Band 6 Health Visitor

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Birmingham is seeking committed Health Visitors to provide health promotion and illness prevention services to children and families. Candidates must be registered nurses with a Health Visiting qualification and effective team management skills. The position supports a good work-life balance with flexible working options. The organization emphasizes integrated care and welcomes diverse backgrounds to enhance community services.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Attractive Recruitment & Retention Premia

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse with a Health Visiting qualification.
• Ability to manage and delegate work effectively.
• Enthusiastic and committed to working with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Assess health needs of the local population.
• Provide health promotion and illness prevention services.
• Supervise nursery nurses and other support staff.

Skills

Health promotion

Illness prevention

Team management

NMC Code compliance

Child welfare understanding

Education

Health Visiting Degree/Diploma/Certificate

Job description

The post holder is responsible for assessing need and providing health promotion and illness prevention services to the local population. The post holder will work within a corporate caseload as well as with the local population on children and family centred public health related issues.

The post holder will be a first level registered nurse with a Health Visiting Degree/Diploma/ Certificate. The post holder will work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management and delegation of work to nursery nurses, link workers and any other support staff within the team (including supervision and monitoring the work of these staff)

BCHC is committed to providing a good work-life balance, therefore offering flexible/agile working to all our staff. We are looking for passionate and committed Health Visitors who are highly skilled, enthusiastic, clinical practitioners and have a good understanding of the needs of children, young people and their families and want to be part of our journey to work as part of an integrated early years, health, and wellbeing service.

About the Employer

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion starts with our people shapes the way we deliver our services and the way we build our teams. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds to help us deliver great care to all of our communities.

BCHC offer an attractive Recruitment & Retention Premia for health visiting based on an additional payment for colleagues in Band 6 and Band 7 posts.