Job summary
Health Visitor vacancy in Bexley Borough - Band 6
£40,701 - £48,054 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata
Full & Part time hours are considered
Bromley Healthcare are seeking qualified and student Health Visitors who are keen to develop their leadership skills and sphere of influence and are keen to shape the future of Public Health Nursing in Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich.
We are invested in the development of Health Visiting and School Nursing and this is underpinned by our Public Health Nursing strategy and training programme for all roles within the PHN teams. All Health Visitors and Community Nursery Nurses have corporate membership with the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) which offers a wealth of professional training programmes and resources to support excellent practice. The iHV has been commissioned to deliver the Leading Excellence in Practice programme to all Health Visitors and School Nurses over the next 18 months.
Our vision is to develop a progressive, inclusive and sustainable workforce that is able to meet the diverse and changing needs of the families whom we serve, and we have created developmental roles who are completing Public Health modules with Canterbury University and will go on to train as Specialist Community Public Health Nurses in September 2023.
Main duties of the job
Work as part of an integrated team and lead on the delivery of the healthy child programme
Identify health needs through an ecological assessment and in partnership with families, agree personalised plans to address the needs.
Delegate aspects of care to the Community Nursery Nurses and Staff Nurses within the skill mix team.
Engage and participate in service improvement.
Continuously learn to develop your own skills and those of others.
In partnership with clients and other partners, assess healthcare needs to develop and evaluate programmes to address the health needs of the population
Work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities
About us
There are strong career pathways for Public Health Nurses within the organisation and we will support you to develop through training, supervision and opportunities to engage in the work streams within the PHN strategy.
Bromley Healthcare is one of the first Social Enterprise's working successfully with the NHS and has been established since 2011. The benefits of this approach are high productivity, greater innovation, better care and greater job satisfaction for the professionals and support staff working in the organisation. This results in driving improvement in services for our families.
As a health visitor working in Bexley you will provide quality face to face contacts for families for all key contacts, work in a diverse borough following the Healthy Child Programme. Health Visitors have regular management, safeguarding, clinical and restorative supervision and support throughout your career and a chance to develop and grow with Bromley Healthcare. Our health visitors work in teams which are dynamic, supportive, friendly and well established.
The Bexley health visiting service is divided into 3 localities; North, South and Central teams. All staff have access to laptop and smartphone that supports agile working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support collecting data to inform the performance management framework for the service ensuring team members are completing timely and accurate data collection via EMIS.
- If prescribing: To undertake Nurse Prescribing in accordance with NMC guidelines and ensure safe prescribing practice within professional and Bromley Healthcare guidelines/ policies.
- To liaise with the School Nursing team, with particular reference to vulnerable children, their families and children with special needs.
- To participate in regular clinical and management supervision.
- To plan and record individual programmes of care for children and families.
- To assist in the identification of local health needs and ensure the optimum use of resources.
- Delegate work to skill mix team that is within the sphere of their competence and assist in training.
- The post holder must carry out their responsibilities with due regard to Bromley Healthcares Equality and Diversity policy. They must ensure that equality is promoted at all times ensuring that all patients, clients and colleagues are treated in an equitable manner, respecting and demonstrating an understanding of diversity within the workplace.
- To participate in an annual appraisal of their work where objectives will be set. The post holder will be expected to undertake any training or development as identified at appraisal.
- To undertake such training as may be required to meet the needs of the service both mandatory and service specific.
- To assume responsibility for maintaining own level of professional development and clinical competence.
- All staff are responsible for identifying areas within their service which do not meet Clinical Governance quality standards.
- All staff are expected to participate in Clinical Governance actions to achieve Clinical Governance within their service.
- All clinicians are expected to participate in quality improvement activities including clinical audit programmes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support collecting data to inform the performance management framework for the service ensuring team members are completing timely and accurate data collection via EMIS.
- If prescribing: To undertake Nurse Prescribing in accordance with NMC guidelines and ensure safe prescribing practice within professional and Bromley Healthcare guidelines/ policies.
- To liaise with the School Nursing team, with particular reference to vulnerable children, their families and children with special needs.
- To participate in regular clinical and management supervision.
- To plan and record individual programmes of care for children and families.
- To assist in the identification of local health needs and ensure the optimum use of resources.
- Delegate work to skill mix team that is within the sphere of their competence and assist in training.
- The post holder must carry out their responsibilities with due regard to Bromley Healthcares Equality and Diversity policy. They must ensure that equality is promoted at all times ensuring that all patients, clients and colleagues are treated in an equitable manner, respecting and demonstrating an understanding of diversity within the workplace.
- To participate in an annual appraisal of their work where objectives will be set. The post holder will be expected to undertake any training or development as identified at appraisal.
- To undertake such training as may be required to meet the needs of the service both mandatory and service specific.
- To assume responsibility for maintaining own level of professional development and clinical competence.
- All staff are responsible for identifying areas within their service which do not meet Clinical Governance quality standards.
- All staff are expected to participate in Clinical Governance actions to achieve Clinical Governance within their service.
- All clinicians are expected to participate in quality improvement activities including clinical audit programmes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Qualified Nurse Prescriber
Professional Registration
Essential
- NMC registration as Nurse or midwife and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
Training
Essential
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Evidence of further professional learning.
- Knowledge of current research
Skills
Essential
- Current knowledge and understanding of reports/legislation affecting community nursing including current PHE directives.
- Teaching/Leadership qualities
- Management skills
- Knowledge of the public health role of contemporary health visiting
- Safeguarding
- Evidence based practice
- Computer literate
- Driving Licence and with use of car for work
Experience
Essential
- Current community experience
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries within health/ social care.
- Team working / autonomous working
- Evidence of professional updating
- Experience of working in multi- disciplinary teams.
- Knowledge of Healthy Child Programme.
Desirable
- Clinical appraisor/supervisor experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Qualified Nurse Prescriber
Professional Registration
Essential
- NMC registration as Nurse or midwife and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
Training
Essential
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Evidence of further professional learning.
- Knowledge of current research
Skills
Essential
- Current knowledge and understanding of reports/legislation affecting community nursing including current PHE directives.
- Teaching/Leadership qualities
- Management skills
- Knowledge of the public health role of contemporary health visiting
- Safeguarding
- Evidence based practice
- Computer literate
- Driving Licence and with use of car for work
Experience
Essential
- Current community experience
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries within health/ social care.
- Team working / autonomous working
- Evidence of professional updating
- Experience of working in multi- disciplinary teams.
- Knowledge of Healthy Child Programme.
Desirable
- Clinical appraisor/supervisor experience
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).
