Health Visitor

Central London Community Health Trust

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Job summary

Do you want to work for an organisation that is working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence?

Are you a qualified Health Visitor or currently undertaking the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse training in Health Visiting?

Are you a retired health visitor looking to return to practice?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join one of our forward thinking and innovative integrated 0-19 Universal teams in Ealing.

Also, as of April 2023 a Recruitment premia has been introduced to attract and retain qualified Health Visitors within CLCH's Health Visiting Teams.

For registered Band 6 Health Visitors, this post is offering a premium of £2,500 payable upon commencement of employment (T&Cs apply)

Main duties of the job

You will be either qualified or currently in training for your Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification with apassion for public health nursing seeking to find new ways of working with families. Our skill mix teams use frameworks such as MESCH to deliver our progressive service and continue to seek and develop innovative ways of working with Ealing families to enable children to have their best start in life. In return we offer preceptorship and supportive inductions, a team buddy and excellent professional development opportunities.

You will be joining a friendly well-established skill mix teams who continually strive to work in partnership with families and early years and maternity services and other voluntary and statutory agencies to provide high quality care to achieve positive outcomes for families in Ealing. Working with staff CLCH NHS Trust is currently re-shaping the way Health Visitors work, and throughout the pandemic we have kept our health visitors working with Ealing families with new and innovative practices to keep them safe whilst seeing families including agile working and provision of laptops and other technological solutions for all staff.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Date posted

05 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-ONW-6994

Job locations

Ealing PCT

London

UB2 4SA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to job description, personal specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to job description, personal specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
Current NMC registration
Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards

Experience

Essential

Health visiting experience
Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
Experience of assessing, planning, and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others
Experience of evidence-based care
Experience of supervising staff / students

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
Current NMC registration
Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards

Experience

Essential

Health visiting experience
Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
Experience of assessing, planning, and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others
Experience of evidence-based care
Experience of supervising staff / students

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.