Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visitor (HV)

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Torquay; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Torbay seeks a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visitor. The role involves delivering the Healthy Child Programme, working flexibly with families needing statutory intervention, and collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team to improve health outcomes for children and young people in the area.

Qualifications

• Qualification as Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN).
• Ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in dealing with emotional and complex situations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme to families in Torbay.
• Work autonomously and collaboratively within 0 to 19 Torbay teams.
• Participate in audits and support quality improvement efforts.

Skills

Flexibility

Client-Centered Decision Making

Diversity Awareness

Education

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification

Job description

You will be a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visitor (HV) within the integrated 0 to 19 Torbay Partnership and provide the expertise, knowledge and resources to deliver the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to families living within Torbay.

Working with the 0 to 19 Torbay workforce to ensure pathways are followed in supporting children, young people, families and carers. The SCPHN-HV works autonomously and collaboratively to deliver a family centred public health service, taking responsibility for a defined population in partnership with the wider multi-disciplinary and inter-agency teams.

Please note post is a part time post working predominantly with families who require statutory intervention.

• Be flexible when providing care to meet the needs of clients
• Promote and lead on providing a strength asset-based approach to services delivered
• To value differences and individuality, showing respect to all when working with children, young people and their families and carers
• Develop effective client centred decision-making processes
• Diversity aware where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties of comprehension, and use adjustments and adaptations to communicate
• Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to making referrals
• Follow trust policies and pathways and use discretion in interpreting them according to the setting and circumstances.
• The post holder will work closely with the 0 to 19 Torbay teams in providing joined up care to clients
• The post holder will signpost staff to wellbeing at work services including counselling/coaching.
• The post holder will remain professional when dealing with highly emotional situations
• Attend in-house training as required to develop current role
• Participate in internal audits and support quality improvements to inform practice and improve service delivery
  
  

0 to 19 Torbay is a partnership between TSDFT and The Children’s Society and Action for Children.

These services have come together to provide a preventative model to children, young people and their families in Torbay in order to improve outcomes for children and young people across Torbay.

• Working together with statutory and community services.
• Through supporting the whole family and building on strengths.
• By giving children the best start in life, to stay well and thrive.
• Being baby, young person and family friendly.
• Broadening the skills of the workforce.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Natalie Aldridge Job title: Interim Professional Lead for PHN Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07789 618860