Band 6 School Nurse SCPHN Reg Job Vacancy in South Tyneside, England, UK

Job summary

Excitingopportunities have arisen in Leicester City to join our Healthy Together SchoolNursing Team as a Public Health Nurse working with children and young people aged 5-19 within our 0-19service. We are offering full and part time positions.

We are seeking to employ the very besttalent to help us deliver the Healthy Child Programme and our ambitiousvision. We would love to meet you if you are an enthusiastic and self-motivatedPublic Health Nurse.

Our teams are busy, high achievingand dynamic consisting of committed and skilled people who want to deliver the bestpossible care for children and their families. School nursing offers a range ofservices to meet the varying needs of the local population, which includes ourwell-developed digital offer. This includes the award winning Chat Healthtext messaging service, which is available to all parents, as well as youngpeople of secondary school age in Leicester City.

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

Please see jobdescription and person specification for full details. Details ofqualifications and experience need to be clearly evidenced within yourapplication form.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Todeliver Evidence Based healthcare, maintaining a high standard of professionalpractice.

Leadand deliver the Healthy Child Programme, within a multi-agency team setting.

Beresponsible for the identification, assessment, and management of health care needsof individuals, families, groups, and communities within a defined caseload,and for the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of carewithin a range of targeted groups.

Providedelegated management responsibility to the Healthy Child ProgrammePractitioners and Healthy Child Programme Nurses.

Mentorpre and post registration students, and new members of staff as required, andsupport induction programmes.

Youmust have a full driving license that allows you to drive in the UK and the useof a car for this role. LPT operate 2 car schemes Car Leasing and Car Salarysacrifice subject to meeting the acceptance criteria. If you already hold alease car through another NHS employer you may be able to transfer the vehicleto LPT.

Pleasenote; We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficientcredible responses, so would encourage you to apply soon so as not to miss outon 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.