Health Visitor

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

This job is now closed

Job summary

Working for the community of Bradford District offers a great opportunity to support a diverse population.The Health Visiting service in the Bradford District is involved in several projects to support the public health agenda both with our local authority partnerships and with Public Health England.

The MESCH parenting support program offers staff training to support vulnerable families across the district. The program has been piloted and now is being rolled out across the full district.

In the Bradford East locality, we work with The Better Start Bradford Program which is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund until 2025. Better Start Bradford works with expectant families and families with children aged 0-3 to help give children the best possible start in life as highlighted in the 1001 Critical Days agenda. They have developed and commissioned a range of innovative projects to address the themes of a child's social and emotional development, language and communication and health and nutrition. These projects are evaluated by the Innovation Hub, linking to Born in Bradford, and the learning disseminated across the Bradford area.

Closing- 3rd January 2024

Shortlisting- 4th January 2024

Interview- 15th January 2024

Main duties of the job

To lead and co-ordinate the delivery of the Health Visiting & School Nursing Delivery Model (May 2021) and programmes of care to an identified caseload of children within the Bradford District in order to support them to reach their full potential

To provide a professional public health service based on best evidence to families, groups and communities; enhancing health and reducing health inequalities through a proactive, "Universal in reach - personalised in response" approach for all children 0-5 years and for vulnerable populations, targeted according to need.

To plan, co-ordinate and deliver programmes of care in conjunction with families and the multi-disciplinary team and undertake continuous ongoing assessment of children, young people and families. The emphasis of skill mix and integrated working is vital to service delivery, building on existing good practice.

To ensure delivery of the commissioned service

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Date posted

13 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

453-23-5889587

Job locations

BDCFT

New Mill

Saltaire

BD18 3LD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Person Specification

Essential

Evidence of transferable skills
Qualified SCPN Health Visitor
Evidence of understanding the needs of the community in Bradford.

Desirable

Experience of supervising staff
Evidence of Leadership

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse NMC registration
SCPN qualification Health Visitor

Desirable

Experience of Leadership
Evidence of supporting staff

Person Specification

Essential

Evidence of transferable skills
Qualified SCPN Health Visitor
Evidence of understanding the needs of the community in Bradford.

Desirable

Experience of supervising staff
Evidence of Leadership

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse NMC registration
SCPN qualification Health Visitor

Desirable

Experience of Leadership
Evidence of supporting staff

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).