Specialist Health Visitor/Midwife

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Specialist Health Visitor/Midwife within a dynamic NHS Trust. This role involves supporting colleagues to enhance parenting capacities and safeguard vulnerable children. You will work closely with families and strategic partners to improve care standards through leadership and evidence-based practices. Join a forward-thinking organization that champions integrated health and social care, providing an environment that fosters professional development and innovation. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of families, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration is mandatory.
• Must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Responsibilities

• Implement and improve the Vulnerable Baby Service.
• Collaborate with multiagency partners for quality care.

Skills

NMC Registration

Health Visitor skills

Midwifery skills

Public Health Nursing

Multiagency collaboration

Education

Registered Health Visitor (RHV)

Midwifery qualification

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Job description

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Main area: Specialist Health Visitor /Midwife Grade Band 7

Contract: 12 months (fixed term, a secondment can also be offered to internal staff)

Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week

Job ref: 349-LCO-6883131C

Site: Rusholme Health Centre

Town: Manchester

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum (pro rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 14/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

12 Month fixed term Vulnerable Baby Service

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a Lead Member of a small team and be expected to support and advise colleagues to facilitate best parenting capacity.

Reduce safeguarding risks for children and families and escalate to child protection when there is a risk of harm.

Monitor and improve standards of care through leadership, guidance, audit, evidence-based practice, and training.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be responsible for the implementation, continuous improvement, and review of the Vulnerable Baby Service, working with the Service Manager and a wide range of strategic partners to provide quality care for children and families.

The work involves close multiagency collaboration and facilitation of information sharing for babies meeting the criteria, coordination and facilitation of multiagency case planning meetings, and full engagement of families.

To intervene early to help keep infants safe and reduce risks of harm as well as raising awareness in a public health capacity.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.6bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

NMC Registration

• Current NMC Registration

Registered Health Visitor (RHV), Midwife or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

• Registered Health Visitor (RHV), Midwife or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.