Health Visiting & School Nursing (Magherafelt) - Northern Trust

Public Health Nursing The Public Health Nursing Service is made up of the following: • Integrated Health Visiting and School Nursing Service • Family Nurse Partnership • School Immunisation Team • Breastfeeding Coordinator • Health Protection Nursing Team • Safeguarding Children Nurse Specialists • Looked After Children Nurse • Behaviour Assessment Service • Paediatric Continence Nursing Service • Children’s Health Coordinator Integrated Health Visiting and School Nursing Services There are nine integrated health visiting and school nursing teams who work across the Trust in community settings. The team is made up of health visitors and school nurses who are registered nurses with an additional qualification in child health / development and family health, and specially trained public health nurses and child health assistants. Health visitors and school nurses deliver the universal Healthy Child Healthy Future Programme by assessing and identifying health needs in partnership with families and communities and helping people to improve their health. Health visitors and school nurses work in partnership with other professionals, for example, GPs, midwives, teachers, social workers and speech and language therapists. The team can give you information about other services such as parenting programmes or other support groups. We offer a confidential service and will not discuss your personal information with anyone else without your permission unless to protect you or someone else from serious harm. Health Visitors Health Visitors will offer a family centred service from pregnancy until the child goes to school. They offer advice and support on matters such as: • Parenting & behaviour management • Nutrition - breastfeeding, bottle feeding, weaning and healthy diets • Immunisations • Play, stimulation and child development • Keeping your child safe The Pregnancy Book - http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/publications/pregnancy-book-0 Birth to Five - http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/publications/birth-five School Nurses School nurses work in partnership with parents, children, young people and schools to help provide or support about:- • Growth measurements, vision and hearing screening • Maintaining health and development • Emotional wellbeing & keeping safe • Immunisations, including flu • Weight management, healthy diets and physical activity • Smoking / drugs /alcohol advice • Parenting and behaviour management You can help us by making sure your child has received all their immunisations before starting primary school. Your child’s school details and current home address will be obtained electronically from the Department of Education and recorded on the Child Health System for health visiting and school nursing appointments. Health Visiting and School Nursing team contact details: Antrim 028 9442 4600 Ballyclare and Larne 028 2826 1956 Ballymena 028 2563 5658 Ballymoney 028 2766 1891 Carrickfergus 028 9331 5824 Coleraine 028 7032 5461 Cookstown 028 8672 3842 Magherafelt 028 7936 5014 Newtownabbey 028 9083 1492 Family Nurse Partnership Family Nurse Partnership is a voluntary, intensive home visiting programme for pregnant teenagers. It is open to all young women who live in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust who meet the entry requirements. Family Nurses visit instead of health visitors from early pregnancy until the child reaches the age of two years old. Contact details: 028 2564 1468 School Immunisation Team The School Immunisation Team provides all school age immunisations. These include delivery of the HPV vaccine to all year 9 girls, the school-leaving booster/MMR and the Meningitis ACWY to all year 11 pupils. Contact details: School Immunisation Team Coordinator 028 2563 5214 School Immunisation Team 028 2563 5212 School Immunisation Team Administration 028 2531 3151 Breastfeeding Coordinator The Breastfeeding Coordinator works in partnership with the public health nursing teams to facilitate a coordinated approach to enhance breastfeeding standards, increase breastfeeding rates and ensure the achievement and maintenance of UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation across the health visiting and school nursing teams. Contact details: 028 9083 1408 Health Protection Nursing Team The Health Protection Nursing Team is a nurse led service which provides TB contact tracing and screening and includes a contact service for new entrants arriving from high incidence TB countries. Health advice, BCG and Hepatitis B immunisation is offered for infants and children who are at risk. Contact details: 028 7954 7471 Safeguarding Children Nurse Specialists The 'Named Nurse' for Safeguarding Children has a strategic role to ensuring that all nursing and midwifery groups safeguard and promote the well-being of children and young people. Safeguarding children nurse specialists work across the Trust providing professional advice, support and supervision to health visitors, school nurses and other nursing staff working in the area of safeguarding children. Contact details: 028 9442 4600 The Looked After Children’s Nurse The Looked After Children’s (LAC) Nurse supports the delivery of health services to children and young people who are looked after by someone other than their parents. Looked After Children work in partnership other professionals, for example, GPs, midwives, teachers, social workers and speech and language therapists. Contact details: 028 2531 7151 Behaviour Assessment Service The Behaviour Assessment Service is a nurse led service which provides an assessment of child/young person’s behaviour. The service works closely with parents, families, health professionals, GPs and education staff in assessing and identifying appropriate management and treatment plans for children and families. Contact details: 028 2563 6522 Paediatric Continence Service The Paediatric Continence Service is a nurse led service which offers advice and support to children, and young people on all aspects of bladder and bowel problems including children who use catheters and/or stomas. Referrals are accepted from nurses, paediatricians, GP, school teachers and parents. Children are assessed and offered support and advice from a member of the public health nursing team and a referral may be made to the paediatric continence nurse specialist where continence problems are complicated or unresolved. Contact details: 028 2563 7150 Children’s Health Coordinator The Children’s Health Coordinator works in public health nursing to support services and developments to enhance the health of children and young people through early intervention and prevention. Contact details: 028 9083 1489