Job Introduction
You will join a friendly and experienced team who work closely together, support each other and share learning.
You will have access to excellent training, a flexible-first working approach and a culture where your ideas are welcomed and respected and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits including:
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Band 5 NHS Agenda for Change salary with an NHS pension
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Membership of My Reward Hub with discounts on everyday purchases, plus cashback and voucher offers
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Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies
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Online and in-person wellbeing support including mental health services, activity challenges, financial wellbeing tools, coaching and counselling
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Access to e-learning, bespoke career pathways and development through our ‘Outstanding’ Learning Enterprise team
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An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to contribute ideas, backed by ringfenced innovation funding each year
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The pride of working for an organisation where the majority of our rated services hold Good or Outstanding CQC ratings
We are excited to welcome a compassionate and motivated Band 5 Community Staff Nurse to join our Surrey-wide Inclusion Health Team, working with children, young people (0-19), and their families.
In this rewarding role, you will help deliver vital services to some of our most vulnerable communities, including asylum seekers, refugees, families experiencing homelessness, and those from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) backgrounds. Your work will play a key part in reducing health inequalities and improving access to care for those who need it most.
Supported by the Clinical Team Lead for Inclusion Health and a Band 6 Specialist Community Practice Public Health Nurse (SCPHN), you will contribute to delivering the universal Healthy Child Programme while also providing targeted interventions tailored to individual and family needs. You will work collaboratively with partners and refer to specialist services where appropriate to ensure holistic care.
This is a dynamic role that also includes important safeguarding responsibilities, contributing to the protection and wellbeing of children and young people. You will have opportunities to support the development of others through student mentorship and involvement in staff appraisals. There may also be the opportunity to deliver childhood immunisations, where appropriate training and experience are provided.
If you are passionate about inclusive healthcare, enjoy working in a diverse community setting, and want to make a meaningful difference every day, we would love to hear from you.
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Deliver care and interventions as directed by the Clinical Lead and Health Visitor within the Inclusion Health Team
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Work collaboratively with 0-19 services and multi-agency partners across Surrey
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Engage children, young people and families in a range of community settings, including homes, schools, refuges, hostels and Traveller sites
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Build trusting relationships with marginalised groups, including asylum seekers, refugees, homeless families, and GRT communities, promoting health and wellbeing
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Support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (0-19), including health promotion and targeted interventions
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Identify unmet health needs through assessment, providing support and referring to specialist services where required
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Improve access to and uptake of childhood immunisations (following relevant training)
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Contribute to safeguarding processes, including attendance at child protection meetings and following local procedures
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Support service development through audits, research activity and partnership working with advocacy services
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Supervise junior staff, contribute to appraisals, and support student learning
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Maintain effective communication with families, colleagues and partner agencies
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Demonstrate cultural awareness and deliver inclusive, accessible care to diverse communities
Essential
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Registered Nurse (RN1) with current NMC registration
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Evidence of ongoing professional development
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Experience working within teams and multi-disciplinary environments
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Ability to work independently, prioritise workload and adapt to changing demands
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Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
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Ability to build trust and engage effectively with children, young people, families and marginalised communities, including GRT groups
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Commitment to reducing health inequalities and delivering culturally sensitive care
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Experience undertaking assessments and providing targeted support, including in challenging situations
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Understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and public health priorities
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Knowledge of safeguarding, clinical governance and audit processes
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Competent IT skills
Desirable
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Experience working with children, young people and families in community settings
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Mentorship or supervisory experience
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Immunisation and/or sexual health experience or training
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Safeguarding training and multi-agency working experience
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Understanding of cultural diversity within GRT communities
Other Requirements
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Access to a car insured for business use to travel across Surrey
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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