Healthy Child Practitioner

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust; Sandwell; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK seeks a Healthy Child Practitioner to work within the Health Visiting Service, delivering essential programs to support children and families. The role includes responsibilities such as health promotion and safeguarding. Candidates must have an NMC registered Nursing or Midwifery degree and relevant community experience. Competitive salary range of £31,049 to £37,796 per annum pro rata is offered, along with excellent training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Access to wellbeing support

Excellent training package

Qualifications

• Active registration as a nurse or midwife on the NMC register.
• Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development.
• To have Practice Supervisor or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Deliver core program to children and families.
• Support Universal Children's services in line with HCP 0-5 years.
• Conduct antenatal visits and child weight reviews.

Skills

Community working

Child health promotion

Maternal mental health support

Education

Relevant Nursing/Midwifery Degree

GCSE grade C/4 in Maths and English

Job description

At Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, we have a new and exciting opportunity within our well established Health Visiting Service. We are looking for innovative Registered NMC Nurses or Midwives with an interest in health visiting to work as a Healthy Child Practitioner to deliver a core programme to children young people and families in SWB NHS Trust. This is a secondment/fixed term position to introduce the successful candidates to the role of the Health Visitor, with the opportunity to apply for the fully funded Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) Specialist Community Public Health Nurse in Health Visiting. The HCP will work within the Health Visiting Service as part of the Acute and Community Paediatric Directorate. They will support and deliver the Universal Children's services in line with the HCP 0-5 years.

Main duties of the job

Day to day relationship will be with other members of Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses, Administration Officers, patients, carers and multi-agency professionals.

Training and evaluation will be provided to enable the individual to develop the competence to function effectively within this role and will have exposure to the mandated contacts of a Health Visitor in order to help them to progress onto the Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) SCPHN in Health Visiting.

Mandatory contacts include;

• Antenatal visits
• 6-8 week contact

Other duties to include;

• Baby/Child weight reviews
• Health promotion and public health advice
• Maternal mental health support
• Support babies/children and their families with concerns or medical conditions
• Safeguarding
• Multi agency working

About us

We are a progressive service who encourages innovative, forward thinking professionals, who are keen to embrace change and provide the best quality of care for communities.

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We offer:

• Integrated team working
• Practice support and clinical/restorative supervision
• Access to wellbeing support
• Supportive induction package
• Excellent training package and access to training opportunities for professional development
• Opportunity to participate in work streams of interest
• Access to Trust benefits, including NHS Fleet Solutions car scheme
• Flexible working opportunities

As a Healthy Child Practitioner within Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) you will work within corporate teams who are supported by Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses, a Health Visitor Contact Centre and are led and managed by Health Visitor Team Leaders and Clinical Lead for Health Visiting.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE grade C/4 in Maths and English
• To have relevant Nursing/ Midwifery Degree
• Active registration as a nurse or midwife on the NMC register
• Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development
• To have Practice Supervisor or equivalent

Experience

• Experience relevant to post
• Audit/evaluation/research
• Experience of working in the community
• Experience relevant to post working with 0-5 years
• Recent post Registered Nurse experience

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearpro rata per annum