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Community Nursery Nurse
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
30 hours per week (Part time 30 hours per week)
Job ref
395-HV584-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Havering Various
Town
Havering - Various
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 pa pro rata (plus HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/04/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Nursery Nurse

Band 4

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

A vacancy for Community Nursery Nurse has arisen in Havering.

Do you want to develop in a progressive, innovative environment, and enhance your career? If so we want you to join Havering  Integrated Universal and Early Intervention 0-19 team and find out all about the possibilities that can be opened up for you.

We are very progressive in Havering developing  partnership working across the Childrens services to ensure we deliver the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme and quality healthcare services to improve the health and well-being within our diverse community.

Our vision for delivering the Healthy Child Programme, in partnership with key stakeholders is to ensure that every child in Havering has the very best start in life and grows up to be happy, safe, healthy, confident and resilient.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Worker who has the following characteristics:

• BTECH/NVQ Level 3 in Child Care or above

• Evidence of working with children and young people

• Willing to undertake further training as required

• Excellent communication skills

In return for your commitment, we can offer you strong professional leadership and support. We offer a robust continuous professional development plan opening a gateway for further career progression.

If you are interested in working for us, and can demonstrate you a forward thinking individual, working in a solution focused way with the ability to work within a team and on your own initiative we want to hear from you.

 

Main duties of the job

Main responsibilities of the post:

• To support the delivery of 0-19 Universal Services as well as the Healthy Child Programme

• To support and assist Primary Care  Worker as required

• To participate in the development of skill mix within the 0-19 Universal Services Team

• To participate in Health Education programmes and health promotion activities on a multi-disciplinary basis as agreed by the 0-19 Universal Services

 

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

 

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

 

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust.  All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.  As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.  The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London 

 

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,108 to a maximum of £5,177).

 

COVID-19 Vaccination

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Nursery Nurse will work co-operatively as a member of the Health Visiting Team, under the supervision and instruction of the Health Visitor, to assist with clinical and clerical support to the Team in promoting the health and wellbeing of families and children under the age of 5 years 
old.
The post-holder will assist the Team to provide support and advice to children, carers and parents to improve health and inclusion, and to tackle inequality of health care taking into consideration levels of deprivation and ethnic diversity within the caseload locality.
The post holder will assist the Health Visitor in the delivery of clinical activity in Clinics, Children’s Centres, homes, nurseries  and other identified venues. The post holder will support the provision of basic screening, immunisation, Health Promotion and parenting programmes. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NNEB/CACHE Diploma (level 3) in child care/BTEC Diploma in child care /GNVQ (level 3) in child care
Desirable criteria
  • 2 years experience in a healthcare environment

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with children who have complex needs

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Basic understanding of Safeguarding Children
  • Understanding of confidentiality
  • Understand importance of record keeping

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to work as part of a Team
  • Ability to work alone and use initiative

Other

Essential criteria
  • To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Employers for CarersApprenticeships logoAge positiveDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldEmployers Network for Equality & InclusionCareer Confident EmployerTop Employers for Working Families 2021Top 10 Employer 2023

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Colette Avery
Job title
Operational Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07713710613
Additional information

Colette Avery

[email protected]

Operational Lead

07713710613