Public Health Community Nurse Health Visiting

Job Location	Grappenhall
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	£24,907 - £30,615 per annum
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent, full-time

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:Warrington Health Visiting is part of the 0-19 service provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The Warrington 0-19 Integrated Children’s Service includes health visiting, school nursing, family nurse partnership, oral health improvement, breast feeding volunteer support, immunisation and national child measurement programme, working together for the health and wellbeing of young people.We are looking for an ambitious individual, who will be part of the 0-19 team supporting the Health Visiting Team in taking the next steps in developing great community services and ensuring that everything we do is based around our aim of quality first and foremost. We are looking for motivated and innovative individuals interested in developing their Public Health skills working with children and their families alongside Health Visitors and the wider integrated skill mix team.Applicants must have relevant professional qualifications and experience of working with children and families would be desirable. Experience of working with CAF/Early Help and safeguarding is desirable but not essential as training and support will be given. A key part of the Community Nurse’s role will be to assess health need, offer advice and support, lead and deliver health promotion.The Warrington 0-19 Service in Bridgewater works across 3 geographical areas working closely with Children Centre’s teams, GPs and Midwives. The service has well established skill mix teams consisting of Health Visitors, Staff Nurses, Nursery Nurses and Health Visitor Assistants who together deliver the Healthy Child Programme along with colleagues in the Local Authority, Primary Care and voluntary and statutory agencies.You will be joining a forward thinking service that contributes to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to improve the health of children, young people and their families in Warrington.What we offerWe offer a great package with inclusion in the following benefits to name but a few:

NHS Pension Scheme

Up to 6 weeks annual leave with the opportunity to purchase an additional 4 weeks annual leave

Access to a Staff Health & Wellbeing Hub which offers advice, support and schemes including Occupational Health services which include self-referral access to medical assessment facilities, Physiotherapy and a Counselling Helpline service which can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Staff Salary Sacrifice Scheme including a Childcare Vouchers Scheme

A to Z list of staff benefits and discounts

Opportunities to join our Staff Champions and Staff Engagement Group

Optional Annual Health Checks, Flu Vaccines and Healthy Lifestyle Initiatives

Special leave provisions, including some over and above statutory entitlements

Flexible working options to help staff achieve a work/life balancePlease ensure that you read the Job Description which also includes the person specification before applying for this post.For an informal chat or further information regarding this post please contact:Lynn Arrowsmith, 0-19 Service Team Leader – South Team or orMargaret Bennett, 0-19 Service Team Leader – East TeamPlease note:If the advertised post requires a DBS check the successful candidate will incur the cost of the DBS check which will be taken in three equal monthly instalments from salary.We advise that you complete and submit your application form as soon as possible, because should we experience a high level of interest in the post it may be closed early.Any applicant who applies for a position online will be contacted thereafter using the email address provided upon login. Please ensure that after application you check your emails often to ensure that you do not miss any communications from Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.Bridgewater is an equal opportunities employer: We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce that reflects our local communities, we therefore welcome applications from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious belief or other personal circumstance. We are committed to improving the working lives of our employees and we have an active flexible working policy and welcome applications for job share and flexible working. An interview is guaranteed to any applicant with a disability who meets the essential criteria of the person specification. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.

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