Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor

We have exciting opportunities for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses to join our Health Visiting service working with children, families, and communities across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Full time and part time hours considered.

Main duties of the job

As a specialist community public health nurse, you will provide expert advice, support, and interventions to families with children in the first years of life and help to empower parents to make decisions that positively affect their family's future health and wellbeing.

The main duties of the role include:

• The delivery of the full-service offer of mandated contacts underpinned by the Healthy Child Programme.
• To work collaboratively with other agencies to promote health and well-being and improve early identification of need and risks to improve child outcomes.
• To empower individuals, families, and communities to influence and access services and information and act as an advocate particularly for those families who find services difficult to access.
• Contribute to safeguarding of children in collaboration with partners using national and local policies to guide professional decision making and action.
• The service in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire is led by Health Visitors and supported by a skill mix team.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make arealdifference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities forallour colleagues and apprentices.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult, Children's, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health) and or Registered Midwife.
• A Degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) or awaiting confirmation following successful completion of the SCPHN Course.

Desirable

• Evidence of successful study at post graduate level.
• Evidence of supporting students in practice.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• This role requires the successful applicant to be mobile, visiting several locations across a wide geographical area so the post holder must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to an appropriate means of transport to undertake the job effectively.

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Must be able to work in partnership with parents using a solution focussed approach and appropriate assessment skills and tools. This should clearly demonstrate child and family strengths and/or needs focused on the 6 High Impact Areas.
• Evidence of a clear knowledge and understanding of the Health Visiting contribution to public health outcomes.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to sharing and distributing new evidence and research within the sphere of Public Health Nursing. Demonstrating a proactive and questioning approach to new evidence and research.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the theory underpinning public health nursing including the impact of wider determinants of health and parenting capacity on child outcomes both in the short term and long term
• Evidence of working in collaboration with other healthcare professionals and service providers to facilitate seamless delivery of services for local families and communities
• Demonstrate ability to remain focussed on the child and child outcomes when working with complexity, risk and uncertainty.
• Evidence of a clear understanding of the safeguarding role of Health Visitors within a universal service and multi-agency context.
• Demonstrate an ability to understand the need for change following service transformation and improvement, embracing new ways of thinking and working to embed updates in evidence, policies and guidance.
• Demonstrate a reflective approach to practice improvement and personal development.

Desirable

• Group facilitation skills - either with parents or students or colleagues.
• Familiar with MECSH, ASQ, ELIM.