Job summaryAre you a qualified nurse or a student nurse due to qualify with a passion for public health and improving health outcomes for children and families in Milton Keynes? Would you like to work for a dynamic and innovative team?We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and conscientious practitioners to join our Health Visiting team within the 0-19 Children's Universal Health Service.We are looking for compassionate individuals who can demonstrate excellent communication skills and are able to work as part of a skill mixed team to deliver the Healthy Child Programme (HCP). Alongside your team, you will work with various partner agencies to achieve best health outcomes for babies, children and their families across Milton Keynes.Previous experience of working in the community is desirable but not essential as you will receive full training and an excellent induction package. In addition you will receive regular clinical, managerial and safeguarding supervision.This is a permanent position but may also be an excellent opportunity to gain experience for an individual interested in undertaking a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) course in Health Visiting or School Nursing in the future.PLEASE NOTE THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WILL BE FACE TO FACE PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF ABLE TO DO.Main duties of the jobInterprofessional working to deliver the Healthy Child Programme and safeguard childrenUndertaking holistic assessments to identify health needs, taking into consideration parenting capacity and family/environmental factorsDelivering targeted and universal evidence based packages of careWork closely with Health Visitors undertaking delegated work, but also working under own initiativeManaging a clinical caseloadAbout usThere's a place for you at CNWLWe're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination, as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course your patients and service users when working in our healthcare settingJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo 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 communityTo 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 basisTo support breastfeeding and parent infant relationships applying the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative standardsMaintain a family-centred public health approach as a framework for identifying and delivering health care interventions and key public health messageTo work in partnership with Children Centres, Early Years settings and other partnership agenciesTo promote the health and well-being of the local populationTo act as a supervisor/assessor for pre-registration nursing students and support new staff by providing suitable learning environments and experienceUndertake child health needs assessments and health promotion activityBe responsible for managing own caseload and prioritise work to ensure all tasks are actioned in a timely fashion according to level of needWork as an autonomous practitioner taking responsibility for care given to babies, children and families but also work as a team memberTake responsibility for monitoring own practice under local operational procedures, being responsible for own professional decisions and actions, including knowing when to refer to the senior colleagues when aspects of work are assessed to be outside of competenceBe confident in the identification and safe management of vulnerable and safeguarding families, adhering to local safeguarding polices and escalating concerns when necessaryAttend safeguarding meetings as requested by locality Health Visitor. Share health information, participate in formulating agreed actions for the baby/child and family and complete identified actions within set timescales as appropriate. Document all information and share with locality Health VisitorManage all records in line with the Trust Health Records Policy, departmental Guidelines for Record Keeping and the NMC Code of ConductHave a clear understanding of specific IT systems used within CNWL including Outlook and SystmOne. Ensure all training is attended to ensure proficiency when using the systemUndertake risk assessments prior to undertaking home visitsImplement plans of care using evidence-based criterion to rationalise professional decisions and actions. Monitor progress and adapt plans to maximise health benefits for clientSignpost and refer to other specialist services for support and interventionUse a range of skills to communicate taking account of culture, ethnicity, language, disabilities, developmental age and environmental settingBe aware of childrens safeguarding policy and procedure. Ensure mandatory safeguarding training is up to date. Attend all teaching and supervision sessions to remain compliant with local and trust policy and guidanceActively participate in team discussions and help to support service development and projectsBe responsible for revalidation and maintaining up to date and accurate registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and adhere to the NMC Code of ConductTakes responsibility for own continuous professional development, maintaining professional knowledge and competence in line with personal development plan agreed at supervision and annual appraisalEnsure all mandatory training is updated annually or as specified, including attendance at service specific training as per local scheduleMonitor own practice to ensure specialist knowledge is maintained through further education, study days, experiential learning and that practice is evidence baseRecognise personal distress when highly emotive or unpredictable circumstances arise and seek support and advice from colleagues, management team and / or Trust provided services as preferredConsistently practice as a role model and contribute to creating and maintaining a high performing teamPerson SpecificationEducation and QualificationsEssentialCurrent Nursing or Midwifery NMC Registration or about to qualify as a Registered NurseDesirableChildren's Safeguarding TrainingTeaching/Mentorship TrainingExperienceEssentialWorking independently and as a part of a teamEvidence of caseload managementEvidence of multi-agency workingDesirableExpereince of working with families and childrenSkills & KnowledgeEssentialOrgansisational skills and able demonstrate leadership skillsExcellent verbal, non verbal, written and interpersonal skillsDesirableKnowledge of the Healthy Child Programme and current public health guidanceDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameCentral and North West London NHS Foundation TrustAddressShipley CoourtMarch End RoadNewport Pagnell/Milton keynesMK16 8EAEmployer's websitehttps://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)