NursingNetUK

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.    Communication and relationship skills

•    Demonstrate highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with clients, colleagues and teams
  •    Ensure effective communication with clients where there may be barriers to acceptance/ understanding e.g. child protection, domestic violence bereavement and where English is not the first language.
  •    Ensure effective communication with all members of multi-disciplinary team and multi agency partners, in particular children’s centres, early years’ providers, social services and GP practices.
  •    Ensure all information about patients is treated confidentially and comply with Trust policies on data protection, information sharing and governance
  •    Participate in team and other meetings as required.

2.    Knowledge, training and experience

•    First level registered nurse – RN, RGN
  •    Post registration qualification in a relevant field, e.g. Health Promotion, Child Development.
  •    Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with clients, colleagues and teams.
  •    Ability to be flexible and develop within the changing needs of the service and clients.
  •    Possessing an up to date Personal Development Plan showing evidence of continuing professional development.
  •    Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake
  •    To ensure statutory and mandatory training is kept up to date.

3.    Analytical and judgement skills

•    Assess, implement and plan services under the guidance of the health visitor
  •    Evaluate individual and community health care programmes in collaboration with the health visitor.

4.    Planning and organisational skills

•    Plan and lead the delivery of designated public health and health promotion activities
  •    Plan individual and community health care programmes
  •    Responsible for  planning own work
  •    To ensure statutory and mandatory training is up to date in line with organisational policy.

5.    Physical skills

•    Keyboard skills
  •    Ability to travel to diverse sites in a timely manner.

6.    Responsibility for client care

•    To work in collaboration with the Health Visitor in planning, implementing and evaluating individual and Community Health Care Programmes.
  •    To lead the delivery of designated public health and health promotion activities.
  •    To assess, implement and plan services with individual families under the guidance of the Health Visitor.
  •    To act as an infection control link/ resource to the team 
  •    Safeguard the client group by adhering to child and adult protection guidelines and procedures.
  •    Ensure effective communication with clients and colleagues
  •    To ensure the provision of a high quality service that is led by client need and is evidence based.
  •    Access clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.

7.    Responsibility for policy and service development implementation

•    To support the Health Visiting Team in service and practice development initiatives to improve standards and outcomes.         
  
  8.    Responsibilities for financial and physical resources
•    Comply with the Trusts Standing Orders and Standing Financial instructions
  •    Responsible for the safe and careful use of equipment in clinics and during home visits (e.g. weighing scales).

9.    Responsibilities for human resources (HR)

•    Line management of band 4 and below
  •    Participate in mentorship and education of qualified and unqualified staff gaining community experience
  •    To provide support and advice to other colleagues within the team.

10.    Responsibilities for information resources

•    Responsibility for timely accurate record keeping and safeguarding client confidentiality by adhering to Caldicott Principles.
  •    Record and submit accurate and timely data as required to inform service planning, management and evaluation.

11.    Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)

•    Completion of audits as required by the service.

12.    Freedom to act

•    Qualified nurse who uses own professional judgement. Able to work alone and unsupervised under the management of a qualified health visitor
  •    Adheres to the NMC Code of Professional conduct.