Job summary
Are
you an existing Health Visitor looking for a change or an area where you are
supported to deliver all the Public Health Nursing offer such as the community
and universal offer? If so, Warrington is the borough for you!
An
exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring and ambitious Health Visitors to
join one of our 3 well established integrated teams within our Warrington 0-19
service. We pride ourselves on our excellent hands-on community nursing care,
where we offer well balanced varied caseloads, variety within your role and all
with the dedicated onsite support from Team Leaders and Senior Management Team.
We are
a high performing welcoming and supportive service, who values our team
members, will treat you as an individual, have the opportunity for flexible
working, have access to engagement and wellbeing services and share the
motivation to work together to provide outstanding public health nursing care
to the families of Warrington.
If we sound like the team for you and you would like more
information on joining us then please get in touch. We are more than happy to
chat with you over the phone, via email of arrange to meet for a cup of coffee,
which ever suits you best.
Main duties of the job
You will:
Be a qualified Health Visitor
or qualifying in the next 6 months.
Provide supportive leadership
within the 0-19 team
Be an autonomous practitioner
who can support the needs of the team and service.
Take part in service
development, promote innovation, and demonstrate skills in public health.
Have a flexible and
conscientious approach to tasks.
Be able to communicate
effectively with partner agencies, promoting the work and reputation of the
service, working for the best interests of the child, and adopting a think
family approach.
As a key professional in the
protection of children, you will be required to work collaboratively with other
agencies to meet their needs.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We have incredibly supportive and welcoming teams
across Warrington and look forward to hearing from you! The service has 3 bases
in Warrington in the East, West and South of the town and we deliver services
from the bases and the local children centers working in partnership with our
local authority colleagues.
We offer professional development through meetings
and training opportunities, career progression, we also have an excellent
preceptorship programme and enjoy the benefits of having a proactive and
flexible workforce. We have extensive staff benefits such as access to staff
engagement and wellbeing services, flexible working arrangements, NHS pension
scheme, annual leave of up to 33 days pro rata plus Bank Holidays.
Please see full job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We have incredibly supportive and welcoming teams
across Warrington and look forward to hearing from you! The service has 3 bases
in Warrington in the East, West and South of the town and we deliver services
from the bases and the local children centers working in partnership with our
local authority colleagues.
We offer professional development through meetings
and training opportunities, career progression, we also have an excellent
preceptorship programme and enjoy the benefits of having a proactive and
flexible workforce. We have extensive staff benefits such as access to staff
engagement and wellbeing services, flexible working arrangements, NHS pension
scheme, annual leave of up to 33 days pro rata plus Bank Holidays.
Please see full job description attached.
Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of on-going personal and professional development.
-
- Understanding of community development approaches.
-
- Effective time management skills.
-
- The ability to write and present clear and effective reports.
-
- The ability to work as part of a Team and autonomously.
- Ability to prioritise and delegate workload.
-
- Ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of child development and child protection issues and legislation.
-
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
- IT skills
-
- Good understanding of local and national policies relating to child health
- Ability to plan and evaluate packages of care.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to parents.
- Understand need for confidentiality.
- Demonstrate a flexible approach to working.
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate effective presentation skills
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-agency working.
- Experience of working with different communities.
- Experience of community development working.
Desirable
- Experience of Assessor and or Supervisor role for SCPHN students
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification
- Active UK NMC registration
Desirable
- Evidence of additional training relevant to role (motivational interviewing / Solihull approach / NBO)
- Clinical supervisor
- Registered non-medical nurse prescriber
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Employment
Essential
- This is an internal only vacancy for staff employed at Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Please confirm that you are currently employed by one of these Trusts.
Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of on-going personal and professional development.
-
- Understanding of community development approaches.
-
- Effective time management skills.
-
- The ability to write and present clear and effective reports.
-
- The ability to work as part of a Team and autonomously.
- Ability to prioritise and delegate workload.
-
- Ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of child development and child protection issues and legislation.
-
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
- IT skills
-
- Good understanding of local and national policies relating to child health
- Ability to plan and evaluate packages of care.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to parents.
- Understand need for confidentiality.
- Demonstrate a flexible approach to working.
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate effective presentation skills
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-agency working.
- Experience of working with different communities.
- Experience of community development working.
Desirable
- Experience of Assessor and or Supervisor role for SCPHN students
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification
- Active UK NMC registration
Desirable
- Evidence of additional training relevant to role (motivational interviewing / Solihull approach / NBO)
- Clinical supervisor
- Registered non-medical nurse prescriber
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Employment
Essential
- This is an internal only vacancy for staff employed at Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Please confirm that you are currently employed by one of these Trusts.
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
