SCPHN - Health Visitor

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Sussex is seeking enthusiastic Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) Health Visitors to join their innovative and supportive 0-5 Healthy Child Programme team in Crawley. This role offers the chance to contribute to proactive healthcare delivery, assess care needs, and mentor junior staff. The Trust provides an inclusive working environment with flexible patterns, excellent training, and various benefits including access to workplace nurseries. Join us in making a real impact in the community.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Excellent training and development opportunities

Access to workplace nurseries

Research opportunities

Staff networks for BAME, Disability, LGBT+ and more

Qualifications

• Qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse with knowledge of health visitors' roles.
• Experience in delivering community health programmes for children and families.
• Ability to work cooperatively within a mixed skill team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme to achieve best outcomes for children.
• Provide specialist knowledge, assessing and developing care programmes.
• Mentor and supervise junior staff and students.

Skills

Assessment of care needs

Program development and evaluation

Mentorship and supervision

Collaboration with multi-agency teams

Proactive healthcare delivery

Education

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

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.

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 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.

Benefits

• 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