Community Nursery Nurse

Employer Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Cirencester

Locality Office

Town Cirencester

Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum, pro rata

Salary period Yearly

Closing 06/04/2025 23:59

Community Nursery Nurse

Band 4

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Nursery Nurse to join an innovative Health Visiting Team within Gloucestershire.

Gloucestershire Health & Care are an evolving and dynamic organisation working collaboratively to deliver the Healthy Child Programme (PHE updated March 2021) to young children, families and communities in the county.

Permanent posts 22.5 hours per week for 2 individual posts.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work under the supervision and leadership of The Health Visiting Service. We require you to have excellent communication skills, be enthusiastic, creative and flexible in your approach, and be able to work alone as well as within a group setting delivering public health / health promotion to families with children that are primarily 0 – 5 years of age.

We offer mentorship, training, and support along with ongoing opportunities for continuing professional development.

If you have a NVQ Level 3 in Early Years, Care & Education or equivalent qualification, experience of working with children and their families in a community setting, a driving licence with access to your own vehicle and are looking to join a forward-thinking & proactive Health Visiting team committed to improving the health outcomes of children, families and communities, then please come and join us.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative.

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme, we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module “Preceptorship for Healthcare” (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

1. To work within a Health Visiting Team to deliver identified components of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP), (DH 2016), in line with local service specifications and the service model for health visiting that meets the public health needs of local communities.
2. Monitoring quality and compliance and reporting risks by exception to the Clinical Team Leader.
3. To advise parents/carers on positive parenting skills including understanding and managing child behaviour, introduction to solids and nutrition, play and stimulation, speech and language development, sleep management and toilet training, ensuring that advice is evidence-based to facilitate school readiness.
4. To work with specific children and families, in the home, clinic/hub setting or nursery according to their individual care plan as agreed with the Health Visitor or Public Health Nurse (PHN).
5. Plan, implement and evaluate health promotion activities, taking responsibility for certain topics once training received and competency assessment signed off within an agreed timeframe.
6. Work in a collaborative manner with children’s centres, nurseries, parents, members of the primary health care team, allied health professionals and other agencies.
7. Have an understanding and awareness of safeguarding issues, identifying where there is a cause for concern and taking appropriate action in accordance with safeguarding guidelines, including informing a senior member of staff promptly of any concerns.
8. Have knowledge of, and be able to effectively use, local services and resources.
9. Work in a range of different and sometimes challenging working conditions in different environments with support and supervision from HV or PHN.
10. Regularly travel and ensure relevant equipment is available at locations, in line with health and safety requirements.
11. To provide cover for other Community Nursery Nurses in their absence. This may entail working at another clinic/hub or locality.
12. To be prepared to take on new roles and initiatives in discussion with line manager as they emerge to support the delivery of the service, support through training as required.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NNEB Diploma/NVQ QCF Diploma Level 3 in Early Years, Care and Education
• Foundation Degree in Health & Social Care or equivalent or willingness to complete

Knowledge

• Understanding the role of the CNN within the Health Visiting Team

Experience

• Ability to work as part of a team and on own
• Ability to identify a child displaying developmental delay
• Confidence to run a group/presentations
• Understanding of normal child development
• Experience of working with children and families in a formal health, educational or social care setting

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family-friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

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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.