Community Health Nurse

Community Health Nurses work with the 0-19 service, supporting the Children and Families team with the Healthy Child Programme and short- and medium-term interventions around behaviour and parenting.

To be an active member of the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Team supporting delivery of the Healthy Child Programme core contacts and delivery of the 6 high impact areas which are part of the Healthy Child Programme.

Main duties of the job

To meet the needs of patients and their families to achieve improved health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing while demonstrating care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment. Care is based on comprehensive assessment, ensures continuity and is patient/client centred, culturally sensitive and evidence based.

To develop and maintain a culture of service improvement which promotes quality and safety and striving to do better. This is in line with the requirements set out in the NMC code which require all registered nurses to Prioritise people; Practice effectively; Preserve safety; Promote Professionalism and Trust.

To implement and evaluate packages of care at Universal and Targeted levels of the Healthy Child Programme working closely with Health Visitors and Nursery Nurses.

To work in partnership with other agencies and families and contribute to innovative ways of working with children and families.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence