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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for  dynamic and motivated Band 5 Public Health Staff Nurse's to work within the School Nursing Team based in North Hertfordshire.  We are looking for Band 5's who are able to work autonomously and manage their own caseload, but who can also work as part of a team. 

We are looking for Public Health Staff Nurse's to join our workforce to deliver high quality care to our service users in an integrated model with Family Support Services.

There are a number of opportunities available and we will consider Public Health Staff Nurse's who would like to work 22.5hrs, 30hrs and 37.5hrs. We will also consider those wishing to work annualised hours as well, but we do deliver care and support all year round.

As well as working with individual children and young people, our focus is on developing local public health plans with schools and the wider community.

Please see Job Description and Job Specification for full details.

Ideally you would be able to drive, have access to a car for business purposes and be willing to travel across Hertfordshire. 

Main duties of the job

You will:

• be  a skilled team player working in a skill mix team under the guidance of a Specialist Practitioner (5-19) as well as being able to work autonomously.
• have excellent communication skills to use with a variety of clients, professionals & staff
• have a full valid driving license and access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

HCT Public Health Nursing Team 5-19 is an innovative service that is using electronic health assessments at key stages to help identify individuals requiring early intervention pathways as well as determining public health needs of local communities. HCT also uses Chat health text messaging service and has implemented two health websites for use by children, young people, families & professionals.

The service is committed to mobile working and experience of electronic record keeping would be an advantage although full training will be given.

Informal discussions welcome.

Working for our organisation

• A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
• You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
• We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision -  Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities 
• Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
• HCT are proud to offer all newly qualified practitioners and international recruited staff a Preceptorship programme that supports their transition to autonomous, confident and competent practitioner. The annual programme will cover topics such as Patient safety, communications skills, safeguarding, quality improvement, leadership, and management. As a Preceptee you will have regular meetings with your preceptor and AHP Preceptorship lead. 
• We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages
• We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now
• You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you

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