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Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for you to develop public health skills and knowledge, as a Development Community Staff Nurse for Health Visiting (two year fixed-term, full and part time hours (0.8WTE – 1.0WTE) available).
The successful candidates will work within theWokinghamlocality health visiting team but will need to be flexible around working fromdifferent sites as they support children aged 0-5, their families and Health Visiting colleagues.They will support the implementation of the Healthy Child Programme underpinned by the Solihull Approach model of working.
The competency-based framework and learning opportunities will support your access to the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Programme (SCPHN/HV).This post will also be supported by the locality managers, colleagues, a named supervisor and Community Practice Teacher (CPT) as well as the Professional Development Lead to ensure that all learning outcomes and competencies are completed prior to commencement onto the SCPHN course.
The Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Programme is offered by Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust at either Oxford Brookes or Bucks New University.
• To provide support to families within a variety of community settings under the direction of the Health Visitor, taking into account the diverse social, health and wellbeing needs of the community.
• To plan and deliver health enhancing activities for children and their families to include working in groups, child health clinics, developmental review clinics, and on an individual basis.
• To provide support to families using the Solihull approach model in behaviour management, parenting skills and delivering programmes of care to vulnerable families as identified by the health visitor.
• To support breastfeeding and parent infant relationships applying the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards.
• To liaise with other agencies and services to provide integrated and cohesive support for children and their families, under the direction of the health visitor.
• Work with the HV team to achieve the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) especially focussing on the antenatal and the 6-8 week postnatal contacts
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The 4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
· You must be a Registered Nurse active on the NMC register
· Committed to professional development
· Ability to carry / manoeuvre light to moderate loads
· You will hold a valid UK driver’s license with access to a vehicle
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’recommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to callFiona Howell on 07768 987992 orfiona.howell@berkshire.nhs.uk who’llbe delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024
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