Job summary
Are you driven by a passion to make a difference to young people's lives? We're looking for a registered health visitor to join us as our Strategic Lead forHealth Visiting as part of our new clinical health team at Barnardo's.
This role forms part of our ambition to be the leading provider of integrated children's health and social care services, to increase the reach of health and wellbeing services and reduce health inequalities in the community.
Main duties of the job
As Strategic Lead forHealth Visiting, you'll work as part of a small support team of expert specialist health professionals to ensure the systematic provision of high-quality specialist health visiting interventions for children, young people, and their families/carers.
You'll be helping us to develop our health visiting services, designing and delivering modernisation and service change across care groups, specialisms and care settings. You'll do this through both face to face and digital delivery methods, whether already in place or under development. In addition you will:
- Provide clinical and professional leadership for our integrated health and social care
- Develop strategies to ensure the highest standards of care and clinical practice for health visiting services within Barnardo's
- Create, develop, deliver, and evaluate a range of health projects focused primarily on prevention and integrated child and family health and mental health
- Identify changes in practice to improve outcomes, in some cases developing and implementing changes in policy and service
- Provide expertise and specialist advice at regional and national level as required for individual contracts
- Ensure that all health visitors within the organisation maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation and national and local policies
- Establish and maintain effective partnerships with clinical colleagues within the organisation to promote the health visiting agenda
About us
Barnardos has been providing services to some of the most
vulnerable children across the UK for over 150 years. We work in partnership
with childrens social care and health partners enabling the delivery of
integrated health and social care services in a number of areas. We recognise
that to really transform childrens life chances, they need sustained
interventions that meet the diversity of their needs and that participation and
co-production must a key component of any service. If you enjoy pushing the
boundaries of what works: working closely with other agencies to innovate and
create; have the clinical expertise to lead on this project and want to work
with children and young people and their families to deliver service that truly
meet their needs, then we would like to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide clinical and professional leadership for integrated health and social care models and services.
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of strategies and structures which ensure the highest standards of care, clinical practice and interagency working for health visiting services within Barnardos.
- Maintain strategic oversite for health visiting activities in relation to service development and advise on health visiting infrastructure and operational delivery for new contractual opportunities.
- Provide expertise and support to create, develop, deliver, and evaluate a range of health projects focused primarily on prevention and integrated child and family health and mental health.
- Embed with others a culture of outcomes-based practice, review clinical outcomes of service delivery, and identify changes in practice to improve outcomes.
- Work autonomously and collaboratively within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for governance of health visiting practice within Barnardos.
- Propose and support the development and implementation of policy and service changes within the organisation in respect of health visiting services.
- Support key stakeholders in developing Barnardos models of care for Health Child Programme 0-25
- Support key stakeholders with major contract bid opportunities for Healthy Child Programme 0-19 contracts.
- Provide expertise and specialist advice and support at regional and national level as required for individual contracts.
- Provide strategic direction on the development of health promotion advice and health education programmes in accordance with business needs, local and national directives.
- Support and shape the delivery models of the virtual family hubs and health models.
- Support evaluation of existing pilot models of integrated health and social care and identify and help to create new models within the health marketplace.
- Participate in projects regarding future service development, developing and implementing identified changes to the delivery of care.
- Support the Head of Clinical Services and the Strategic Lead for Clinical Governance to ensure a culture of clinical governance.
- Ensure the implementation of the clinical governance agenda within health visiting services across the organisation.
- Ensure that all health visitors within the organisation maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to service specific client groups.
- Provide expert advice and guidance for practitioners to improve the quality of service and outcomes for children and young people.
- Establish and maintain effective partnerships with clinical colleagues within the organisation to promote the health visiting agenda.
- Support the clinical and professional supervision structure across health visiting services.
- Represent Barnardo's regionally and nationally as requested.
Key Activities:
- Be the organisational expert, contributing to the professional leadership, sharing expertise and knowledge within health visiting services.
- Advise on clinical supervision models and standards relevant to the profession.
- Ensure that all staff providing health visiting services within the organisation have access to appropriate professional supervision in conjunction with the Barnardos University.
- Provide specialist knowledge, supervision, advice, and leadership across health visiting services, according to the service model, contractual agreements, and guidelines.
- Act as an expert resource and support to wider Barnardos teams.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of health visiting related policies, procedures, protocols and always ensure adherence of current legislation.
- Provide specific support and oversight to national delivery models, as models of care develop, ensuring they provide high quality clinical advice as appropriate for virtual working
- Monitor standards of care, ensuring these comply with the defined policies, procedures, standards, and protocols to ensure delivery of a high-quality service.
- Ensure core policies and procedures relating to health visiting are well developed and evaluated to evidence a safe, effective, and quality service.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant governance systems, particularly Caldicott and information sharing principles, Health and Safety and Safeguarding requirements in conjunction with Heads of Health and Safety and Safeguarding.
- Ensure compliance with Barnardo's policy and procedural guidelines.
- Support the development and completion of clinical audit to improve practice.
- Ensure compliance with all Health and Safety and Safeguarding requirements in conjunction with Heads of Health and Safety and Safeguarding.
- Ensure all services comply with anti-discriminatory and equal opportunities policies in all aspects of service delivery and employment in conjunction with Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
- Ensure a succession strategy is in place for delivery models tested within the systems change ambition.
- Participate in continuing professional development and supervision as required by the relevant registration for the role.
- Work within Barnardo's Basis and Values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide clinical and professional leadership for integrated health and social care models and services.
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of strategies and structures which ensure the highest standards of care, clinical practice and interagency working for health visiting services within Barnardos.
- Maintain strategic oversite for health visiting activities in relation to service development and advise on health visiting infrastructure and operational delivery for new contractual opportunities.
- Provide expertise and support to create, develop, deliver, and evaluate a range of health projects focused primarily on prevention and integrated child and family health and mental health.
- Embed with others a culture of outcomes-based practice, review clinical outcomes of service delivery, and identify changes in practice to improve outcomes.
- Work autonomously and collaboratively within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for governance of health visiting practice within Barnardos.
- Propose and support the development and implementation of policy and service changes within the organisation in respect of health visiting services.
- Support key stakeholders in developing Barnardos models of care for Health Child Programme 0-25
- Support key stakeholders with major contract bid opportunities for Healthy Child Programme 0-19 contracts.
- Provide expertise and specialist advice and support at regional and national level as required for individual contracts.
- Provide strategic direction on the development of health promotion advice and health education programmes in accordance with business needs, local and national directives.
- Support and shape the delivery models of the virtual family hubs and health models.
- Support evaluation of existing pilot models of integrated health and social care and identify and help to create new models within the health marketplace.
- Participate in projects regarding future service development, developing and implementing identified changes to the delivery of care.
- Support the Head of Clinical Services and the Strategic Lead for Clinical Governance to ensure a culture of clinical governance.
- Ensure the implementation of the clinical governance agenda within health visiting services across the organisation.
- Ensure that all health visitors within the organisation maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to service specific client groups.
- Provide expert advice and guidance for practitioners to improve the quality of service and outcomes for children and young people.
- Establish and maintain effective partnerships with clinical colleagues within the organisation to promote the health visiting agenda.
- Support the clinical and professional supervision structure across health visiting services.
- Represent Barnardo's regionally and nationally as requested.
Key Activities:
- Be the organisational expert, contributing to the professional leadership, sharing expertise and knowledge within health visiting services.
- Advise on clinical supervision models and standards relevant to the profession.
- Ensure that all staff providing health visiting services within the organisation have access to appropriate professional supervision in conjunction with the Barnardos University.
- Provide specialist knowledge, supervision, advice, and leadership across health visiting services, according to the service model, contractual agreements, and guidelines.
- Act as an expert resource and support to wider Barnardos teams.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of health visiting related policies, procedures, protocols and always ensure adherence of current legislation.
- Provide specific support and oversight to national delivery models, as models of care develop, ensuring they provide high quality clinical advice as appropriate for virtual working
- Monitor standards of care, ensuring these comply with the defined policies, procedures, standards, and protocols to ensure delivery of a high-quality service.
- Ensure core policies and procedures relating to health visiting are well developed and evaluated to evidence a safe, effective, and quality service.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant governance systems, particularly Caldicott and information sharing principles, Health and Safety and Safeguarding requirements in conjunction with Heads of Health and Safety and Safeguarding.
- Ensure compliance with Barnardo's policy and procedural guidelines.
- Support the development and completion of clinical audit to improve practice.
- Ensure compliance with all Health and Safety and Safeguarding requirements in conjunction with Heads of Health and Safety and Safeguarding.
- Ensure all services comply with anti-discriminatory and equal opportunities policies in all aspects of service delivery and employment in conjunction with Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
- Ensure a succession strategy is in place for delivery models tested within the systems change ambition.
- Participate in continuing professional development and supervision as required by the relevant registration for the role.
- Work within Barnardo's Basis and Values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration (current), NMC or Midwife, and Registered SCPHN Health Visiting, minimum 5 years experience
- Leadership or management qualification or equivalent recent experience in a leadership position, minimum 5 years
Skills
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to develop strong working relationships at all levels
- Able to establish and maintain key relationships with colleagues and other disciplines both internally and externally.
- Ability to facilitate others to develop service provision.
- Flexible and able to respond to changing priorities
- Able to operate effectively across organisational boundaries
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Committed to improving childrens services by encouraging the collaboration and empowerment of key stakeholders and children/families/carers
- Open minded and able to listen/understand the viewpoints of others
- Self-motivated, pro-active, and innovative
- Ability to reconcile conflicting viewpoints in a diplomatic manner
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of utilising evidenced based practice and appraising standards,
- providing clinical direction and support for staff
- Expert knowledge of safeguarding policy and procedures and assessment and analysis of vulnerable children and families
- Experience of working as a SCPHN (HV) with vulnerable children and families leading and managing care
- Experience of leading and managing staff, and working collaboratively with other agencies
- Significant community experience working as a Health Visitor with children and families with complex needs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration (current), NMC or Midwife, and Registered SCPHN Health Visiting, minimum 5 years experience
- Leadership or management qualification or equivalent recent experience in a leadership position, minimum 5 years
Skills
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to develop strong working relationships at all levels
- Able to establish and maintain key relationships with colleagues and other disciplines both internally and externally.
- Ability to facilitate others to develop service provision.
- Flexible and able to respond to changing priorities
- Able to operate effectively across organisational boundaries
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Committed to improving childrens services by encouraging the collaboration and empowerment of key stakeholders and children/families/carers
- Open minded and able to listen/understand the viewpoints of others
- Self-motivated, pro-active, and innovative
- Ability to reconcile conflicting viewpoints in a diplomatic manner
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of utilising evidenced based practice and appraising standards,
- providing clinical direction and support for staff
- Expert knowledge of safeguarding policy and procedures and assessment and analysis of vulnerable children and families
- Experience of working as a SCPHN (HV) with vulnerable children and families leading and managing care
- Experience of leading and managing staff, and working collaboratively with other agencies
- Significant community experience working as a Health Visitor with children and families with complex needs
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).