Health Visitor - Newport Borough

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Newport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking enthusiastic Health Visitors to join the Newport Health Visiting Team. Candidates must possess the SCPHN qualification or be working towards it. The role involves providing Health Visiting services, working collaboratively with parents and other services, and contributing to project development. A flexible approach and strong communication skills are essential. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Benefits

Extensive training and development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Wellbeing Centre support

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification in Public Health Nursing.
• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Provide Health Visiting services to children and families.
• Contribute to the development of new projects and policies.
• Deliver evidence-based practice evaluations.

Skills

Flexible approach to workload

Excellent interpersonal communication

Ability to work autonomously

Competent in IT skills

Ability to motivate others

Education

SCPHN Qualification

Working towards SCPHN Qualification

Job description

We are seeking to employ enthusiastic Health Visitors to join our Newport Health Visiting Team. You will be working within a team of Health Visitors and skill mix staff delivering an Early Years Health Visiting programme to families living within City of Newport.

The successful candidate will have the relevant qualification, professionalism and clinical skills necessary to work on their own initiative as well as working effectively in partnership with parents/carers and other services such as Early Years Services, Primary Care, Children Services and School Nursing. Applications from student due to qualify are also welcomed.

Main duties of the job

Health Visitors contributes to the development of new projects and policies within the health visiting service and is involved in the research, implementation and evaluation of evidence based practice. The post holder will be responsible for providing universal, enhanced, and intensive Health Visiting services to children and families from all cultural diversities on their case load. Health Visitors work as a team across locally defined areas and support the service across Gwent, to provide a safe service for all preschool children and their families.

We would like you to view our Health Visiting RecruitmentVideo at the ABUHB Health Visiting web page.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opened in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Skills

• Flexible approach to unpredictable workload demands/patterns
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Confident and have the ability to motivate others
• Team player and change agent
• Ability to travel between sites and visits in a timely manner
• Ability to speak Welsh

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Competent in IT skills, completing data and writing emails
• Proven skills in motivating and influencing other
• MECC

Experience

• Delivery of HCWP
• Working with mutli disciplinary team
• Experience of working with Safeguarding and Vulnerable families
• Understanding of HCWP

Qualifications

• SCPHN Qualification
• Working towards SCPHN Qualification

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.

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