Job summary
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic
Health Visitor to join our Children's Health Advice Hub. You will be part of
our 0-19 Public Health team, working to triage incoming referrals and queries
from families and from professionals.
- This role will involve working on our
telephone adviceline as well as supporting families via our TextHealth service.
- You will support with requests for
advice and support from families, and the triage of incoming referrals
regarding families transferring into the area.
- You
will support our Care Delivery Group teams in the delivery of the universal and
targeted services by triaging and handling information about children and
families.
This is an office based role at Clifton Cornerstone and please
note that this is a full-time Health Visitor position.
Interviews to be held at Clifton Cornerstone on 3rd April 2024
For further information about this role, please contact Gemma Wright, Clinical Service Manager, at gemma.wright45@nhs.net or Helen Stribblehill, Clinical Service Lead, at helen.stribblehill@nhs.net before the closing date
Main duties of the job
Job
Purpose
- You will support the CSL with co-ordination of
the Childrens Health Advice Hub including text health rotas
-
You will demonstrate leadership support to CHAH
team members to ensure the delivery of high quality advice and support to
families across Nottingham City.
-
You will carry out the day to day function of
the CHAH by triaging, responding to and delegating work to CHAH team members as
appropriate.
-
You will support the CSL with supervision and
appraisals of staff.
- You will help to co-design relevant SOPS,
Policies and Pathways to ensure our public health offer aligns with our 0-19
service and our other hub models
- You
will act as a Super User and train staff on our 0-19 TEXT Health Service
About us
We are a provider of NHS
Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing
of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to
achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence.
Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health
& wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust
and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together
with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate
care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the
future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples
lives.
CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive
workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled,
LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are
currently under-represented within our organisation.
CityCare is an equal opportunities employer. We are positive
about employing people with disabilities. If you require your application in a
different format please contact Human Resources on 0115 8839418. CityCare is
committed to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Dimensions
The Health Visitor or SCPHN School Nurse will be
responsible for:
- Staff management, including all aspects of human resource
policy and procedure.
- Financial
management, to work in a cost effective manner.
- Work in
partnership with other key partners such as Early Help to recommend evidence
based programmes of care to
children, young people and their families in Nottingham city.
- Support
service improvement by leading and/or participating in corporate and local work
programmes, projects, workshops or other initiatives; and supporting the
implementation of new working practices.
-
Maintain own mandatory and role
specific training and deliver training/group work to staff and clients.
-
To lead on the coordination of text health, staff rotas for text health and
support with national calls.
- To act as a super user on the Chat Health
system to be able to support with technical issues and staff training.
Key Responsibilities
Professional
-
To work within the
NMC Code
of
Professional Conduct
-
Support the CPHN with the management of requests
for advice and support from families,
and the triage of incoming referrals and families transferring into the
area.
-
To take a lead professional role for signposting in instances where children and young people with additional needs require an
integrated package of support from more than
one practitioner/service.
-
To actively engage in the reflective supervision process,
to ensure that expertise in clinical methods
are developed and maintained and that the service offered
is high quality.
-
To work in collaboration with local
statutory and
mainstream services to ensure
that families become
confident in
accessing a range of other universal
health and
support services.
- To contribute
to the development of identified public
health initiatives.
-
Use high level interpersonal and communication
skills to provide and receive complex and
often highly sensitive information. Use strengths
based, solution focused strategies and motivational
interviewing skills to enable families
to develop behaviour change
strategies.
- Demonstrate effective
management and leadership
skills
-
In the absence of face to face contact, be able to anticipate and
reduce
barriers to
communication
-
Enable children, young people and families to express their anxieties and concerns and, where appropriate, act as an advocate for the service user who may require
support in accessing appropriate services.
-
Be
responsible for and
able to assess
and interpret complex
written and verbal referrals/reports.
-
Providing consultation to the team on identified children, young persons or families and
advising
on appropriate care or referral.
Clinical
-
Plans, develops, implements and evaluates health improvement programmes with babies,
children, young people and
families. To identify specific programmes of care for babies, children and young people who have specific/complex needs,
and recommend programmes of care for children to be undertaken by CDG teams.
- To use/recommend
evidence based programmes, materials and methods when communicating with families via telephone or
Text Health in order to improve
the outcomes
of
pregnancy and
improve children's health
and
development.
-
Ensures the universal delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and plan and co-ordinate clients
care in consultation
and collaboration with
other professionals.
-
To work therapeutically, using a range of
communication skills with family members to
promote
behaviour change
and
positive outcomes for children
and families.
-
Develop therapeutic relationships, requiring in-depth mental attention and concentration for extended periods, and promote adaptive behaviour change.
-
Use professional
and clinical judgement to undertake detailed assessments of clients and their
families and analyse complex
family situations in order to develop appropriate clinical interventions.
-
Responsible for complex information gathering, from a wide range of sources, some of which may be
conflicting
-
Works effectively with a wide range of diverse people to identify their health and wellbeing needs.
- Work with partners especially in Early Help teams in Children Centres, GPs, Midwives and Social Care where
families
have ongoing needs
requiring multi
agency support.
-
Actively engage and
work
with fathers
and other members
of the
extended
family to achieve positive outcomes for children and
families.
-
Promote community capacity building to enable families and communities to build on their strengths to provide
new
ways for improving
service.
-
Integrate
into practice emerging theories
in neuro-science and
early
intervention
to
effectively support families with
complex needs.
-
At all times keep the safety and wellbeing of the child in mind and work within local
safeguarding
policies and
procedures.
-
To undertake additional training and complete competency packages
relevant to the role
Organisational
-
Uphold CityCare values and behaviours, policy and procedures and professional regulatory
body code
of
conduct.
-
Keep accurate electronic and paper records consistent with the current record keeping
policy.
-
Ensure robust communication systems exist between key stakeholders including, general practice, education, social care, public health
and
voluntary services.
- Working in partnership, develop and maintain strong working relationships with the Early
Help team to lead the
delivery of the HCP.
- Seek and
act
upon feedback from service
users via organisational mechanisms.
- Analyse reports on
data for service
development and
quality improvement measures.
- Works effectively as part of a
skills mix team.
-
Support skills mix staff to assess their own work and give them clear and appropriate feedback
- To participate in
the appraisal process
of others and
development
of own Personal
Development Plan
to include clinical
supervision and
revalidation
-
As a practitioner, be able to prioritise and allocate work to other members of the skills mix
team.
- Participate
in safeguarding supervision, organisational and team meetings
as required.
-
Maintain professional awareness and attend and maintain updates for all mandatory and service specific training and
appraisals.
- Identify and report risk as
per
organisational policy.
-
Contribute to effective working in a changing environment as services develop, and to undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required within the remit of the Knowledge
and
Skills Framework for the
role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Dimensions
The Health Visitor or SCPHN School Nurse will be
responsible for:
- Staff management, including all aspects of human resource
policy and procedure.
- Financial
management, to work in a cost effective manner.
- Work in
partnership with other key partners such as Early Help to recommend evidence
based programmes of care to
children, young people and their families in Nottingham city.
- Support
service improvement by leading and/or participating in corporate and local work
programmes, projects, workshops or other initiatives; and supporting the
implementation of new working practices.
-
Maintain own mandatory and role
specific training and deliver training/group work to staff and clients.
-
To lead on the coordination of text health, staff rotas for text health and
support with national calls.
- To act as a super user on the Chat Health
system to be able to support with technical issues and staff training.
Key Responsibilities
Professional
-
To work within the
NMC Code
of
Professional Conduct
-
Support the CPHN with the management of requests
for advice and support from families,
and the triage of incoming referrals and families transferring into the
area.
-
To take a lead professional role for signposting in instances where children and young people with additional needs require an
integrated package of support from more than
one practitioner/service.
-
To actively engage in the reflective supervision process,
to ensure that expertise in clinical methods
are developed and maintained and that the service offered
is high quality.
-
To work in collaboration with local
statutory and
mainstream services to ensure
that families become
confident in
accessing a range of other universal
health and
support services.
- To contribute
to the development of identified public
health initiatives.
-
Use high level interpersonal and communication
skills to provide and receive complex and
often highly sensitive information. Use strengths
based, solution focused strategies and motivational
interviewing skills to enable families
to develop behaviour change
strategies.
- Demonstrate effective
management and leadership
skills
-
In the absence of face to face contact, be able to anticipate and
reduce
barriers to
communication
-
Enable children, young people and families to express their anxieties and concerns and, where appropriate, act as an advocate for the service user who may require
support in accessing appropriate services.
-
Be
responsible for and
able to assess
and interpret complex
written and verbal referrals/reports.
-
Providing consultation to the team on identified children, young persons or families and
advising
on appropriate care or referral.
Clinical
-
Plans, develops, implements and evaluates health improvement programmes with babies,
children, young people and
families. To identify specific programmes of care for babies, children and young people who have specific/complex needs,
and recommend programmes of care for children to be undertaken by CDG teams.
- To use/recommend
evidence based programmes, materials and methods when communicating with families via telephone or
Text Health in order to improve
the outcomes
of
pregnancy and
improve children's health
and
development.
-
Ensures the universal delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and plan and co-ordinate clients
care in consultation
and collaboration with
other professionals.
-
To work therapeutically, using a range of
communication skills with family members to
promote
behaviour change
and
positive outcomes for children
and families.
-
Develop therapeutic relationships, requiring in-depth mental attention and concentration for extended periods, and promote adaptive behaviour change.
-
Use professional
and clinical judgement to undertake detailed assessments of clients and their
families and analyse complex
family situations in order to develop appropriate clinical interventions.
-
Responsible for complex information gathering, from a wide range of sources, some of which may be
conflicting
-
Works effectively with a wide range of diverse people to identify their health and wellbeing needs.
- Work with partners especially in Early Help teams in Children Centres, GPs, Midwives and Social Care where
families
have ongoing needs
requiring multi
agency support.
-
Actively engage and
work
with fathers
and other members
of the
extended
family to achieve positive outcomes for children and
families.
-
Promote community capacity building to enable families and communities to build on their strengths to provide
new
ways for improving
service.
-
Integrate
into practice emerging theories
in neuro-science and
early
intervention
to
effectively support families with
complex needs.
-
At all times keep the safety and wellbeing of the child in mind and work within local
safeguarding
policies and
procedures.
-
To undertake additional training and complete competency packages
relevant to the role
Organisational
-
Uphold CityCare values and behaviours, policy and procedures and professional regulatory
body code
of
conduct.
-
Keep accurate electronic and paper records consistent with the current record keeping
policy.
-
Ensure robust communication systems exist between key stakeholders including, general practice, education, social care, public health
and
voluntary services.
- Working in partnership, develop and maintain strong working relationships with the Early
Help team to lead the
delivery of the HCP.
- Seek and
act
upon feedback from service
users via organisational mechanisms.
- Analyse reports on
data for service
development and
quality improvement measures.
- Works effectively as part of a
skills mix team.
-
Support skills mix staff to assess their own work and give them clear and appropriate feedback
- To participate in
the appraisal process
of others and
development
of own Personal
Development Plan
to include clinical
supervision and
revalidation
-
As a practitioner, be able to prioritise and allocate work to other members of the skills mix
team.
- Participate
in safeguarding supervision, organisational and team meetings
as required.
-
Maintain professional awareness and attend and maintain updates for all mandatory and service specific training and
appraisals.
- Identify and report risk as
per
organisational policy.
-
Contribute to effective working in a changing environment as services develop, and to undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required within the remit of the Knowledge
and
Skills Framework for the
role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level Registration
- Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting/School Nurse).
Desirable
- Mentorship Programme, e.g., supporting practice learning or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing (V100 or V300)
- Evidence of further professional development including-
- Dip Level 2 Modules in Family Planning
- Teaching & Assessing, Counselling
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working with diverse or disadvantaged groups.
- Experience of working with children, families, and young people.
- Experience of working in partnership with key partners to safeguard children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
- Experience of clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Evidence of delivering health promotion activities to groups.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Understand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches.
- Knowledge and research of the Healthy Child Programme.
- Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas.
- National and local safeguarding policies.
- Able to manage strong emotions, sensitive issues and undertake courageous conversations.
- Able to develop supportive, trusting, and respectful relationships.
- Able to work effectively in a team, supporting others and challenging colleagues views and attitudes when necessary.
- Able to sensitively provide anticipatory guidance to parents.
- Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships.
- Highly reflective and able to learn from experiences.
- Willingness to prepare for and engage in clinical and managerial supervision.
- Able assess a situation, set priorities and problem solve quickly and effectively.
- Able to communicate clearly and succinctly both verbally and in writing.
- Exceptional communication, facilitative and motivating skills.
- Able to work effectively with diverse groups.
- Able to use computers and programmes (read excel spreadsheets etc), competently to be able to record in a persons confidential health record, create reports, collect data, use email, write letters etc.
- Able to analyse numerical data.
- Multi-agency/disciplinary working, innovation, and practice development.
- Ability to relate to and communicate with and engage Children, Young People & parents/Carers.
Desirable
- Awareness of local and national health agendas
- Experience of working in a skill mix team
- Evidence of developing practice
- Evidence of audit evaluation/research
- Attachment theory
- Self efficacy theory
- Human ecology theory
- Behaviour change theory
- Parent, Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Motivational and promotional Interviewing
- Teaching PSHE Certificate
Special Requirements
Essential
- Highly motivated and forward thinking.
- Effective under stress.
- Willingness to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service.
- Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level Registration
- Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting/School Nurse).
Desirable
- Mentorship Programme, e.g., supporting practice learning or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing (V100 or V300)
- Evidence of further professional development including-
- Dip Level 2 Modules in Family Planning
- Teaching & Assessing, Counselling
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of working with diverse or disadvantaged groups.
- Experience of working with children, families, and young people.
- Experience of working in partnership with key partners to safeguard children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
- Experience of clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Evidence of delivering health promotion activities to groups.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Understand the difference between advice giving and motivational approaches.
- Knowledge and research of the Healthy Child Programme.
- Willingness to undertake personal study to develop understanding of a range of clinical areas.
- National and local safeguarding policies.
- Able to manage strong emotions, sensitive issues and undertake courageous conversations.
- Able to develop supportive, trusting, and respectful relationships.
- Able to work effectively in a team, supporting others and challenging colleagues views and attitudes when necessary.
- Able to sensitively provide anticipatory guidance to parents.
- Able to manage exposure to distressing life events and stressful complex partnerships.
- Highly reflective and able to learn from experiences.
- Willingness to prepare for and engage in clinical and managerial supervision.
- Able assess a situation, set priorities and problem solve quickly and effectively.
- Able to communicate clearly and succinctly both verbally and in writing.
- Exceptional communication, facilitative and motivating skills.
- Able to work effectively with diverse groups.
- Able to use computers and programmes (read excel spreadsheets etc), competently to be able to record in a persons confidential health record, create reports, collect data, use email, write letters etc.
- Able to analyse numerical data.
- Multi-agency/disciplinary working, innovation, and practice development.
- Ability to relate to and communicate with and engage Children, Young People & parents/Carers.
Desirable
- Awareness of local and national health agendas
- Experience of working in a skill mix team
- Evidence of developing practice
- Evidence of audit evaluation/research
- Attachment theory
- Self efficacy theory
- Human ecology theory
- Behaviour change theory
- Parent, Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Motivational and promotional Interviewing
- Teaching PSHE Certificate
Special Requirements
Essential
- Highly motivated and forward thinking.
- Effective under stress.
- Willingness to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service.
- Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations
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. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
