Health Visitor

Derbyshirehealthcareft; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Maternity Benefits

Health service discounts

EAP 24/7

Diversity networks

Wellbeing opportunities

Structured learning & development

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking skilled Health Visitors to deliver the Healthy Child Programme in Derby City. You will lead on service delivery within the 0-19 framework and supervise a multidisciplinary team, working with families and partner agencies to improve child health outcomes.

The role requires SCPHN or SASS qualification, strong communication skills and a commitment to safeguarding children.

Qualifications

• Qualified SCPHN or SASS or equivalent registered nurse.
• Experience leading health visiting teams and safeguarding children.
• Ability to work collaboratively across partner agencies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver health visiting services for a defined caseload in Derby City.
• Lead delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within the 0-19 framework.
• Provide leadership and supervision to team members.
• Engage with families, partners and communities effectively.
• Write reports and provide data for Trust statistics.
• Maintain compliance with Trust policies and Baby Friendly standards.

Skills

leadership

workload management

multi-disciplinary working

proactive practitioner

corporate case load

lead a skill mix team

Education

SCPHN

SASS or equivalent

Job description

Would you like to work for our Children's Services in Derby City? (Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust). The service has achieved outstanding by CQC, and we are also accredited with the UNICEF Baby Friendly award.

We are looking for skilled professional Health Visitors who have excellent communication skills and who can deliver compassionate care to support the service, making a real difference to improve the health outcomes for children and families in Derby City.

You will have experience of working with diverse communities and dealing with highly emotive situations, be able to engage with families and build trusting professional relationship. Putting children and young people at the heart of everything you do, you will be passionate about working collaboratively with our partner agencies and will embrace supporting the development of students and new team members.

We are an innovative service providing health visiting services to the families of Derby and we currently have some great opportunities for you to join our team.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the delivery of health visiting services to a defined corporate caseload within Derby City, working within the 0-19 framework ensuring a seamless service to the family as appropriate and working collaboratively with partner agencies.

You will lead on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme as defined within the service specification, identifying packages of care based on the Universal, Targeted and Specialist models of service delivery. You will provide leadership and supervision to other members of the team and work within Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures.

Natalie Thompson, Infant Feeding Lead at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We are extremely proud of the Children's universal service for their achievement which is a real testament to their ongoing hard work and commitment to children's services. We recognise the importance this accreditation holds and will continue to strive to offer exceptional care to our patients."

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Relocation packages are available
• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunitie

Job responsibilities

• Provide quality evidence-based PH Nursing service (Health Visiting).
• Undertake regular training and have clinical assessmentsin line with Baby Friendly Accreditation.
• Lead on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Lead the skill mix team.
• Analyse and identify key areas of need within the local community.
• Work in partnership with key agencies.
• Write reports, collect data, and provide statistical returns as required by the Trust

Person Specification

Qualifications

• SCPHN
• SASS or equivalent

Skills

• evidence of leadership
• ability to manage own workload
• ability to work in a multi-disciplinary agency way
• ability to be a proactive and innovative practitioner
• experience of working a corporate case load
• experience of leading a skill mix team

Knowlewdge & experience

• Excellent understanding of Health visiting and the 0-19 health agenda
• excellent knowledge of local and national public health agenda
• excellent understanding and experience in safe guarding children and young people
• extensive knowledge of safe guarding children and young people
• clinical supervision experience

Pesronal

• demonstate a flexible approach to work
• supportive to clients and colleagues
• commitment to developing Public Health Nursing

Trust Values

• Ability to demonstrate that you can deliver the trust Values

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.

Address

TBC

ST Pauls House, Jubilee Business Park, Stores Rd

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

383-CHI-7778-26

Job locations

TBC

ST Pauls House, Jubilee Business Park, Stores Rd