About this role
Job summary
Healthy Child Programme Practitioner School Nursing Leicester City | MondayFriday (no bank holidays)
Exciting opportunities have arisen to join our Healthy Together Teams within School Nursing, supporting children and young people aged 5-19 and their families.
We are looking for compassionate, motivated individuals who enjoy working with children and families and are passionate about delivering practical, high-quality support. You will work within a supportive multidisciplinary team and benefit from bespoke training, development opportunities, and exposure to innovative approaches, including digital services and our Chat Health messaging service. We offer excellent work-life balance with weekday-only working and flexible working options. You will need: A relevant qualification Experience working with children, young people, and families A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle with business insurance LPT offers car leasing and salary sacrifice schemes (eligibility criteria apply), and existing NHS leases may be transferable.
Please note: These roles are popular and may close early.
For further information, contact: Beth Logan, Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) 07826 923424 [email protected]
Main duties of the job The Healthy Child Programme Practitioner (HCPP) will undertake health promotion activities including supportive behaviour management delegated by the Public Health Nurse.
The post holder will be responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating a range of public health activities and packages of care on a 1:1 basis or in groups for example;
Defined packages of care for sleep, behaviour
Review assessments for children with self-harm and emotional health issues where risk is assessed to be acceptable by PHN
Sexual health assessment and follow up
Healthy Bladder/Bowel workshop delivery
Healthy Bladder/Bowel Reviews
Delivery of parent/carer public health information sessions
Promotion of nutrition and healthy weight and obesity prevention in group setting or 121 follow up advice
Support National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP)
About us We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Job description Job responsibilities
If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto “Apply for this job” and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Please click onto Apply for this job and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification
Experience Essential
Please click onto Apply for this job and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification
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.
Employer details Employer name Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address County Hall
Penn Lloyd Building
Leicester
Glenfield
LE3 8TB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)