The closing date is 06 April 2026
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year pa
Job summary
The School Nursing, Health Visiting and Teenage Pregnancy form the Healthy Child Programme 0-19 which deliver public health services to babies, children and young people and their families. The overarching aim of public health services is to prevent, promote and protect the health and wellbeing of children and families and aligns with the Families First for Children Principles. They work with stakeholders across a number of settings and organisations to lead delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (5-19) to improve child health outcomes and ensure that families in need of help or at risk are identified at the earliest opportunity.
As a senior staff nurse in the Strengthening Families Team you will manage your own caseload of babies, children and young people to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care. You will be supervised and supported by Band 7 qualified School Nurses and Health Visitors supporting babies, children and young people who are subject of child in need and child protection plans. You will contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions within the wider Healthy Child Programme 0-19 and Family Help FFCP pathway.
Job responsibilities
Effectively manage a caseload and where appropriate, delegate care to non-registrants and maintain professional accountability for supervising that care
Ensure effective communication with babies, children, young people, parents, carers and others including those whose first language is not English, liaising with and co-ordinating interpreting services.
Undertake holistic health and Our Family Family Help assessments and plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for individual babies, children, young people and their families.
Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health education and promotion packages using evidence-based materials and methods.
Where appropriate, contribute to multi agency processes to assess and develop care plans to support babies, children and young peoples health and wellbeing
Have a good knowledge of local services in health and partner agencies and where appropriate, liaise and refer a baby, child or young person to multi-disciplinary teams and other specialist services.
Take on the role of lead professional to coordinate delivery of care plans for children and young people e.g. Children on Family Help plans.
Promote team working at all times and act up, as directed in the absence of the clinical team leader. Provide line management duties for junior members of staff within your locality team e.g. 1-1s, PDR, caseload supervision.
To develop in conjunction with Deputy professional Lead, implement, monitor and evaluate quality standards e.g. SOPs with HCP 0-19 Practice, utilising the clinical governance framework to support the provision of a high quality, safe care. This includes contribution to reports for service monitoring e.g. commissioner reporting.
Provide pre, post registration student nurses and staff requiring induction, mentorship and preceptorship with relevant and suitable experiences within children, young people and familys public health service, to include teaching and assessment throughout their placement.
Participate in the continued development of the children, young people and familys public health service, to include meetings and close liaison with clinical lead and to work in partnership with other health care professionals within the Trust and other agencies.
Take responsibility for and effectively manage a lead area of the Health Child Programme, as agreed with the Professional Lead.
Represent the service on a range of multi professional forum as requested and agreed with the Professional Lead
In the absence of the clinical chair team meetings to cascade information and plan delivery of the team workload in the absence of the clinical lead
Constructively participate in nursing, clinical and managerial meetings as required
Monitor and report to the clinical lead regarding client and staff safety, accidents and reportable incidents as necessary in line with risk management local and national policies
Contribute to the planning of staff training, both mandatory and for professional development, in conjunction with clinical lead and FFCP Health coordinator.
In consultation with clinical lead and FFCP health coordinator influence and manage change within the service utilising research/evidence-based practice and audit mechanisms.
Working in partnership with the multi-agency team provide clinical advice, information and support regarding babies, children and young people with long term conditions, disability or specific health problems to minimise negative impacts on their lives and promote health gain and social inclusion to the children, family and carers.
Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health promoting activities with individuals and groups, utilising evidence-based materials and methods e.g. sexual health and relationships, emotional health, growth, healthy lifestyles
Develop and maintain effective communication networks and work collaboratively with key partners, health workers, statutory and voluntary agencies to actively promote national and local public health priorities
Plan, deliver and evaluate group work for children and young people and/or parents e.g. emotional Health groups, parenting groups
Plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions to early years settings, schools and other agencies.
Act as role model and FFCP leader leading by example through practice with positive attitude and presentation.
Attend regular team and service meetings to give and receive relevant information and to maintain effective team working.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered nurse
- Evidence of continued learning and development
Knowledge & expereince
Essential
- Experience of working with children within a community setting
- The ability to safeguarding children and their families
- The ability to make decisions which are timely, effective and appropriate.
- Able to establish and maintain key relationships with colleagues and other disciplines both internally and externally.
- Effective communication skills both written and verbal with children, families and others.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Key Competencies
Essential
- Evidence of utilising evidence based practice and appraising standards, providing clinical direction and support for staff
- Detailed knowledge of health and social care policy relating to children’s services to include safeguarding
- Ability to apply clinical governance framework to clinical practice
- Demonstrates leadership skills and understanding of professional responsibilities within the team
- Demonstrate ability to facilitate others to develop service provision.
- Ability to make sound clinical judgments and to work within a team and direct other team members to deliver high quality client care.
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).