Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursery Nurse or Nurse Associate to join our dynamic Young Greenwich School Nursing Team.

Our Young Greenwich health advisors work closely with our registered nurses in delivering the Healthy Child Programme (5 - 19yrs) to all eligible children and families within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Young Greenwich is a new integrated programme commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The programme is led by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (Oxleas) and delivered with partners Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) who together with METRO form the Young Greenwich Partnership.

Young Greenwich deliver seamlessly in and out of schools, youth hubs and other community venues with strong pathways for pupils in schools into community-based activities and support and vice versa.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an outstanding practitioner with experience of working in a school environment or healthcare role with children and young people. 

You will be a Young Greenwich Health Advisor who is motivated, proactive, and committed with excellent communication skills and can work unsupervised on occasions.

You will be part of the team delivering aspects of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) 5-19 years which will include Reception transition welcome meetings, assessment of children in the Reception intake, run parent drop-ins and parent support groups, support with the NCMP programme.

As a health advisor, you will work with children and families to support them achieve maximum independence in their health and wellbeing.

Applicants require the appropriate qualification listed within the person specification, and must show excellent communication, presentation, and good IT skills.

In addition, applicants must have a current driving license with access to a car for work.

If you are innovative, creative, and keen to develop your knowledge and new ways of working, then consider this opportunity with Young Greenwich.

Please note: if we receive a high number of applications the post will be closed early, and we will put a limit on the number of applications that we are able to receive.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care