NHS

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Specialist Practitioner (PPT)


Pay44,428.00 - 47,420.00 / year
LocationBarnsley/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: F0056-24-0003?language=en&page=1506&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      How do we sum up Barnsley Council? Well,were a double award-winning, high-performing council with a growing economy, a thriving town centre and some truly impressive outcomes in our communities. This is why weve been awarded Council of the Year for 2023 by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) and The Municipal Journal (MJ).

      Our excellent Public Health services have been a key part of our win; were so proud of what weve achieved not just for the council but for our partners and Barnsley.

      Were impressed. Are you? Its the perfect time to join our excellent team.

      This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly ambitious, innovative, energetic, friendly, and high achieving 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service (PHNS). We know that our greatest asset is our employees, which is why for successful candidates we will recognise your NHS continuous service for the purposes of annual leave and sickness absence, and you can continue to access the NHS Pension Scheme if you are an existing scheme member.

      We would like to invite enthusiastic and highly motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse(SCPHN)to be part of the Partnership Protection Team(PPT). The PPT support children who are subject to child protection plans, contributing and supporting multi-agency decision making. This is an exciting opportunity for a practitioner who is passionate about supporting our most vulnerable and disadvantaged childrens young people and families.

      Main duties of the job

      We are looking for an experienced SCPHN Health Visitor or School Nurse with substantial understanding of the complexities of working with vulnerable families and the impact of abuse and neglect. The postholder will provide evidence based public health nursing practice that promotes and improves health and addresses inequalities of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people, and families within the borough. You will lead the delivery of the healthy child programme to improve health and wellbeing of children in need, providing SCPHN expertise to develop and implement structured interventions for children and families with complex needs who are subject to safeguarding plans. The postholder will attend strategy meetings, Initial case conferences, review conferences, core group and child in need meetings, delegating as necessary workload to skill mix members within teams as appropriate.

      In the role as SCPHN Specialist Practitioner, you will need,

      Significant experience of working in the community with vulnerable children and families and can demonstrate extensive experience of managing care for safeguarding and complex cases. You will have substantial experience of working collaboratively with other agencies.

      About us

      Why is it great to work in Barnsley.

      Barnsley is a place of possibilities. Our Barnsley 2030 Strategy details how we will work together to make Barnsley the best place it can be. This is an exciting time to join us, and the team has strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, making our work more effective in meeting the needs of our population and tackling health inequalities.

      Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do.Our 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service is rated Outstanding by CQC. Aspart of our team, you can be surewelldo all we can to support you in being truly excellent. We offer a full induction programme, and excellent training packages to enable you to have the right skills to do your job, including regular supervision to help you recognise your continued professional development needs and support you to achieve your potential.

      We offer working conditions that are flexible and agile that support good life work balance. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. There is so much happening in our thriving Borough and your talent and skills will help make Barnsley a place of possibilities.

      Date posted

      12 April 2024

      Pay scheme

      Other

      Salary

      £44,428 to £47,420 a year pro rata

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

      Reference number

      F0056-24-0003

      Job locations

      Westgate Plaza One, 1 Westgate

      Western Street

      Barnsley

      South Yorkshire

      S70 2DR


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      To provide evidence based public health nursing practice that promotes and improves health and addresses inequalities of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people and families within the borough. Lead the delivery of the healthy child programme to improve health and wellbeing of children in need. Provide Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) expertise to develop and implement structured interventions for children and families with complex needs including assessments, appropriate management of risks and providing supervision to other team members.

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      To provide evidence based public health nursing practice that promotes and improves health and addresses inequalities of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people and families within the borough. Lead the delivery of the healthy child programme to improve health and wellbeing of children in need. Provide Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) expertise to develop and implement structured interventions for children and families with complex needs including assessments, appropriate management of risks and providing supervision to other team members.

      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Level 6 or above qualification
      • Training in providing clinical/restorative supervision and/or coaching and/or mentoring
      • Evidence of continued professional development in safeguarding children to level 3
      • Recorded Nurse Prescriber

      Desirable

      • SCPHN Extended Practice

      Experience

      Essential

      • Significant experience of working in the community and with vulnerable children and families
      • Extensive experience for managing care for safeguarding and complex cases using risk assessment and analysis to plan care
      • Substantial experience of working collaboratively with other agencies
      • Experience of leading and managing skill mix staff
      • Experience of supervising and mentoring staff
      • Experience of producing high quality reports

      Desirable

      • Experience of providing education and training in Child Protection
      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Level 6 or above qualification
      • Training in providing clinical/restorative supervision and/or coaching and/or mentoring
      • Evidence of continued professional development in safeguarding children to level 3
      • Recorded Nurse Prescriber

      Desirable

      • SCPHN Extended Practice

      Experience

      Essential

      • Significant experience of working in the community and with vulnerable children and families
      • Extensive experience for managing care for safeguarding and complex cases using risk assessment and analysis to plan care
      • Substantial experience of working collaboratively with other agencies
      • Experience of leading and managing skill mix staff
      • Experience of supervising and mentoring staff
      • Experience of producing high quality reports

      Desirable

      • Experience of providing education and training in Child Protection

      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).

      Additional information

      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

      Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC)

      Address

      Westgate Plaza One, 1 Westgate

      Western Street

      Barnsley

      South Yorkshire

      S70 2DR


      Employer's website

      https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC)

      Address

      Westgate Plaza One, 1 Westgate

      Western Street

      Barnsley

      South Yorkshire

      S70 2DR


      Employer's website

      https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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