Bank B6 Health Visitor - SW

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare organization in London seeks a skilled Health Visitor to deliver high-quality health services. The role involves collaborating with families and healthcare providers to ensure effective care. Candidates must have relevant nursing qualifications and recent health visiting experience. The organization promotes diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Recent health visiting experience required.
• Ability to coordinate health promotion initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the healthy child programme and develop tailored health plans.
• Conduct health assessments and implement health promotion initiatives.

Skills

Collaboration

Health Promotion

Assessment

Education

Registered Nurse

Registered Health Visitor

Job description

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Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.

Job overview

JOB PURPOSE: Monday-Friday

To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative health visiting service, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the health visiting team to ensure delivery of a high quality service.

To provide a skilled, effective and evidence-based health visiting service to clients in a variety of community settings.

To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities.

To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and agree tailored health plans as required.
• Utilise specialist skills and knowledge to advise and support individuals and families on evidence-based health care practices.
• Understand the caseload profile including the health needs of the defined population and local communities, targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
• Initiate referrals to multi-disciplinary/agency colleagues as required to ensure adequate care and support for families and children.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual/group programmes of care that meet the public health needs of the population.
• Develop and delegate appropriately the implementation of regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and to specific groups and individuals.

Working for our organisation

CLCH NHS Trust is currently reshaping the way Health Visitors work, looking at new and innovative practices to improve health across London, including agile working and provision of laptops to all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide a skilled, effective, and evidence-based health visiting service to clients in community settings.
• Apply specialist skills and knowledge in delivering the health visiting service.
• Consult, advise, and educate individuals and families on good health care practices.
• Develop health profiles of the population and local communities, identifying health needs of disadvantaged groups and targeting outreach services.
• Identify, prioritise, and implement programmes of care that meet public health needs.
• Provide parenting skills support through groups and home visits, especially for those with complex needs.
• Conduct health assessments, advice, and education tailored to local public health needs.
• Implement health promotion initiatives on specific health issues.

Person specification

Education

• Registered Nurse or Registered Health Visitor with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training.

Experience

• Recent health visiting experience.
• Ability to coordinate health promotion initiatives.
• Experience working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams and inter-agency settings.
• Experience managing own workload and assessing needs.
• Mentor training or willingness to undertake it.

Note: Due to high application volumes, early application is encouraged. Only candidates demonstrating how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted. Interview arrangements will be communicated via email.

At CLCH, we value diversity and are committed to equality. Applications are welcomed regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, or disability. We follow the workforce race equality standard, with 28% of senior staff from BAME backgrounds, and have active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.