Family Health Nurse Virtual Team- North Yorkshire

Job summary

Any exciting opportunity has arisen for a family health nurse to join our team.

This is full time and for a one year fixed term contract to cover a secondment

Please note this vacancy is not remote working.

The post holder will be required to travel in North Yorkshire for face to face training, meetings, to support pre reg student nurses and to support the locality teams when needed.

A Base will be aligned to your home address in North Yorkshire

If you can demonstrate experience working with babies, children and young people and are passionate about providing a high standard of nursing care we would like to hear from you.

In North Yorkshire we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our 0-6 Team supporting with the delivery of the virtual element of our contract.

The post holder will be pro-active in delivering the national and Public Health agendas in response to identified health and social need, working in partnership with other agencies and meet agreed standards, objectives and statutory requirements.
Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work with parents, carers, children and partner agencies to promote the physical, emotional and social development of children.

Contributing to the delivery of the Healthy Child programme by undertaking some mandated contacts and targeted interventions as directed/delegated by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) and working in conjunction with the SCPHN to co-ordinate, plan, implement and evaluate a programme of care for children, young people and families.

They will support the completion of comprehensive health needs assessment of clients, families and community and facilitate the mobilisation of appropriate resources to meet identified needs.

The post holder will ensure inter-agency/ professional partnership working between services, statutory and voluntary organisations to facilitate integrated approaches in meeting the needs of children.

Excellent communication skills and a passion for public health are essential, alongside good organisational skills, flexibility to meet the needs of the service and ability to travel independently to meet service delivery as required.
About us

HDFT are seeking to recruit Family Health Nurses to be part of the innovative 0-6 Service in North Yorkshire. We are the largest provider of children's public health nursing services in the North East of England providing services that stretch from North Yorkshire up to Gateshead and Sunderland. We are dedicated to working towards improved public health outcomes for children and families in the footprint, delivering high quality universal and targeted health visiting and school health services to meet the key improvement priorities for the population. The 0-6 commissioned service within North Yorkshire has a blended approach to the provided contacts, with patients seen within their own homes, nursery settings and virtually using MS Bookings software. The role of the Family Health Nurse has a large proportion of virtual working, providing universal contacts across the whole of the North Yorkshire footprint, whilst also having an element of face to face working within the locality the family health nurse is based within. All practitioners are supported with a VPN which allows the virtual work to be completed from a base within the locality as well as at home working.
Date posted

15 November 2024
Pay scheme

Agenda for change
Band

Band 5
Salary

?9,970 to ?6,483 a year per annum (pro rata)
Contract

Fixed term
Duration

12 months
Working pattern

Full-time
Reference number

421-CYPD-1659R
Job locations

Virtual Team

Thurston Road

Northallerton

DL6 2NA

Job description Job responsibilities

For further information on this position please see the Job Description and Personal Specification attached. If you have any questions, please contact Clare Reilly on [email protected]
Job description Job responsibilities

For further information on this position please see the Job Description and Personal Specification attached. If you have any questions, please contact Clare Reilly on [email protected]
Person Specification Experience Essential
?Experience of working with children and families.
?Evidence of organising own work and to be able to work unsupervised and use initiative
?Experience of partnership working.
?Evidence of good written and verbal communication skills
?Sound knowledge and experience of promoting the safeguarding and wellbeing of children.
?Car driver with the ability to travel within the whole of North Yorkshire
Desirable
?Experience of working in community setting
?Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
Qualifications Essential
?First level registration (RN Adult, RMN, RNLD, Midwife, RN Child)
?Minimum 1 years experience as a first level registered nurse
Desirable
?Post-registration qualification.
?ENB 998/730.
Person Specification Experience Essential
?Experience of working with children and families.
?Evidence of organising own work and to be able to work unsupervised and use initiative
?Experience of partnership working.
?Evidence of good written and verbal communication skills
?Sound knowledge and experience of promoting the safeguarding and wellbeing of children.
?Car driver with the ability to travel within the whole of North Yorkshire
Desirable
?Experience of working in community setting
?Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
Qualifications Essential
?First level registration (RN Adult, RMN, RNLD, Midwife, RN Child)
?Minimum 1 years experience as a first level registered nurse
Desirable
?Post-registration qualification.
?ENB 998/730.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Virtual Team

Thurston Road

Northallerton

DL6 2NA

Employer's website

https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Virtual Team

Thurston Road

Northallerton

DL6 2NA

Employer's website

https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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