Do you want to make a difference?
We have community staff nurse fixed-term contract vacancies for 6 or 9 months within our service
Are you a Registered Nurse or Midwife wanting to work in the community setting? Are you considering applying to undertake the SCPHN training to become a health visitor?
Do you want to work with Children and Families?
Are you interested in delivering the Public Health Agenda within the Community?
Within Children's Services, we are looking to employ enthusiastic, motivated, forward-thinking Staff Nurses to work within the Health Visiting Team within the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) area.
We work in partnership with the local authority and health services on a challenging and rewarding caseload and are piloting new and innovative ways of working. We strongly encourage creativity and new ideas.
Community Staff nurses work within a Health Visiting team across locally defined areas and support the service across HMR, to provide a safe service for all preschool children and their families.
The post holder will be based within a team of Health Visitors and skill-mix staff. You will be providing universal and enhanced Health Visiting services to children and families from all cultural diversities on the case load. You will have the opportunity to develop skills in public health, child development and multi-agency working focusing on the diverse communities within HMR.
You will have an ability and willingness to contribute effectively to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. You should also have evidence of recent professional development and an understanding of Community Practice and Public Health Issues.
There is a robust preceptorship and induction programme.
You will be supported in your development through line management, My Time appraisals and Supervision.
You will have the opportunity to develop skills in public health, child development and multi-agency working focusing on the diverse communities within Rochdale.
Staff nurses who join the team will be supported to apply for the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) if they wish .
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to
make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -
care,
appreciate and
inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Campbell Job title: Team Lead Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0161 206 2906
