Community Nursery Nurse

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·       The Community Nursery Nurse (CNN) is responsible for assisting in the identification and assessment of the health needs of both children and families.

·       To undertake or participate in universal developmental reviews, including heights and weights of pre-school children as delegated by the Health Visitor.

·       To work closely with the Health Visitors in the planning and delivery of health promotion activities and public health initiatives in a variety of settings.

·       To carry out home visits as a lone worker when delegated by a Health visitor.

·       To carry out delegated family support interventions or programmes of planned care in partnership with children and carers and other agencies under the supervision of the Health Visitor. This can include delivery of health promoting activities in homes, health care or community settings, with individuals and groups.

·       To contribute to the assessment of health needs and delivery of appropriate services to meet needs of children, families and the wider community.

·       To provide and promote access to information and other services, to refer as appropriate.

·       To liaise and work in partnership with statutory and non-statutory agencies, and other health services colleagues.

·       To work in partnership with local Family Hubs and other agencies to encourage and involve parents with programmes of support. To input in the planning and delivery of those services.

·       To contribute to Early Support and act as Lead professional where appropriate.

·       To utilise skills of observation and recognise any significant change in client circumstances and report back to the Health Visitor.

·       To work with the team to support children, young people and families who are considered to be vulnerable or at risk. To be aware of and adhere to current approved policies and procedures of Solihull Safeguarding Children Partnership Board.

·       To undertake mandatory training, and service specific training as required maintaining skills and competencies.

·       To participate in regular clinical supervision, appraisals and clinical rounds with delegated Health Visitor and attend team meetings.

·       To support and contribute to the development of integrated team working by modelling effective team practice and good communication skills.

·       To be an advocate of service change and future development.

·       To ensure that individuals within the teams are aware of and work within the Trust policies procedures.

·       To develop and maintain effective and appropriate communication with staff and colleagues within the Health visiting teams, Family Hubs and Early Years Settings.

·       To take reasonable steps to see that the working environment is safe, healthy and hazard free for staff and users, this includes ensuring that infection control procedures are in place.

·       To be competent in the use of information technology and ensure that relevant and up to date information on clinical and service developments are provided to agreed time-scales.

·       To participate in audit, research projects and/or innovations following agreed policy and protocol.

·       To participate in the induction of newly appointed team members.

·       To maintain accurate, legible and contemporaneous records, deal with highly sensitive information, respecting confidentiality and security at all times in accordance with trust policies for data protection.

·       All incidents (and near misses) must be reported to the appropriate health visitor within the team and then recorded on the InPhase System.

General Items:

To provide short-term cover for colleagues during periods of leave.

To ensure that all Trust standards are maintained and monitored to improve the quality of care to all whom come into contact with services provided by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Every employee has a duty to take reasonable care of the health and safety of him/herself and of other persons who may be affected by his/her acts or omissions at work, and to co-operate with the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust to ensure that statutory and Trust regulations are complied with.

To participate in appraisals and personal reviews and work to achieve agreed set objectives.

To participate in appropriate training and development activities

To participate in team, professional and personal development activities and promote commitment to continuous development and improvement.

Ensure that all staff consciously review mistakes, complaints and incidents/near misses as well as successes to improve performance and the level of customer care.

All employees will have an organisational and individual responsibility towards safeguarding vulnerable adults, young people and children. Where employees are working with children, young people and families they have a responsibility to cooperate in national safeguarding policy around early intervention activities appropriate to improving health outcomes.

As a major provider of health care, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust operate a Smoke Free Policy by providing a totally smoke free environment to help aid patients’ recovery, promote health and wellbeing and minimize the risks of complications attributed to smoking tobacco and second hand smoke.