Public Health Nurse - School Nurse - Band 6 Healthy Together

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Exciting opportunities have arisen in various sites across Leicester City to join our Healthy Together School Nursing team as a Band 6 Specialist Community Public Health Nurse working with children and young people aged 5-19. We are offering full and part time positions.

We are seeking to employ the very best talent to help us deliver the Healthy Child Programme and our ambitious vision. We would love to meet you if you are an enthusiastic and self-motivated Public Health Nurse.

Our teams are busy, high achieving and dynamic consisting of committed and skilled people who want to deliver the best possible care for children and their families. School nursing offers a range of services to meet the varying needs of the local population, which includes our well-developed digital offer. This includes the award winning Chat Health text messaging service, which is available to all parents, as well as young people in Leicester City.

You must have a NMC registration in any branch of nursing and a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) School Nursing registration. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a warm, respectful, caring, and compassionate approach to delivering a flexible and responsive service for our diverse and continually evolving health needs of our population.

Please see job description and person specification for full details. Details of qualifications and experience need to be clearly evidenced within your application form.

Main duties of the job

To deliver Evidence Based healthcare, maintaining a high standard of professional practice.
Lead and deliver the Healthy Child Programme, within a multi-agency team setting.
Be responsible for the identification, assessment, and management of health care needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities within a defined caseload, and for the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care within a range of targeted groups.
Provide delegated management responsibility to the Healthy Child Programme Practitioners and Healthy Child Programme Nurses.
Mentor pre and post registration students, and new members of staff as required, and support induction programmes.

You must have a full driving license that allows you to drive in the UK and the use of a car for this role. LPT operate 2 car schemes Car Leasing and Car Salary sacrifice subject to meeting the acceptance criteria. If you already hold a lease car through another NHS employer you may be able to transfer the vehicle to LPT.

Please note; We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient credible responses, so would encourage you to apply soon so as not to miss out on this great opportunity.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

26 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-24-0626

Job locations

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Leicestershire County Council

Leicester Road

Glenfield

Leicester

LE3 8RA

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Specialist Public Health Nurse degree (School Nursing)
Registered Nurse Level 1
Post Registration Qualification
Evidence of continuing professional development within the last 12 months

Desirable

Degree or Equivalent
Hold an NMC approved mentoring qualification
Leadership or Management Qualification or willingness to work towards

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility dependent upon work priorities
To be able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for leadership and quality care for clients/service users
Ability to motivate self and others.

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration experience as a nurse in relevant area of practice.
Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centre nursing care and patient education

Standard Requirements and Mobility

Essential

Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles
Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection
Understanding of the service users of the Trust (which could include lived experience of conditions the Trust deals with or of receiving services relevant to those the Trust provides)
Driving licence/car driver /suitable alternative.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Specialist Public Health Nurse degree (School Nursing)
Registered Nurse Level 1
Post Registration Qualification
Evidence of continuing professional development within the last 12 months

Desirable

Degree or Equivalent
Hold an NMC approved mentoring qualification
Leadership or Management Qualification or willingness to work towards

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility dependent upon work priorities
To be able to demonstrate understanding of current developments in the NHS and their implications for leadership and quality care for clients/service users
Ability to motivate self and others.

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration experience as a nurse in relevant area of practice.
Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centre nursing care and patient education

Standard Requirements and Mobility

Essential

Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles
Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection
Understanding of the service users of the Trust (which could include lived experience of conditions the Trust deals with or of receiving services relevant to those the Trust provides)
Driving licence/car driver /suitable alternative.

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.