An innovative new recruitment film that promotes the important role of health visitors and school nurses, has been launched this week. The film features over 50 staff from the health visiting and school nursing teams in the South East, and are the result of a huge collaborative effort led by the South East 0-19 Workforce Project.
“We want more specialist public health nurses to join our south east workforce and these films showcase these critical roles, featuring real life clinicians who are passionate about the jobs they do,” says John Clark, Head of Nursing and Midwifery for the South East.
“We hope to encourage existing or prospective nurses to consider specialist public health nursing as a career, as well as to reach out to others who may have left the profession, to consider returning to practice.”
Health visitors and school nurses use their specialist knowledge and skills to help protect and improve the health of new parents, children, young people and their families. The roles are varied and include undertaking development reviews, promoting physical and mental health, child development, social needs and safeguarding.
As part of the campaign, a 30 second version of the film will be shown in 59 cinemas across the South East over the next eight weeks.
This is the 30 second cinema ad. Full versions of the health visiting and school nursing films can be viewed via the links below.
To watch the full versions of the films and find out more, visit these pages:
We provide support to children, their teachers and families, when they need it most
It’s a varied job that makes a real difference to children’s lives
We work in schools, we visit people’s homes, and we work flexibly
We’re recruiting now to school nursing roles across the south east