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We are looking for a Public Health School Nurse to join our integrated 0 – 19 City wide service in Newcastle upon Tyne. The post holder will be...
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We are looking for a Public Health School Nurse to join our integrated 0 – 19 City wide service in Newcastle upon Tyne. The post holder will be expected to lead and manage a public health school nursing team within an evidence-based child and family centred public health service. Focusing on actively promoting health, early intervention and prevention, assessing health needs and vulnerability within the school age population to enable the delivery of the healthy child programme.
The successful applicant will be a proactive and motivated individual with a strong approach to teamwork but who can also work on their own initiative to meet the constantly changing needs of service users in line with local and national public health targets. This will involve working collaboratively with Newcastle schools in partnership with community and multiagency services.
A key focus for Newcastle 0-19 service is to demonstrate positive health outcomes. In order to achieve this we actively engage with children and families and aim to shape our service in order to optimise making a difference.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the essential and desirable criteria relevant to the role.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
There are various learning opportunities available to all our staff. As an organization we are keen to support continuous professional development to ensure we have well-equipped, evidence based professional workforce for the future. The successful candidate will be offered an induction programme to the Trust, agile working, mentor/preceptorship program.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
- Interview Date: 19th April 2023
- 22 Hours 30 Minutes per a week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
The successful applicant will be a proactive and motivated individual with a strong approach to teamwork but who can also work on their own initiative to meet the constantly changing needs of service users in line with local and national public health targets. This will involve working collaboratively with Newcastle schools in partnership with community and multiagency services.
A key focus for Newcastle 0-19 service is to demonstrate positive health outcomes. In order to achieve this we actively engage with children and families and aim to shape our service in order to optimise making a difference.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the essential and desirable criteria relevant to the role.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
- To provide an evidenced-based Child & Family centred public health service that focuses on identifying health needs and vulnerability within the family and community.
- The aim of this service is prevention and early detection of ill health and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.
- The Public Health School Nurse assesses clients’ needs, then plans and evaluates care which is implemented by them or delegated to the skill mix team members. This is done in collaboration with the client, other members of the Primary Health Care team and / or other agencies.
There are various learning opportunities available to all our staff. As an organization we are keen to support continuous professional development to ensure we have well-equipped, evidence based professional workforce for the future. The successful candidate will be offered an induction programme to the Trust, agile working, mentor/preceptorship program.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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