Job summaryWe have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our St Helens North 0-19 team as a Public Health Nurse, supporting the delivery of a public health offer to children and young people and delivering the Healthy Child Programme core offer. The role gives a great insight to our service and has supported employees to develop into other roles associated with public health and 0-19 services. We have great feedback from students and staff who enjoy working within a friendly and supportive team.Main duties of the jobSupporting the 0-19 service to deliver the public health offer in St Helens.Managing a safeguarding caseload, including completing health assessments, contributing to multiagency meetings and completing reports.Delegation and work planning/organisationFacilitating clinics across St HelensAbout usThe St Helens 0-19 service is a friendly supportive team offering staff the opportunity to work flexibly if needed.We work with the trust values of compassion openness and Trust ensuring that we demonstrate these values to children and families in St Helens and to each other.We have daily safety huddles to support staff at the beginning of each day and monthly team meetings.Supervision is available to all staff both planned and reactive.We work closely with our specialist Safeguarding nurses to ensure staff feel supported and have access to appropriate training and inductionJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe successful candidate will work as part of the 0-19 service. The post is a permanent contract delivering public health offer across St Helens.The role also includes providing leadership to junior colleagues and new starters, organising/ work planning and delegation and chairing and attending meetings.Person SpecificationQualifications and Professional TrainingEssentialRN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RMEvidence of recent professional developmentDesirableMentorship level 6Modules at level 6 - Public Health RelatedSolihull Approach trainedMotivational Interviewing trainedImmunisation trainingExperience and KnowledgeEssentialKnowledge of Public Health PrioritiesKnowledge of child developmentKnowledge of safeguarding issues and working with vulnerable families.Understanding of role within the Public Health TeamDesirableTwo years post registration with 12 months community experiencePrevious experience of working in a community environmentExperience of data collection for reportsSkills and AttributesEssentialGood verbal and non-verbal and written communication skills.Ability to work as part of a team and independentlyAbility to use email, internet, and word processing softwareGood organisational and time management skillsEffective interpersonal skillsDesirableAbility to facilitate groups and discussionsAbility to be flexible to meet the needs of the servicePersonal QualitiesEssentialAccess to a car for work purposeCommitmentVisionConfident and approachableDisclosure 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.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameWirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation TrustAddressSt Helens 0-19 Children's ServicesMoss Bank Childrens CentreSt HelensWA11 7PQEmployer's websitehttps://www.wchc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)