The closing date is 07 January 2025
Band
Band 5
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Job summary
- Are you a qualified nurse or midwife looking to specialise or further your career?
- Beginning your training in-house in early 2025, our dedicated development programme will give you in-depth experience of what it is like to work in a Public Health Nursing team. We’ll support you to gain the skills and knowledge needed to interview for and undertake the Specialist Public Health Community Nurse (SCPHN) qualification. Along the way, you’ll have the chance to take in our team culture and gain a full understanding of the role before joining the academic course.
- You’ll be completely supported in post with a comprehensive induction programme, additional training, buddy system and guidance from practice educators and health visitors. And you wont be doing this alone either. You will be part of a cohort of nurses and midwives undertaking the same training and qualification. Many of our health visitors have completed the course themselves and built lasting friendships within the team.
- Subject to a satisfactory interview with the University of the West of England in September, you will then start your 12-month postgraduate qualification (Level 7) in September 2025 or September 2026. The course will be delivered through a mix of university-based attendance, remote learning, and practice, with 2 days protected study time and three days on the job gaining real world experience. Upon qualification, you will be well placed to apply for a permanent Health Visitor role in Somerset Council.
Main duties of the job
- Gaining practical experience in our award-winning Health Visiting service, you will go into the course having lived and breathed the job.
- Delivering the Healthy child programme for children aged 0-5 years and their families, your day-to-day work will involve:Providing evidence-based interventions and motivational interviewing.
- Assessing child development and undertaking holistic assessments
- Providing advice and promoting health and wellbeing to children and families.
- Promoting health protection and keeping children safe.
- Working closely with other local services, including Social Care, the voluntary sector, GPs, education, and pre-schools.
- You will join a skill-mix team based within the community. Managing your own workload, you will be given the time and space to really get to know the families you support. Our work is preventative, empowering people to make healthier choices and addressing issues before they happen.
- Your work will not just make a difference in families lives. It will play a part in reducing health inequalities across Somerset, influencing positive outcomes for all children in our community.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/RSCN
- Registered Nursing Degree grade 2:2 or above.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills influencing, negotiating and communication (written and verbal) skills.
- Aptitude and confidence for working with a rapidly changing environment.
- Experienced in the use of IT applications, specifically experience of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email.
- Supportive and able to foster an open and learning culture.
- Proven organisational and time management skills.
- Group facilitation skills.
- Working knowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Community experience and/or experience in working with children.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries in a health care setting.
- Experience of delivering programmes in a community setting and providing a range of diverse services.
- Compassionate – Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives remaining sensitive and empathetic.
- Listens to others views respecting and valuing individual patient needs.
- Professional and patient focussed approach with inspirational skills, acting as a role model to colleagues and junior staff members.
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and service users.
- Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner.
- Able to take instruction and direction and work effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to record and retrieve information on charts/paper and electronic patient records.
- High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet.
- Ability to undertake PMVA training to required level for role.
- Ability to speak fluent English as stated in Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016).
Desirable
- Able to work as part of a multi professional team.
- Understanding of quality standards and audit.
- Knowledge of key national and local public health priorities.
- Understanding of school health issues.
- Working knowledge of using the RIO records system.
- Experience of working with children and families with additional special needs.
- Experience and knowledge of child protection procedures.
- Experience of working with and or knowledge of child health issues e.g. contraceptive and sexual health, emotional health and wellbeing, smoking cessation, substance misuse.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Develop & maintain good working relationships both within the team & the organisation.
- Compassionate and caring, sensitive to others needs.
- Able to contribute appropriately to workload allocation and identify and raise concerns as required.
- Flexible with working hours to suit the needs of the service.
- Able to work on own initiative and relate to a wide range of people.
- Work under pressure, dealing with a complex range of competing priorities and agendas.
- Compassionate – Open minded, treats colleagues, patients, carers and relatives with dignity and respect.
- Act in a way that support equality and diversity.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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 Sponsorship
Applications 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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).