We have full time and part time opportunities within our Preston team for Band 5 staff nurses within the Lancashire Young People and Healthy Families service. You will work as part of the 0-19 years School Nursing Specialist Support team under the direction of the School Nurse and Specialist Safeguarding Team Leader.

You will provide key elements of the Healthy Child Programme in addition to targeted safeguarding support based on individual families’ needs as delegated by the School Nurse or Team Leader.

Working within Lancashire Child and Family Wellbeing Services offers a unique environment, with clear visibility of senior management who are easily approachable due to their hands-on approach, which includes our Managing Director. You will feel listened to and be given the platforms to have your voice and ideas heard. 

As a Band 5 Staff Nurse, you’ll be part of our valued team 

You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

• Band 5 salary banding with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions 
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year 
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Deliver the healthy child programme at four levels as delegated by the Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner (SCPHN)
• Support leadership and delivery of a quality function (such as, service user experience and undertake supervision as per HCRG Care Group guidelines)
• To be trauma aware and understand the principles of a trauma informed approach to care and the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on children, young people and adults
• Ability to recognise health needs for individual clients and situations in relation to the health of children, young people, individuals and families, in complex situations, identifying situations where referral for support from SCPHN is necessary

You will be a registered nurse with NMC registration and a passion for improving the lives of children and families within the local community. Experience and an understanding of health promotion / public health activities is desirable, along with the ability to act independently, as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

As this is a community role, you will also have a valid UK driving licence, with access to a car for work purposes. Although we can make certain accommodations if you do not yet have a driving licence or are unable to hold one. 

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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