Health Visitor

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust in Chesterfield is recruiting a Health Visitor to join a progressive team dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of children and families across the area.

You will deliver the Healthy Child Programme to the 0-5 age group, manage a defined caseload with safeguarding in mind, lead on projects and mentor pre-registration and SCPHN students while working with partner agencies.

Qualifications

• Must hold SCPHN Health Visiting qualification and be NMC registered.
• Ability to plan and manage a defined active caseload.
• Demonstrate professional judgment and safeguarding awareness in all contacts.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme to the 0-5 population and families.
• Manage a defined active caseload and safeguard responsibilities.
• Collaborate with partner agencies to identify public health needs for the 0-5 age group.
• Prescribe according to assessed individual need from the Nurse Prescribing Formulary.
• Support and line manage the skill mix team.
• Provide mentorship to pre-registration and SCPHN students on placement.

Skills

Caseload planning

Safeguarding awareness

Mentorship & line management

Professional judgment

Education

NMC registration

SCPHN Health Visiting qualification

Job description

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of individuals from BME backgrounds and welcomes applicants from these communities. DCHS is also an LGBT inclusive employer. Selection will be on a basis of merit. The Trust has achieved the status of a Disability Confident Leader and guarantees to invite to assessment applicants who meet the criteria for the job vacancy. To ensure the diversity of the workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Be outstanding – join an outstanding team!

Job overview

You will join a progressive and committed Health Visiting team in Chesterfield who are passionate about making a real difference in the health and wellbeing of children and families in Chesterfield. You will be working with a diverse community delivering the healthy child programme, public health messages and safeguarding support to children and their families.

Main duties of the job

Have the SCPHN Health Visiting qualification, knowledge and skills to deliver the Healthy Child programme.

Be organised and skilled in planning the management of a caseload.

Demonstrate integrity in you daily time management.

Demonstrate excellent team dynamics in planning and leading on projects, line management and team activities.

Demonstrate professional curiosity and safeguarding awareness at all contacts.

Continually strive for self-development and increased knowledge and skills through the core training available.

Working for our organisation

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• As the new postholder you will deliver the Healthy Child Programme to the 0-5 population and their families. You will be required to develop therapeutic relationships with clients and work within complex family situations providing family focused evidence-based care.
• To manage a defined active caseload and take responsibility for Safeguarding Children issues within that caseload.
• You will provide services in collaboration with partner agencies, statutory organisations and the voluntary sector and identify and act on the public health needs of the 0- 5 years, working together to improve service provision and outcomes for this population group and their families.
• To prescribe according to assessed individual need from the Nurse Prescribing Formulary.
• To support and line manage the skill mix team.
• You will develop your leadership skills by undertaking mentorship responsibilities to both pre-registration and SCPHN students whilst on placement within the service and provide preceptorship to support new staff members.

Person specification

NMC registration

• Must be a registered nurse.

Must have Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification registered with the NMC.

• Must have SCPHN (Health Visiting) qualification

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) is one of the largest providers of specialist community healthcare in England and we currently employ around 4,500 staff. We deliver a variety of services across Derbyshire, caring for nearly 1.8 million patients each year. We deliver patient care through 11 community hospitals, 4 minor injury units, 29 health centres and a learning disability centre. Another key part of our service is out in the community where we care for people in their own homes via therapists, health visitors and district nurses, and promoting public health in the wider community. As a Trust we care for patients of all ages with a special focus on the needs of elderly people and the very young.

DCHS has been recognised as a top 10 NHS organisation to work for in the UK by the Health Service Journal and NHS Employers in their Best Places to Work 2015 campaign. The Trust is also the runner-up in the category for the best NHS community trust employer.

Our values

• To get the basics right - For each other, local people and communities
• To act with compassion and respect - For each other, local people and communities
• To make a positive difference - For each other, local people and communities
• To value and develop teamwork - With our partners and within DCHS
• To value diversity and inclusivity - Of each other, local people and communities.

Benefits

• The majority of our locations offer free parking facilities for staff.
• As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

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 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.