Healthy Child Programme Practitioner

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.