Healthy Child Programme Community Staff Nurse

Job content

Work with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) 0-5 Team to provide a child centered, inclusive, holistic and accessible public health programme to children, their families and communities.Establish effective links with children, families, communities, statutory and voluntary agencies.Promote the physical and emotional wellbeing of children and young people, in order to establish good health for them now and in the future through early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment, social inclusion and the reduction of health inequalities. Make referrals as appropriate enabling access to relevant professionals supporting children and young people to reach their health and developmental potentialContribute to the work of the team under the direction of the team lead.Actively promote the health of children and young people by participating in the Healthy Child Programme as set out in the service specification.Facilitate students of nursing to develop their own competence as per NMC code of professional conduct.Submit accurate data and statistical returns within defined timescales and contribute to the maintenance of accurate computerised databases as requested.Initiate and contribute to Early Help Plans as per Healthy Child Programme under supervision of a named SCPHN.Within competence, review children’s health, including growth, immunisation history, nutrition and dental health, identifying health needs and offering appropriate follow-up.Provide evidence based health promotion advice on a range of subjects.Deliver identified training sessions.Respond to child protection and safeguarding concerns & report appropriately.To attend, contribute to, document and report at child protection case conferences and planning meetings, making an assessment of risk with the supervision of the school nurse.To ensure health monitoring equipment is operating to a high standard, maintained and calibrated.As the largest provider of community healthcare services in Sussex, our teams help people to plan for and manage changes to their health, supporting patients and their families to live more independently. We employ around 5,700 staff and provide community services to a population of 1.3 million people.Each year our dedicated clinicians see adult or child patients more than 2.6 million times, caring for people from their earliest moments right up to the final stages of their life.SCFT teams deliver a range of health and care services to more than 9,000 people every day, working in care homes, clinics, intermediate care units, people’s own homes, GP surgeries, schools and other community venues across the region.Our vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community and achieving the highest level of service is our top priority.We develop and nurture our staff and recognise that they are our greatest asset.OUR VALUESWe encourage and expect all staff to actively promote and adhere to our values in every aspect of their work.Compassionate careCaring for people in ways we would want for our loved ones.Achieving ambitionsFor patients and service users, colleagues, our teams and our organisation.Working togetherForging strong links with our patients, the public and our health and care partners, so we can rise to the challenges we face together.Delivering excellenceOur patients and partners deserve nothing less.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Davidson Job title: Team Lead Moulescoomb Email address: julie.davidson5@nhs.net Telephone number: 07795238714Or call Health Visiting Contact Point 01273 266000 x 2935