Health Visitor in Contact Hub (Cheshire East)

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Cheshire East Contact Hub.

Health Visitor, Universal Team- Knutsford Cheshire East

Do you fancy a career with an award winning integrated health and care NHS Foundation Trust? Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens and Knowsley.

We take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities. We currently deliver outstanding 0-19 and 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services across Wirral, Cheshire East and St Helens and Knowsley, supporting over 250,000 children and young people.

You can also visit our dedicated. children and young people's website to find out more about our services.

We work closely with our commissioners and partners to deliver the best possible services for the children, young people and families.

Julia Bryant, Quality Lead at the Trust, shares her experience of working within the organisation's children and young people's services.

Watch Julia's video.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for a part time Health Visitor to work in the 0-19+ Service within the Contact Hub working for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

The post requires good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable, compassionate and approachable. You will need to have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, be flexible solution focused and support service development.

You will work as part of an integrated 0-19+ Team and will be required to support the full delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and be responsible for managing a caseload of universal partnership and partnership plus families.You will also be involved in a range of public health activities within a geographical area, to include individuals, groups and communities.

As a key stakeholder in the safeguarding of children, you will be required to work collaboratively with other agencies to meet their needs. You will have a good knowledge of the components of Clinical Governance, Risk Management, Audits and relevant Professional Codes.

You will have a good knowledge of the components of Clinical Governance, Risk Management, audits and relevant Professional Codes.

When considering applying for a post, it is crucial that you read the person specification in order to ensure that you fulfil the essential criteria, which will be a requisite for shortlisting.

About us

At Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust our priority is to provide safe, high quality care to our communities every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We strive to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care.

We provide primary, community and social care services to the population of Wirral, St Helens, Knowsley and Cheshire East. We play a key role in the local health and social care economy as a high-performing organisation with an excellent clinical reputation.

Our expert teams provide a diverse range of community health care services, seeing and treating people right through their lives both at home and close to home. Our hard working staff support us to embed an open, just and compassionate culture and in turn we support them by providing an inclusive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.

As a Trust, we provide extensive continuous professional development opportunities through a diverse range of learning solutions, including virtual and face-to-face events, webinars and action learning sets. We subscribe to numerous memberships and licences to support staff development and continuous learning. You can read more about the Trust via the careers section on our website.

Date posted

02 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

Depending on experience pa (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

844-5503015

Job locations

Knutsford Children's Centre

Manor Rd North

Knutsford

WA16 8BD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for more information on this exciting role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for more information on this exciting role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM
BSc/Public Health Nursing - Health Visiting or equivalent
V100 Nurse Prescriber
Leadership Level 6
Mentorship Level 6
Motivational Interviewing trained
Solihull Approach trained

Desirable

Mentorship Level 7
Promotional Interviewing trained
Leadership Level 7

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

Experience of managing a Health Visiting caseload
Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience of leading the assessment, planning and evaluation of care
Experience of integrated working
Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues

Skills & Attributes

Essential

Good verbal, non verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Effective interpersonal skills
Ability to support and motivate staff
Ability to support students in placements

Personal Qualities

Essential

Access to a car for work purposes
Commitment
Vision

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM
BSc/Public Health Nursing - Health Visiting or equivalent
V100 Nurse Prescriber
Leadership Level 6
Mentorship Level 6
Motivational Interviewing trained
Solihull Approach trained

Desirable

Mentorship Level 7
Promotional Interviewing trained
Leadership Level 7

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

Experience of managing a Health Visiting caseload
Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience of leading the assessment, planning and evaluation of care
Experience of integrated working
Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues

Skills & Attributes

Essential

Good verbal, non verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Effective interpersonal skills
Ability to support and motivate staff
Ability to support students in placements

Personal Qualities

Essential

Access to a car for work purposes
Commitment
Vision

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).