About this role
Job summary
City of York Council is offering an exciting opportunity for Registered Nurses and Midwives to join our transforming 0-19 Healthy Child Service. We are looking for high quality, innovative and enthusiastic individuals with a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people to join our School Aged Health Team (5-19).
Main duties of the job
Working as a Healthy Child Nurse you will contribute to the development and delivery of public health initiatives to promote the health and well-being of children and young people, enabling them to reach their full potential. You will deliver programmes of support in various community settings, early years settings, school settings and in the homes of families as delegated by Health Visitors and School Nurses.
You will be working alongside a range of partners including early help providers, childrens services, education, housing, adult services, the voluntary and community sector, primary and secondary health services and of course children, families and communities.
About us
From our offices in West Offices and Hazel Court, and with partners, City of York Council serves over 200,000 residents in and around York.
Local communities depend on the statutory services we deliver and our people are proud to keep York clean, safe, productive and resilient.
A strong council can also be an empowering force - transforming lives, communities and generations. We deliver lots of important but little-known services that are making a big difference to those who need them.
Every year at the council:
7,036 adults receive social care 77,000 people served in the customer centre 260,000 enquiries resolved over the phone 3,000 planning applications 5.5m tonnes of waste collected 1.2m metres of high verges cut 8,000 council properties managed 8,000 businesses supported 200,000 residents served 220 children looked after
For more information about working for the council or to see the latest job vacancies visit https://jobs.york.gov.uk/
Website:http://www.york.gov.uk
Job description Job responsibilities
Our Healthy Child Nurses work in the 0-11 Health Visiting teams or in the School Aged Health Team. The role is varied, interesting and fulfilling and provides opportunities to make a real difference to children, young people and their families.
York is a great place to live and work, however, we know that isnt the case for everybody living in York. The City of York Council want to make a real difference in reducing health inequalities and the Healthy Child Service makes a crucial contribution to that aim. The Healthy Child Service is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and we have aspirations to be Outstanding. If you want to make a real difference to children and families, influence our service transformation and be part of a supportive and friendly team, please send us your application.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
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Desirable
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Experience Essential
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Desirable
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name City of York Council
Address West Offices
Station Rise
York
North Yorkshire
YO1 6GA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.york.gov.uk/jobs-training/working-council (Opens in a new tab)