership with Service Users

1. To support opportunities for ongoing involvement of children, young people, parents and carers in development of services and quality assurance.

D. Quality Assurance

1. To adhere to Clinical Governance mechanisms and monitoring systems that assures the quality of the service.

2. To comply with Whittington Health infection control standards and policies, and attendance at infection control training.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

1. Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

• You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation