Health Visitor

Integrated Care System; Bolton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for passionate and caring Health Visitors to join a leading health service in Bolton. Suitable candidates will hold the NMC Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification and possess strong community health knowledge. The role involves working within integrated neighbourhood teams to support the health and development of children, with a commitment to enhancing family and child outcomes. The Trust values employee development and offers a range of benefits.

Benefits

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

NHS Car lease scheme

NHS Cycle to Work Scheme

Access to on-site Gymnasium

NHS Discounts

Vivup

Qualifications

• Evidence of recent work within this field.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Significant post experience as Health Visitor.

Responsibilities

• Deliver The Healthy Child Programme, providing health and development reviews.
• Manage a universal plus and partnership plus caseload.
• Support families in the community to promote health and wellbeing.

Skills

Communication

Community Health Knowledge

Safeguarding

Team Collaboration

Education

NMC qualification as Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)

Job description

Are you a passionate and caring Health Visitor ?

Do you currently hold the NMC qualification as Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor.

Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have some fantastic opportunities for you.

Bolton's 0-19/25- Children's Integrated Health and Wellbeing Service are looking for passionate individuals to join our team.

If you are committed to providing a high quality service to improve outcomes for children, living in the Bolton, Greater Manchester Area, then we would like to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor. We welcome applications from existing health visitor practitioners, who may be looking for a change of location to students who are currently completing the specialist community public health nursing course.

Student SCPHN HV's due to qualify can also apply.

We are passionate about the support and development we give our employees and as a member of the Trust and Children's Integrated Health and Wellbeing Service we are committed to your development and will create a dedicated personal development plan for you, to make sure you are fully supported in all your career ambitions.

The sky is the limit for you here in Bolton!

Must already hold the SCPHN qualification to apply.

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, you will have excellent communication skills and a broad knowledge of working in the community with children and their wider family.

You will be a solution focused team player who will support the delivery of the universal offer in a 0-19 integrated neighbourhood team.

You will manage a universal plus and partnership plus caseload, working collaboratively with other agencies to ensure protection and the best health outcomes for children and families in Bolton. As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse you will work within the community dealing with clients from diverse backgrounds with varying levels of need.

Specialist Community Public Health Nurses in Bolton deliver an evidence based service using a wide range of assessment and intervention tools as well as providing excellent support alongside a wider multi-disciplinary 0-19 service.

Some of the benefits of working for Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust include:

• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS service)
• NHS Car lease scheme
• NHS Cycle to work Scheme
• Access to on-site Gymnasium
• NHS Discounts
• Vivup

About us

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence formaternity, neonataland care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.

Job responsibilities

Specialist community public health nurses work as autonomous practitioners in Bolton and as part of the integrated 0-19/25 neighbourhood teams and lead on the delivery of The Healthy Child Programme, providing every child with a schedule of health and development reviews, health promotion, screening, and support for parents, carers, children and young people tailored to their needs. Universal health and development reviews are key features of the programme and aim to assess children, young people and families strengths, needs and risks and provide parents, cares, children and young people with the opportunity to discuss their concerns and aspirations. Growth and development are assessed at key points with the aim of promoting health and wellbeing and the early detection and management of health needs. Additional support is provided at key times to protect children, young people and families who are experiencing harm or are at risk of suffering significant harm. It supports a model of progressive universalism; a core universal programme for all children with additional contacts for those with identified need.

Person Specification

Experience

• Evidence of recent work within this field
• evidence of CPD
• significant post experience as HV

interview

Written and face to face

• Evidence of safeguarding and early Intervention practice
• Evidence of EBP - public health knowledge
• Evidence of supporting pre and post registration students

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.