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0-19 Staff Nurse

Employer
Southend On Sea Borough Council
Location
Southend-on-Sea, Essex (GB)
Salary
£26,511 to £31,346 a year
Closing date
19 Dec 2021

0-19 Staff Nurse Southend On Sea Borough Council 

Job summary 

Are you looking for a job in the community? Are you a registered nurse who is committed to innovative ways of working and supporting children, young people and families? Do you want an exciting opportunity to join our 0-19 Public Health Team? Then this could be the role for you!

Southend-On-Seas 0-19 Public Health service are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated practitioner with initiative and drive. Our 0-19 service delivers high quality public health nursing, that promotes and improves health inequalities to children, young people and their families in Southend-On-Sea.

You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills, be willing to facilitate and support change in service delivery, have the ability to work autonomously and as part of an integrated skill mix team. We offer a flexible and agile working pattern where you are able to do your full time hours over 4 days, working from the office as well as home.

Main duties of the job  

You will work within a skill mix team, working closely with partners, such as our Health Visitors, School Nurses, Schools, GPs and Social Care, providing seamless care to the children, young people and families of Southend. You'll also have an important role in recognising and protecting vulnerable children as well as using innovative ways to communicate with the Southend population such as ChatHealth and the use of social media.

The successful candidate will work across the 0-19 service ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality services to a caseload of babies, children, young people and their families, using research-based evidence to inform practice with agreed professional standards. The post will require the nurse to travel between homes, schools, and community hubs within the Southend area.

About us  

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is a unitary Local Authority and the 0-19 service is based within the Public Health department. Staff moving from NHS to Local Authority can maintain their NHS pension.

**PAY AWARD PENDING**

**Due to internal promotions, other opportunities are available – contact us to find out more**

The borough is diverse, a busy University town with an attractive seafront, public parks and leisure activities, competitive house pricing and excellent transport links. Accessible from both Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street stations. It offers traditional seaside living that makes it a fantastic place to live and work.

Job description Job responsibilities  

The post holder will lead the provision of a family centred, evidence based public health service that promotes and improves health and addresses inequalities to a defined caseload, population or community.

This will be achieved through delivery of public health nursing model at a community, universal reach, targeted response and specialist response level. The post holder will work in line with the Local Authority's corporate objectives and will be expected to make a positive contribution to the provision of public health services. The post holder will be expected to work in line with the Southend Borough Council values and behaviours delivering excellent care with compassion.

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A full Job description and Person Specification is attached.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

  • First level registered nurse (Adult or Nurse Branch) Current Full UK driving licence.

Experience Essential

  • Evidence of utilising evidenced based practice and appraising standards, providing clinical direction and support for staff Ability to apply clinical governance framework to clinical practice Demonstrate 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

Desirable

  • Demonstrable evidence of professional development Demonstrable experience working with children and young people Skills in managing own workload through effective use of prioritisation. An understanding of current political and local drivers for public health, health visiting and school nursing.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name Southend On Sea Borough Council

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