Job summary
Would you like to train as a Health Visitor in Tower Hamlets or Waltham
Forest?
Come and share our ambition to make a
fundamental difference in improving the health and wellbeing of children and
their families living in our North-East London Boroughs.
The GP Care Group
is a not-for-profit CIC and aims to provide innovative high quality, responsive
and accessible health services. As national leaders in new models of care we
provide universal 0-19 services (health visiting and school nursing) as well as
a Family Nurse Partnership. We deliver services in the London Boroughs of Tower
Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
These are exciting
times where you will be part of a drive to provide innovative, high quality,
responsive and accessible health services working together to offer families
access to integrated care including health, social care and voluntary community
services.
You will need to be a qualified and registered nurse or midwife. You will study at degree or post graduate level for 52 weeks with a balance of half time in practice and half with the university.
Main duties of the job
Health Visitors are
the leaders of the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme offering a four
level service model with community, universal, targeted and specialist services
to families. You will add value at every contact with a young person and/or
family, addressing the main public health needs of the Borough working closely
with the local authority, GP Practices and other partners to improve outcomes
for our children and young people.
To
be considered for this post, you
will need to demonstrate in no more than 150 words each, how you meet each of
our six Care Group values which are set out in the job description in your supporting statement.
Please clearly indicate in your application your preference of placement
either in Tower Hamlets or Waltham Forest. Successful applicants for Tower
Hamlets will study at City University of London from September 2023; successful
applicants for Waltham Forest will study at Greenwich University from January
2024.
Please note our
interview process is held in two stages. Shortlisted candidates will have to
attend in person for a literacy and numeracy test first on 30/06/2023. Only on successful
completion of these tests will you be progressed to interview.
For further details
not already provided in the above information or job description please contact:
Tower Hamlets: Kat
Sturgeon katja.sturgeon@nhs.net (Head of 0-19 Service)
Waltham Forest:
Claire Hern claire.hern1@nhs.net (0-19 Operational Lead)
About us
Tower Hamlets
GP Care Group (the Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company
limited by shares in September 2014.
Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care
Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices,
deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the
provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.
Read up more about Tower Hamlets here:http://www.towerhamlets.is/
The Care
Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated
partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.
The key priorities for the Care Group are:
- Innovation
and support for primary care
- Being
a great place to work
- Integrating
primary and community care
- Providing
of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
- Influencing
improvements in health outcomes
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
fundamental responsibilities of the post holder are to attain the academic
credentials and the clinical skills required to practice as a NMC registered
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse on a defined pathway.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
fundamental responsibilities of the post holder are to attain the academic
credentials and the clinical skills required to practice as a NMC registered
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse on a defined pathway.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Varied general nursing experience
- Community Nursing experience
- Application of evidence-based practice
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse (children/adult/LD or MH) and/or NMC Registered Midwife
- 120 academic credits at level 5 for BSc (Hons) only offered at City University
- 120 academic credits at level 6 for (HE Degree) for Postgraduate Diploma City and Greenwich University
- Undergraduate degree in a health or allied subject with either a first or upper second classification for Postgraduate Diploma/MSc
- Evidence of study in the past five years at HE at either level 5 (to study at level 6) or level 6 and above (to apply for postgraduate diploma).
- Evidence of recent continuous learning and development
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate effective communication and inter-personal skills (self-awareness, body language, listening, clarifying, tact and diplomacy, ability to make self-understood, sensitivity to others)
- Able to be empathic, non- judgmental and values the client
- Ability to manage self, team members and workload
- Ability to demonstrate effective partnership working
- Demonstrate effective clinical problem-solving abilities
- Demonstrate ability to assess risk
- IT Skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Demonstrate knowledge of current Child Protection legislation
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Awareness of developments in Public Health
- Understanding of current policies relating to public health
- Knowledge and understanding of NMC Code of Professional conduct and the Scope of Professional Practice
- Understanding about issues relating to equality and diversity
- Understanding about leadership
Care Group Values
Essential
- You will need to demonstrate in no more than 150 words each, how you meet each of our six Care Group values which are set out in the job description.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Varied general nursing experience
- Community Nursing experience
- Application of evidence-based practice
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse (children/adult/LD or MH) and/or NMC Registered Midwife
- 120 academic credits at level 5 for BSc (Hons) only offered at City University
- 120 academic credits at level 6 for (HE Degree) for Postgraduate Diploma City and Greenwich University
- Undergraduate degree in a health or allied subject with either a first or upper second classification for Postgraduate Diploma/MSc
- Evidence of study in the past five years at HE at either level 5 (to study at level 6) or level 6 and above (to apply for postgraduate diploma).
- Evidence of recent continuous learning and development
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate effective communication and inter-personal skills (self-awareness, body language, listening, clarifying, tact and diplomacy, ability to make self-understood, sensitivity to others)
- Able to be empathic, non- judgmental and values the client
- Ability to manage self, team members and workload
- Ability to demonstrate effective partnership working
- Demonstrate effective clinical problem-solving abilities
- Demonstrate ability to assess risk
- IT Skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Demonstrate knowledge of current Child Protection legislation
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Awareness of developments in Public Health
- Understanding of current policies relating to public health
- Knowledge and understanding of NMC Code of Professional conduct and the Scope of Professional Practice
- Understanding about issues relating to equality and diversity
- Understanding about leadership
Care Group Values
Essential
- You will need to demonstrate in no more than 150 words each, how you meet each of our six Care Group values which are set out in the job description.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
