Job responsibilities
o deliver the Healthy Child Programme by:
Carrying out ongoing health needs assessments for all children and families within the community, using professional judgement to allocate each family to the correct level of health visiting care, Universal, Additional Support Offer, Intensive support and Intensive Support Offer for Young Parents pathways
Delivering the key touch-point contacts, within required timescales, according to the service model, to meet KPI targets
Overseeing the delivery of Universal service key touchpoints by skill mix team members
Delivering Additional Support Offer, Intensive support and Intensive Support Offer for Young Parentspackages of care to families
Using Outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness of care delivered, planning and implementing revised packages of care, where required, and closing or escalating packages of care as required for each child.
Participating and where appropriate, leading on the Early Help process for children, ensuring timely assessment and that coordinated care is delivered to address the needs of the child and family
To provide health visiting support and advice within the clinic setting, according to the service model and guidelines
To liaise effectively with colleagues within SWT and partner organisations to ensure care for children and families is timely, well-coordinated and effective
To plan own workload effectively to meet client needs, clinical activity targets and KPIs
Management and Leadership responsibilities
To participate in supervision according to Start Well Trust policy, for self and supervisees, ensuring that supervision requirements are met
Ensure that Supervision of junior colleagues is timely and effective in managing the quality of their work, and their professional development
Work with Lead Nurses to address any issues regarding development support needs or poor performance within the team
To lead and work collaboratively with colleagues and Lead Nurses to ensure fair, effective allocation of workload, across the team, to both health visitors and nursery nurses
To reallocate work effectively and responsively where required, for instance unexpected sickness of a colleague, or late notification of an urgent client contact
To assess the team caseload, allocating families to the correct level of service U, UP or UPP, returning them to Universal when possible, or escalating to UPP if required.
Act as a role model for junior staff, students and partner agencies
Attend team and service meetings as required, disseminating information to colleagues and team members
Delegate to junior team members retaining overall responsibility and overseeing their contribution to patient care
To manage the orientation programme for new staff
Ensure the provision of a conducive learning environment and effective placement experience for under-graduate nursing and midwifery students on community placement, carrying out summative and formative assessments
To work according to the Trust values to ensure high quality, responsive patient focused care is delivered to all children and families
To work in accordance with the NMC Code of professional practice and Start Well Trust policy documents,
Clinical
To implement the Healthy Child Programme and associated activities to support the health and well-being of families in accordance with national and local guidance and policies.
To take responsibility for a defined caseload and work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure the caseload is managed effectively.
Work with local service providers to develop, deliver and promote individual and community based health services which are easily accessible to families.
Work collaboratively with Childrens Centres, GPs and other professionals to ensure locally relevant health improvement activities are delivered when families most need them, signposting and referring to other services where necessary.
To promote the health and well-being of families through individual contact, community based group activities and clinic sessions.
Identify children and adults in need of protection, actively working in a multi-disciplinary manner to provide co-ordinated packages of care, liaison and referral, including Early Help, TAC and Family Well-being.
Participate at Child Protection Case Conferences, Core Groups or other assessments in relation to vulnerable families within the caseload, contributing to the development, delivery and monitoring of appropriate care plans.
To undertake nurse prescribing adhering to national guidelines.
To regularly review caseload and Inform the Line Manager of workload pressures that may adversely affect the level and quality of service provided.
To maintain high level skills for health needs assessment and care planning, delivery and evaluation.
To maintain up to date knowledge and skills for working with families with complex needs, including Domestic Violence and Abuse, mental health, substance misuse and learning disabilities.
To maintain patient centred communication and assessment skills, delivering care using models such as the Solihull Approach, Motivational interviewing.
To maintain knowledge and excellent skills in advising and supporting parents with infant feeding, to contribute to the continuation of Unicef BFI Level 3 accreditation for the service
Research
Has the ability to research, innovate, educate and demonstrate sound practice
To keep up to date with research and guidance, ensuring that all care is evidence based, implementing agreed changes.
Communication
Communicate and liaise with professional partners including GPs, Midwives and Childrens Centres in a way that promotes health and wellbeing including the sharing of sensitive, complex and confidential information in accordance with Start Well Trust guidelines.
Skilled in interpreting and assessing complex situations and able to influence and communicate within multi-disciplinary teams and with external professionals
To follow Start Well Trust and service mobile working guidelines, completing and utilising electronic diary and record keeping functions
To complete the electronic diary and outcome contacts, as a tool for advance planning of work, communication with colleagues, confirmation of contacts completed and to support reporting for KPIs
To follow and comply with Lone worker Start and end of day procedures to ensure own and colleagues safety.
To liaise and communicate effectively with colleagues within Start Well Trust and Childrens Centres, and partner agencies, to ensure timely, effective and coordinated care for families
To maintain contemporaneous records using the Start Well Trust IT system, in line with NMC, Trust and service guidelines
To complete appropriate forms / templates and care plans, as required to provide a comprehensive record of health assessments and care delivered, and to facilitate reporting of service KPIs
To write reports when required, such as Child Protection Case Conference Reports, Court Reports, following Start Well Trust and the Safeguarding Team guidance.
The above Job Description does not purport to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities. The post holder will be expected to undertake additional duties as the requirements of the post change.
