Health Visitor - 0-19 Service Waltham Forest

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service organization seeks an enthusiastic Health Visitor for the 0-19 service in Waltham Forest. The role involves delivering the Healthy Child Programme and supporting families through collaboration with schools and key health agencies. Ideal candidates will possess NMC registration and a qualification in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing, with a passion for child development and community engagement.

Benefits

Exceptional Health and Wellbeing support

Comprehensive training opportunities

Mentorship for newly qualified Health Visitors

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified, NMC-registered Health Visitor.
• Educated to degree or Masters level.
• Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme and support families.
• Collaborate with multi-agency professionals.
• Contribute to safeguarding children and young people.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Degree or Masters level in Nursing

NMC Registration

Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification

Job description

Health Visitor - 0-19 Service Waltham Forest

Are you aqualified, NMC registered, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) HealthVisitor or a student SCPHN Health Visitor, qualifying in the next fewmonths ?

Do you have:

• Excellentall-round communication and listening skills.
• Awillingness to train and progress.
• Abilityto work autonomously and yet be part of a wider team.
• Qualitiesof leadership and be willing to take responsibility and make appropriatedecisions.
• Abilityto reflect, learn and build on previous experience and knowledge.

We offer our health visitors:

• Exceptional Health and Wellbeing support for all our staff.
• Comprehensivetraining and creative learning opportunities.
• Preceptorship for newly qualified HealthVisitors, competency-based learning and supportive mentoring.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for enthusiastic and proactive practitioners with strong initiative and a passion for contributing to the continuous development of our service. You will work in close partnership with Children and Family Centres, schools, and other key agencies to ensure a holistic approach to care.

We have within Waltham Forest excellent opportunities within our 0-19team for innovative and motivated Health Visitors who are keen to contribute tothe further development of our service.

We take great pride in our staff and believethat investing in you, is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care,supporting children, young people and families have the best start in lifedelivered by outstanding people.

We have excellentpartnership working with Waltham Forest Public Health Service, Primary and SecondarySchools, and General Practitioners to enable the Best Start in life andoptimisation of health outcomes for children and young people.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if wereceive sufficient applications for the role.

About us

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (the Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

The CareGroup is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integratedpartnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, theLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

• Innovationand support for primary care
• Beinga great place to work
• Integratingprimary and community care
• Providingof high-quality cost-effective care to local people
• Influencingimprovements in health outcomes

Job responsibilities

Deliver the Healthy Child Programme, conducting mandated contacts and providing tailored support to families.

Work autonomously and as part of an integrated skill mix team, ensuring seamless service delivery.

Contribute to safeguarding children and young people, adhering to local and national guidelines.

Collaborate with multi agency professionals to address complex needs and improve outcomes.

Facilitate and support service development and change initiatives.

Effectively manage a caseload, including universal and targeted populations, ensuring equitable service provision.

Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to colleagues and students, fostering a supportive learning environment.

Maintain accurate and up-to-date records, adhering to data protection and confidentiality policies.

Participate in health promotion activities and community engagement initiatives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Childrens Nurse, Midwife or Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Educated to degree or Masters level.
• Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification (Health Visiting).

Experience

• Experience of ensuring that clinical practice is based on sound evidence and audit.
• Experience of quality improvement processes.
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment.
• Experience of specialist knowledge with reference to child development, perinatal mental health, child protection.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of key developments in children's services.
• Knowledge of the requirements of CQC.
• Ability to understand, implement clinical governance principles and process including risk management, audit & public involvement.
• Understanding of key professional nursing issues and strategy documents.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to manage and prioritise a caseload.
• Ability to reflect on practice.
• Analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with supervision including clinical and safeguarding children.
• A range of clinical skills including assessment of development, health and identification of vulnerable children and their families.
• Ability to deal with and resolve conflict & ambiguity.
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise, delegate and work in a self-directed way.
• Competent in the use of Information Technology.

Other requirements

• Able to present information written and orally, in a clear and logical manner.
• Commitment to working in partnership with children and families to understand their perception of care needs.

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.

£42,939 to £50,697 a yearIncluding Outer HCAS