Job summary
This is an opportunity to start your career in Health Visiting service as a staff nurse. If you have an interest promoting good health, preventing ill health and protecting babies and children by delivering the Public Health agenda then this is a role for you.
It is an exciting time to join the Health Visiting Service within Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. The service has recently been transferred into the Community Division as part of Walsall's continued progress towards integrated working with our local partners. It is an opportunity to work within a Trust which has advanced levels of integrated working and a commitment to maintaining excellence within our Community Teams.
The Division has recently undertaken a review of the service and has a plan to ensure that the needs of the families of Walsall continue to be met as well as ensuring that the Service can evolve by developing and supporting all of its staff to meet these needs.
Main duties of the job
As a staff nurse in the Health Visiting service you will work within a skilled mix team and contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions within the Healthy Child Programme 0-5. This will include individual and group programmes for children and parents/carers and training for staff in early years and partner agencies. You will manage your own caseload of children to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care. Your work will be delegated by a Health Visitor
About us
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustprovides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018.
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsibility for planning, co-coordinating and reviewing own caseload in conjunction with the team. Ensuring that workload is appropriately prioritised and managed. This includes children who have moved into the area, have medical needs, faltering growth, recall due to developmental needs and children on plans.
- Carry out allocated mandated checks (part of HCP 0-5) as delegated by a Health Visitor e.g., 9-12 months developmental check, 2-2.5 year review.
- Undertake holistic health assessments and plan, implement and evaluate evidence based nursing care for individual children and their families.
- Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health education and promotion packages using evidence based materials and methods.
- Where appropriate, contribute to multi agency processes to assess and develop care plans to support children health and wellbeing e.g. children who are Looked After, in need of safeguarding, in receipt of Early Help.
- Have a good knowledge of local services in health and partner agencies and where appropriate, liaise and refer a child or their parent/carer to multi-disciplinary teams and other specialist services.
- Where appropriate, take on the role of lead professional to coordinate delivery of care plans for children e.g. Children on Early Help plans
- Working in partnership with the multi-agency team provide clinical advice, information and support regarding children with long term conditions, disability or specific health problems to minimise negative impacts on their lives and promote health gain and social inclusion to the children, family and carers.
- Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health promoting activities with individuals and groups, utilising evidence-based materials and methods.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsibility for planning, co-coordinating and reviewing own caseload in conjunction with the team. Ensuring that workload is appropriately prioritised and managed. This includes children who have moved into the area, have medical needs, faltering growth, recall due to developmental needs and children on plans.
- Carry out allocated mandated checks (part of HCP 0-5) as delegated by a Health Visitor e.g., 9-12 months developmental check, 2-2.5 year review.
- Undertake holistic health assessments and plan, implement and evaluate evidence based nursing care for individual children and their families.
- Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health education and promotion packages using evidence based materials and methods.
- Where appropriate, contribute to multi agency processes to assess and develop care plans to support children health and wellbeing e.g. children who are Looked After, in need of safeguarding, in receipt of Early Help.
- Have a good knowledge of local services in health and partner agencies and where appropriate, liaise and refer a child or their parent/carer to multi-disciplinary teams and other specialist services.
- Where appropriate, take on the role of lead professional to coordinate delivery of care plans for children e.g. Children on Early Help plans
- Working in partnership with the multi-agency team provide clinical advice, information and support regarding children with long term conditions, disability or specific health problems to minimise negative impacts on their lives and promote health gain and social inclusion to the children, family and carers.
- Support the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of health promoting activities with individuals and groups, utilising evidence-based materials and methods.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN,RSCN, Child Branch or Mental Health Registered Nurse
- Demonstable evidence of professional development
Skills
Essential
- oAble to carry out assessments through appropriate. questioning, observations, and accurate recording
- oAble to collate and interpret information to devise. intervention based on formulation
- oAble to deliver effective clinical intervention with children, and their families.
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of health child programme and role of the health visiting service
- oknowledge of child safeguarding practices and policy
- knowledge of public health national and local agendas
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN,RSCN, Child Branch or Mental Health Registered Nurse
- Demonstable evidence of professional development
Skills
Essential
- oAble to carry out assessments through appropriate. questioning, observations, and accurate recording
- oAble to collate and interpret information to devise. intervention based on formulation
- oAble to deliver effective clinical intervention with children, and their families.
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of health child programme and role of the health visiting service
- oknowledge of child safeguarding practices and policy
- knowledge of public health national and local agendas
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
