Health Visitor

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) to join the Enfield Health Visiting teams. The role involves managing caseloads, delivering the Healthy Child Programme, and collaborating with community agencies to provide high-quality care for children and families, contributing to public health initiatives, and supporting local health equality goals.

Qualifications

• Qualified Health Visitor with NMC Registration.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary teams and child protection.
• Evidence of continual professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage designated caseload of children and families.
• Lead delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
• Prioritize workload based on health needs assessments.

Skills

Clinical skills

Communication

Assessment

Analytical skills

Education

Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification (Health Visiting)

Registered Nurse

Current NMC Registration for Health Visiting

Job description

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Site Enfield Town Enfield Salary £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro-rata if LTFT) Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

Job overview

We are currently seeking to recruit an enthusiastic highly motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) ( Full and Part time ) to join the Enfield Health Visiting teams. We are looking for Health Visitor with excellent clinical and communication skills to join our 0-5 yrs health visiting team, contributing to the delivery of the 'The Healthy Child Programme' across Enfield. We welcome all applicants, experienced or newly qualified. The teams consist of Health Visitors, Community Staff Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses and Health Visitor Assistance under the management of a team Lead. We are proud to be a community that cares, delivering our services to our clients as a team, whilst supporting our employers as individuals

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor), You will work autonomously as part of the Health Visiting Team managing a designated caseload of children and families, in order to improve their health and enable them to reach their full potential.

You will manage an identified enhanced caseload and work collaboratively with other agencies to provide high quality care to children and families. Child protection work will involve gathering and analysing information to make informed assessments, appropriate referrals and participating and contributing at case conferences and core group meetings.

To identify and monitor the health needs of a given population and facilitate the implementation of evidence based health care.

To develop public health initiatives in line with local and national priorities which promote, protect and improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities.

To support the Team Lead/Manager CYP in developing innovative practice

Working for our organisation

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the provision of care for children and families in accordance with the principles and practice of Health Visiting by undertaking home visits and contacts at other community venues e.g. Children Centres

• To manage and prioritise workload according to the identified health needs of the children and families within the community ensuring the effective use of resources.
• To lead on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (2009).
• To be responsible for the supervision, line management and delegation of duties of to the skill mix team
• Delivery of key performance indicators (Kpis) within required time scales
• To compile caseload/community profiles/health needs assessments in order to establish the health needs of the community and to plan and implement appropriate public health initiatives.
• To review regularly with the Team Leader and Child Protection Supervisor in supervision families causing concern, record agreed action and follow through according to Trust and Safeguarding policies.
• To liaise with the School Health Service, with particular reference to vulnerable children, their families and children with special needs.
• To adopt a team approach to Health Visiting, working in close collaboration with other members of the team, offering support and providing reciprocal cover for colleagues in their absence
• To organise, develop and participate in public health activities including health promotion with individuals and groups.
• To adopt champion roles in line with the 6 High Impact Areas of the Healthy Child programme and other specialist roles
• To develop effective partnerships and relationships with primary and secondary health care colleagues, statutory and voluntary agencies.
• To work within the policies and guidelines set out by the Trust and NMC Code of Conduct.
• To take responsibility for Nurse Prescribing in line with National and local guidelines.
• To inform the Team Leader/ Clinical Lead about work load constraints that may adversely affect the level of service which can be provided.
• To ensure that all untoward incidents, accidents and areas of clinical risk are identified and reported in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
• To keep contemporaneous notes and accurate records and maintain client confidentiality according to NMC and Trust guidelines.
• To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post.
• To promote, develop and foster an environment that is conducive to learning for students and skill mix staff including mentorship and preceptorship of junior staff and students.
• To participate in research/audit and statistical data which are approved and agreed.
• To contribute to policies and the development and implementation of care pathways.
• To advise on the treatment of minor ailments/illnesses in children.
• To promote the uptake of immunisations for all children in accordance with Department of Health guidelines.
• To practise as a Nurse Prescriber in accordance with the NMC and Organisational procedures and guidelines, providing appropriate advice and treatment for children and families and reviewing effectiveness of any medication prescribed.
• Administration of BCG immunisations if required/undertaking new born blood spot screening for under ones

Communication

• Dealing with sensitive or contentious information
• To participate in identified meetings such as case conferences, core group meetings, strategy meetings and other meetings as appropriate.
• To participate in multi-agency working and develop links with Childrens Social care, school nursing and local GP surgeries in order to facilitate effective information sharing.
• To assist in developing and maintaining good working relationships with all colleagues, children and families
• To be conversant with the Trusts Children/Adult Safeguarding Procedures, referring any concerns as appropriate. Policy Development
• To participate and contribute to research, audit and evaluation of new ways of working.
• To adhere to all Trust policies, procedural guidelines and current legislation Service Development
• To participate and contribute to developing practices or protocols Systems and Equipment
• To maintain equipment and report to senior staff when there is any malfunction.
• To be aware of Health and Safety hazards in the working environment and report them to a senior member of staff. To be aware of Trust policies and procedures with regard to Health and Safety.

Effort, Mental and Environment Physical effort

• Frequently exerts light/moderate physical effort, for short periods
• Frequent short periods of driving

Mental Effort

• Frequent concentration to complete assessment and analysis of client need
• Work pattern altering to meet service need and prioritising work issues accordingly with changes faced.
• Car driving for liaison with agencies and to attend meetings and training.
• Sitting moderate periods in the office when using visual display units / writing records / correspondence.
• Working from other sites within the community, including working from home.

Emotional Effort

• Frequent exposure to distressing/highly distressing circumstances
• Dealing with difficult family situations or circumstances
• Discussing concerns and negotiating outcomes re safeguarding children with colleagues, primary and secondary care professionals
• As an employee of this organisation you may be asked to carry out duties at any of its establishments, at any time at any time throughout the duration of your contract.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse Registered Children’s’ Nurse Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification (Health Visiting) Current NMC Registration for Health Visiting Registered Nurse Prescriber (NMC V100)
• Evidence of continual professional development at level 6

Skills and abilities

• Excellent, adaptable communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to support children and families to make informed decisions in relation to their health and well-being
• Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment
• Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice
• Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload and work in a self - directed way
• A range of clinical skills including assessment of development, health and identification of vulnerable children and their families.
• Competent in the use of technology
• Experience of managing staff within a team
• Experience of working with diverse populations
• Experience as a Practice Assessor/Supervisor

Experience

• Experience of specialist knowledge with reference to child development, perinatal mental health, child protection
• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
• Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
• Experience of ensuring that clinical practice is based on sound evidence and audit
• Experience of managing staff within a team
• Experience of working with diverse populations
• Experience as a Practice Assessor/Supervisor
• Honesty Conscientious

Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values

Other requirements

• The ability to travel to a variety of sites within the Trust is essential.
• Car driver essential and access to use of a car

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

NMUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of NMUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to NMUH transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

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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.