About the role
Salary: £32073.00 to £39043.00
Are you a registered nurse or midwife with at least one year's post-registration experience looking to develop your career in Public Health Nursing?
Complete family health needs assessments and make timely referrals.
Monitor growth and development of children aged 0-5 years.
Undertake feeding and tongue-tie assessments with onward referral as required.
Assess emotional wellbeing of parents, carers, infants and children, supporting parent-infant relationships.
Deliver personalised care packages including nutrition, healthy weight, toileting, behaviour and sleep support.
Promote public health priorities including UNICEF BFI, family partnership, speech and language development, and evidence-based parenting programmes.
Provide clear, evidence-based advice on childhood immunisations.
Manage a caseload, prioritising need and delivering person-centred care.
Work within the Healthy Child Programme, aligned to national and local priorities.
Safeguard children and families through multi-agency working and robust safeguarding plans.
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.