Job Summary
Are you a passionate Registered Nurse looking to develop your career within Children's Public Health and School Nursing services? We are seeking a motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our 0-19 Healthy Families Service based in Lancaster. Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will help deliver key elements of the Healthy Child Programme, providing both universal and targeted support to children, young people and their families. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside School Nurses, Health Visitors and wider partner agencies to improve health outcomes, support vulnerable children and families, and promote wellbeing across local communities. This is a fixed-term opportunity for 12 months with a full time role (37.5 hours) and a part-time role (15 hours) available.

Main duties of the job
As a Staff Nurse, you will:

• Deliver components of the Healthy Child Programme under the guidance of School Nurses and Health Visitors.
• Assess the health and wellbeing needs of children, young people and families, identifying where additional support or specialist intervention is required.
• Support children and families with a range of public health issues, including emotional wellbeing, healthy lifestyles, smoking cessation, healthy weight and sexual health.
• Deliver school-based health initiatives, including health assessments, drop-in sessions and targeted interventions.
• Contribute to safeguarding, child protection and multi-agency working to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.
• Build strong relationships with schools, families and partner organisations.
• Support students and junior colleagues through mentoring and supervision opportunities.

About us
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, HCRG Care Group is 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. Our values of Care, Think, and Do are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care while supporting colleagues to develop and thrive in their careers.

What we're looking for
To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Experience of health promotion and public health activities.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection principles.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong organisational, record-keeping and IT skills.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Previous experience within community, school nursing, health visiting, safeguarding or children's services would be advantageous.

Why join HCRG Care Group?
At HCRG Care Group, our values of Care, Think and Do are at the heart of everything we do. You'll join an organisation committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care while supporting colleagues to develop and thrive in their careers. We offer:

• A supportive and collaborative team environment
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Varied and rewarding work that directly impacts local communities
• The chance to gain valuable experience within a specialist children's public health service

Package Description
£32,073 - £39,043 (Band 5 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions

• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day 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 lifes 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 youre 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 the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company
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.

Person Specification
Essential

• Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Experience of health promotion and public health activities.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection principles.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong organisational, record-keeping and IT skills.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Previous experience within community, school nursing, health visiting, safeguarding or children's services would be advantageous.

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.

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 the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
HCRG Care Group, Lancaster, LA1 4XF

Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/