ICAN Health Visitor/Community Nurse

Role Introduction

The Integrated Children with Additional Needs (ICAN) service is looking to appoint an experienced, highly motivated, and enthusiastic Registered Health Visitor/ Registered Nurse with community nursing and band 6 experience, to join our nursing team. This is an exciting time to join ICAN as you will be involved in the development of the pre-school neurodiversity (ND) pathway. 

We are offering an exciting permanent role for a Band 6 ICAN Community Health Visitor /Nurse (this role requires Health visiting, School Nursing or Paediatric Nursing experience with a SCPHN qualification) You will have a passion, interest and experience of working with children with additional needs, including those who are neurodivergent. This role requires the successful candidate to have a caring and compassionate approach.

You will have experience of caseload management including safeguarding and multi-disciplinary working. You should display excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills and the ability to motivate and support others through change. 

You will work within our pre-school nursing offers supporting care delivery for children on our Pre-School ND, Complex Development, and Growth and Nutrition pathways. This includes triage, supporting families attending for assessments, delivering interventions and parent workshops. The position will require you to be based at the Reginald centre with cross city cover- you will be required to work Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays. 

Key responsibilities include working with children and their families – from triage through to supporting care delivery and nursing interventions.

You will manage your own caseload of children who require Nursing support, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team including Therapists and Paediatricians. Effective communication, awareness of safeguarding policies, when to escalate concerns and recognition of limitations is paramount to ensure safety of children.

The focus of this role is with the preschool ND, complex development and Growth and Nutrition pathways. This involves a combination of Triage, Nursing assessment, intervention contacts, attendance at MDT meetings and delivering training to parent workshops. You will be involved in delivering new and innovative parent/carer workshops in the areas of ND, sleep, eating and supporting emotional regulation. The workshops involve in person and online training with a commitment to achieving the best possible outcomes for children.

The work within all our pathways can involve home visits, clinic consultations and close involvement with the MDT team to support families. 

You will further develop your leadership skills by supporting students and other Nurses and HCSW that work within the nursing team by providing supervision and encouraging the development of staff through appraisals and reviews. 

We have a structured induction, preceptorship programme and in house training programme to prepare you for working within ICAN.

We welcome contact to discuss this role in more detail. Please contact Gail Greenwood, Clinical Lead on 07834171652 or Sarah Brosnan Operational Lead on 07949102373.

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached for full requirements of the role.

Adverts will close early where the maximum number of applicants is reached.

Working for Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Who are we?

Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council.

We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

Perks of the job

Our benefits range from generous annual leave to access to NHS discount sites. You can find the full list of attractive benefits and rewards at www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk click on the Join Our Team Tab.

Right to Work

Please see the link below for information on Eligibility for Sponsorship from Leeds Community Healthcare Trust.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.