Community Nursery Nurse – Children's Health 0-19 Service

Community Nursery Nurse – Children's Health 0-19 Service based within the Health Visiting Service 

£34,416 - £35,448 inclusive of the high cost area supplement – Scale 6 equivalent AfC band 4 
Full-time permanent contract 

About Us 

Newham is an incredibly diverse borough with a very young population and is experiencing considerable regeneration as part of the Olympic legacy. There are over 86,000 children and young people in Newham and we want each of them to have the same life chances as young people in other parts of London. 

Newham’s Children and Young People’s Services is currently undertaking an exciting transformation programme to create integrated Early Help and Safeguarding services for our children, young people and families. Our main aim for integrated working is to get it right first time for more children and young people. To do this, we plan to grow our early help offer so that we make a real impact on children and young people’s learning, achievement, health, wellbeing and resilience. We will closely align our services to improve accessibility for residents and to strengthen partnerships between statutory, specialist, early help and universal services. 

This post is directly employed by the London Borough of Newham, whom was the first London borough to offer a fully integrated 0-19 health and social care service, after it assumed direct responsibility for providing Health Visiting and School Nursing service in 2017. Therefore our CYPS directorate will be delivering the 0-19 Healthy Child programme through the Children’s Health 0-19 Service.  

We have a stable and permanent management team in the Childrens Health Service and are now recruiting experienced Nursery Nurses to the remaining vacancies in our Health Visiting Teams. 

Newham 0-19 health service have a continual commitment, working towards improving the lives of Children and Young People in the Borough. Please see below links for various health education films the service has produced with the support, and showcasing our Super Star Service users. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK85GXs3qVo 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxBNTudWyCw 

The Children's Health 0-19 service had their CQC inspection in 2021 and rated Good in all areas.

About the Job

To work as part of the London borough of Newham (LBN) Children’s Health 0-19 service as part of a skill mix team to deliver the refreshed Health Visiting model and evidenced by the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years (HCP) in partnership with multi- professionals across the Early Help Neighbourhood. 
 
To provide essential observation skills for the children and families within their homes, children’s centres, health centres/ GP surgeries and undertake nursery school visits, including working in partnership with the school health service to facilitate the smooth transition of the rising 5s 
 
To be proactive in establishing and facilitating effective Prevention and Early Intervention groups and deliver Health Promotion activities within a culturally diverse community based on locally identified needs through caseload profiling. 
 
To carry out assessments for the delivery of the mandated elements of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) 0 – 5, 5 -19 years to empower families and deliver the public health priorities to give every child the best start in life  
 
To provide knowledge and skills on safeguarding children and will be expected to highlight any safeguarding concerns in accordance with the Newham and London Safeguarding Protocols. 
 
To assist the health visitors in facilitating the healthy child advisory clinics including leading on the 2-2.5 years reviews using the national evidence based tool- Ages and Stages (ASQ) and delivery of the 6 high impact areas in partnership with Health visitors and children’s centres. 
 
To work in partnership with the Nursery Nurses within the school health teams to strengthen the integrated approach of the 0- 19 years delivery model the Children Act 2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children, HM Government 2006. 

About You 

The candidate must be/ will have: 
 
• NNEB (National Nursery Education Board) NVQ L3 in childcare & Education 
• An understanding of Children Act & Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. 
• Knowledge of Health and developmental issues affecting children 
• Experience of working with children of different ages, parents and carers. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Good organisational and planning skills. 

• Be IT literate e.g. using clinical systems, word processing, email and internet use. 

Our offer - 

We recognise that delivery of quality services to the community depends on a healthy, well-motivated workforce, we are therefore able to offer; 

• Genuine management support: Low supervisor/supervisee ratios. Employee wellbeing programmes. HEART values and behaviours. 
• Money matters: Flexible starting salary within the allocated grade for the right candidates. Subsidised leisure passes. Generous local government annual leave allowance. Pension scheme. Continued access to the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) for health professionals who satisfy the NHS Pension scheme criteria. NHS continuous service recognised. 
• Learning & Development: Support to take up advanced clinical training and wider workforce development package to enhance your skills. Clear competency and career progression framework. Access to smart technology. 

Additional Information  

For further information please contact Angeline Murashiki-  Angeline.Murashiki@newham.gov.uk

Please note we envisage Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email within 2-4 weeks of the advert closing date. 

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.  

Please view JD here

closing date: 17th June 2025

Additional Information

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.

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