SCPHN - Health Visitor

NHS; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Foundation Trust in Crawley is seeking enthusiastic Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) Health Visitors. You'll be part of the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme, promoting the health of children and their families. Flexible working options are available and a collaborative team environment awaits you. This role requires a Registered Nurse with SCPHN qualification and offers a salary between £38,682 and £46,580 per annum.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Excellent training and development opportunities

Access to workplace nurseries

Employee benefits and discounts

Qualifications

• Demonstrates use of evidence based practice.
• Experience of multi-agency working.
• Safeguarding children experience.

Responsibilities

• Promote the health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 0-5.
• Assess care needs and implement programs of care.
• Mentorship of pre-registration students.

Skills

Highly developed communication skills

Ability to plan and manage caseload

Leadership in practice

Partnership working

Ability to plan and facilitate

Education

Registered Nurse

Registered SCPHN (HV)

Practice Assessor

Job description

Health Visitor Vacancies in Crawley West Sussex.

Are you looking for an interesting and exciting opportunity to join a leading Foundation Trust with a forward thinking HCP service in West Sussex?

We're looking for enthusiastic, innovative and motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) Health Visitors to join our 0-5 Healthy Child Programme team in Crawley, West Sussex. We have full and part time vacanciesavailable and we are open to flexible working patterns.

Crawley 0-5 HCP Team is a friendly, welcoming and supportive team. We serve a large population full of rich culture and diversity. Caseloads can be varied and complex which leads to rewarding and enriching care delivery and great opportunities for collaborative working.

If you'd like the opportunity to learn and develop your knowledge and skills as a Health Visitor, in a team that offers proactive solutions and excellent care at the heart of it's community, then we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Our Healthy Child Programme teams offer a proactive approach to delivering the Healthy Child Programme, working in partnership with school nurses, early help staff at children and family centres and multi-agency teams to deliver the best outcomes for children.

We are supported by forward thinking Practice Educator and Safeguarding Teams to deliver safe and effective care to our clients.

The post holder will work within a skill mixed team to promote the health and wellbeing of children and their families. The post holder will provide specialist practitioner knowledge and advice; assessing care needs, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care and public health developments in the community, liaising with other agencies as required.

Practitioners at this level assume responsibility for planned teaching/supervision of junior staff and students, and will ensure the mentorship and supervision of students both pre and post registration.

The Crawley Hub is part of the wider HCP East 0-5 Team in West Sussex, one of 6 hubs across the county. Health visitors may be required to work anywhere in the Sussex Community Foundation NHS Trust area in order to meet the needs of the service.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work within a skill mixed team to promote the health and wellbeing of children and young people, aged 0 5, and their families. The post holder will provide specialist practitioner knowledge and advice; assessing care needs to provide a child and young person centred, inclusive, holistic and accessible Healthy Child Programme.

The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) will establish links with communities, schools, Primary Care Colleagues and the wider Childrens workforce to develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care and public health developments in the community, liaising and collaborating with other agencies as required.

To promote the physical and emotional well-being of children and young people, supporting them to establish good health now and in the future and promote early intervention, health promotion, advocacy, empowerment, social inclusion and the reduction of health inequalities.

Make referrals as appropriate, to enable access to relevant professionals and support children and young people to reach their personal and educational potential.

Health Visitor SCPHNs will be expected to complete the mentorship module within two years of consolidation in order to support pre-registration and specialist practice students *

Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) may be required to work anywhere in the Sussex Community Foundation NHS Trust area in order to meet the needs of the service.

In order to ensure all staff have a fair exposure to the affluent and more deprived areas across within the organisation, SCPHNs may be expected to move to a contrasting caseload periodically as identified through the appraisal process and in discussion with the post holder.

Please see the attached JD and PS for further details.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Registered Nurse
• Registered SCPHN (HV)
• Practice Assessor (formly mentorship)

Skills

• Highly developed communication skills
• Ability to plan and manage caseload
• Demonstrates Leadership in practice
• Demonstrates ability to reflect and take learning
• Able to demonstrate partnership working with others
• Able to demonstrate the ability to plan and facilitate

Experience

• Demonstrates use of evidence based practice
• Experience of multi agency working
• Safeguarding children
• Management of team/staff members

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer Annum/Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working