Health Visitor

Job summary

Come to work for our Children's Services in Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust which has achieved outstanding by CQC. We are also accredited with the UNICEF Baby Friendly award.

We are an innovative service providing services to the families of Derby and we have some great opportunities to join our team.

From supporting families during the antenatal period whilst delivering the healthy child programme you will be a skilled professional Health visitor with excellent communication skills, who makes a real difference to improve the health outcomes for children and their families in Derby City.

You will have experience of working with diverse communities and dealing with highly emotive situations and be looking forward to engaging with families and building a trusting relationship. Putting children and young people at the heart of everything you do, you will be passionate about working collaboratively with our partner agencies and will look forward to supporting the skills development of students and new team members.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the delivery of health visiting services to a defined corporate caseload within Derby City. You will also be expected to work within the 0-19 framework ensuring a seamless service to the family as appropriate.

You will lead on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme as defined within the service specification, identifying packages of care based on the Universal, Universal plus and Universal Partnership plus models of service delivery. You will provide leadership and supervision to other members of the Public Health Team ensuring you delegate appropriately to other team members and work within Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures.

There will be an expectation for you to work collaboratively with other agencies and partners, ensuring a seamless delivery of services.

Natalie Thompson, Infant Feeding Lead at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We are extremely proud of the Children's universal service for their achievement which is a real testament to their ongoing hard work and commitment to children's services. We recognise the importance this accreditation holds and will continue to strive to offer exceptional care to our patients."

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Relocation packages are available
• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunitie