Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 824-BANKHV-LIT0484
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colville Health Centre
- Town
- Various
- Salary
- £22.92 pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 27/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank B6 Health Visitor - INW
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
JOB PURPOSE:
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 high quality service
To provide a skilled, effective and evidence based health visiting service to clients in a variety of community settings.
To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities
To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives.
Main duties of the job
Deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and agree tailored health plans as required
Utilising specialist skills and knowledge, advise and support individuals and families on evidence based health care practices.
Understand the caseload profile including the health needs of the defined population and local communities, targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
Initiate referrals to multi-disciplinary/agency colleagues as required to ensure adequate care and support for families and children
5Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual/group programmes of care that meet the public health needs of the population
To develop and delegate appropriately the implementation of regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and to specific groups and individuals.
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
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse • Registered Health Visitor • Current NMC registration • Evidence of continuing post registration education and training
- Recent health visiting experience • Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets. • Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and inter-agency working • Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others • Experience of assessing
Desirable criteria
- Mentor training or prepared to work towards
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
- Shanelle Green
- Job title
- Bank Recruitment Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033978322
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