Associate Public Health Practitioner (Community Nursery Nurse)

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Associate Public Health Practitioner, (Community Nursery Nurse) in the Hertfordshire Family Centre Service based in the Watford and 3 Rivers team. Full and Part time hours considered.

Candidates MUST have a NVQ level 3 in Early years or Childcare or equivalent (BTEC, NNEB, CACHE Diploma)

This is an exciting time to be joining our team as we move forward with our integrated approach to delivering the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to all our families.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Will be part of a skill mixed team and as a Community Nursery Nurse you will work  to deliver the universal and targeted Healthy Child and Public Health Nursing Programme  as part of the Hertfordshire Family Centre Service. Working across the 0-5 age, age 6 Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) age range under the direction of the Public Health Nurse (PHN) to improve the Health and wellbeing of the local population.
• Have a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the job description for more details.

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

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