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

NHS; Torquay; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A national healthcare service is seeking a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visitor to deliver the Healthy Child Programme in Torquay. This part-time role focuses on family-centered approaches and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Applicants should have the necessary qualifications and demonstrate skills in safeguarding children, alongside flexibility and effective communication. A driving license is also required.

Qualifications

• Qualifications in safeguarding children level three.
• Full driving license is required.
• Continuous professional development demonstrated.

Responsibilities

• Provide a family centred public health service.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Participate in internal audits and quality improvements.

Skills

Safeguarding Children

Client centred decision-making

Flexibility in care

Communication adjustments

Education

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor Qualification

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

Job summary: 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.

Main duties of the job

• 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

About us

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.

Person Specification

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor Essential:

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor Qualification
• NMC Registered Nurse
• Demonstrate continued professional development.
• Safeguarding Children level three
• Full driving licence

Desirable:

• Educated at degree level
• V100/150 nurse prescriber qualification
• Practice supervisor/assessor 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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.