An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Public Health Staff Nurse to cover maternity leave on a nine month fixed term contract in the 5-19 service in East School Nursing Team based in Ware. We are looking for a motivated band 5 to join our workforce to deliver high quality care to our service users in an integrated model with Family Support Services.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, must be a car owner have access to a car 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)
have excellent communication skills to use with a variety of clients, professionals & staff
have a full valid driving licence 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.
We are looking for a candidate who can work 30 hours a week.
Informal discussions welcome.
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