Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Bank Ad hoc
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 824-HVOSW-55
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southwest London
- Town
- Richmond Borough
- Salary
- £21.88 pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank B6 Health Visitor South west
6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
• To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative health visiting service, and where appropriate,
delegate to other members of the Health Visiting team to ensure delivery of a quality service
• To deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and
agree tailored health plans to address their parenting and health needs.
• To actively participate in service development activities.
• To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless
delivery of services for clients and communities
Main duties of the job
- providing health advice and health education programmes
- undertaking developmental assessments of babies and children
- helping people come to terms with issues such as postnatal depression
- establishing and addressing key health needs
- referral to and liaison with other relevant organisations
- assessing parenting skills and children's home situations, and offering parents any further support that may be needed
- working with other professionals such as social workers, GPs and school nurses
Working for our organisation
CLCH NHS Trust is currently re-shaping the way Health Visitors work, looking at new and innovative practices to improve health across London. This includes agile working and provision of laptops to all staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a skilled, effective and evidence based health visiting service to clients in a variety
of community settings.
• To apply specialist skills and knowledge in the delivery of the health visiting service.
• To consult, advise and educate individuals and families on good health care practices.
• To develop health profiles of the defined population and local communities, identifying
health needs of disadvantaged groups and targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
• To identify, prioritise and implement programmes of care that meets the public health needs
of the population.
• To provide parenting skills support and information both through coordinating /participating
in parenting groups and one to one home visits to families, especially those children and
families identified with complex health needs/vulnerabilities
• To provide health assessments, advice and education to families and individuals of all ages in
the population group, prioritising services appropriate to local public health and population
need.
• To develop and implement regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing post registration education and training
Desirable criteria
- Mentor training or prepared to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent health visiting experience
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets.
- Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing support to others
- Experience in providing practice based learning support to others
Desirable criteria
- Office management and caseload
- Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
- Ability to be flexible and responsive to client and organisational needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- TSB Team
- Job title
- TSB Recruitment
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033978322
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