Health Visitor

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an enthusiastic Health Visitor to work autonomously in Coventry, delivering the Healthy Child Programme for 0-5s and evaluating care in partnership with families and communities.

You will lead a team, contribute to public health targets, and act as a role model under the NMC Code, including Nurse Prescribing following policy.

Qualifications

• Autonomous Health Visitor capable of leading with clinical judgment.
• Delivery and evaluation of child health programmes and targeted care.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the Healthy Child Programme for 0-5s to improve outcomes.
• Manage a defined team caseload and delegate tasks within Health Visiting and partner agencies.
• Promote public health priorities and equality, and participate in nurse prescribing where appropriate.

Job description

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated practitioner to work autonomously as a Health Visitor within Coventry, achieving positive health outcomes for pre-school children and families.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care which are sensitive, relevant and responsive to the diverse needs of individual and targeted patients/clients, families, groups and communities.

We can offer you a foundation for further career progression and continued training and development opportunities.

SWUFT provides the Family Health and Lifestyles service which includes School Nursing, Health Visiting, Family Nurse Partnership, Be active be healthy, Stop Smoking Services, Infant Feeding and MAMTA. We are also accredited with UNICEF Gold Baby Friendly award.

You could be part of the Coventry Family Health and Lifestyle Service team that leads and influences change, making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families.

To effectively lead and deliver on the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) 0-5 (DH 2010) to improve outcomes for the children and families.

Named responsibility and professional accountability for the management of a defined team caseload including the delegation of tasks to members of the team.

To contribute to the Public Health Agenda, meet Public Health targets and reduce health inequalities.

To actively lead teams both within Health Visiting and partner agencies.

To work as part of a team to ensure that the services key performance indicators targets are achieved.

To act as a role model and be professional at all times adhering to the current NMC Code of Conduct.

To participate in nurse prescribing following NMC and local policy.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Stafford-Nelson Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07500952185