Job summary
If you are an amazing
health visitor that wants to positively impact the outcomes for children, young
people and their families across East Surrey then read on!
An exciting opportunity
has arisen for a passionate, innovative and motivated bank health visitor to
join our mixed skilled 0-19 team on the Surrey Wide Advice Line which forms a
part of Children and Family Health Surrey, and help make our service even
stronger. The Advice Line is open to all parents/carers and professionals
across Surrey and is open from 8-5pm. The role encompasses answering the phone
and triaging emails from a wide variety of services.
We would welcome
applications from health visitors that possess excellent clinical,
interpersonal and communication skills, are able to use their initiative and
value our strong approach to team working.
Main duties of the job
If you have a good
understanding of children, young people and their families and could deliver
the healthy child programme to the wonderfully diverse population across East
Surrey wed really like to hear from you.
Our health visitors are
supported by our clinical specialists, clinical team leaders, service managers
and our safeguarding team to provide excellent professional practice and to
further develop their skills and knowledge.
About us
Do you want to be part of an organisation that is committed to providing first rate care and services to its local community?
First Community is a CQC rated Good staff owned social enterprise, which delivers NHS community services to residents across East Surrey and in parts of West Sussex.
First Community is a great place to work, everyone here has a voice and is supported to develop their career to its full potential. We offer all our staff: NHS terms and conditions, high quality training and development opportunities, flexible working to enable a good work life balance, an inclusive and friendly work environment, an NHS pension, flexible retirement options and employee benefits including a car salary sacrifice scheme.
First Community values diversity and inclusion and is committed to the recruitment and retention of under-represented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
Sustainability is integral to First Community achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder is responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme. Health
Visitors working on the Advice Line provide support to families on all aspects
of child health, development, and parenting. It also acts as a point of contact
to our services from partner agencies. To support the development and
implementation of processes and audit to improve the delivery of the Healthy
Child Programme to clients within the FCHC area leading to improved childrens
health outcomes. To support skill mix within the 0-19 teams.
When completing your application please refer to both the
Application Guide and full Job Description - these can be found under
supporting documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder is responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme. Health
Visitors working on the Advice Line provide support to families on all aspects
of child health, development, and parenting. It also acts as a point of contact
to our services from partner agencies. To support the development and
implementation of processes and audit to improve the delivery of the Healthy
Child Programme to clients within the FCHC area leading to improved childrens
health outcomes. To support skill mix within the 0-19 teams.
When completing your application please refer to both the
Application Guide and full Job Description - these can be found under
supporting documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- Health Visitor SCPHN
- Current NMC registration part 3 register
Desirable
- Child protection supervisor
- Clinical supervision facilitator
- Mentorship qualification
- Solihull Approach Trained
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of professional development
- Experience of initiating and participating in clinical audit and research
- Evidence of leadership
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable
- Experience of staff management
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Broad range of clinical skills
- Leadership skills
- Ability to organise the workload, delegate and prioritise
- Good knowledge of health and safety risk management
- IT skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Teaching, presentation and facilitation skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding of current community childrens health service issues
- Knowledge of principles of supervision, audit and research
- Knowledge of personal style of influencing and application of appropriate style
- Ability to understand key element of change management in relation to childrens community health services
Other
Essential
- Valid licence to drive in UK with access to a car for business use.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- Health Visitor SCPHN
- Current NMC registration part 3 register
Desirable
- Child protection supervisor
- Clinical supervision facilitator
- Mentorship qualification
- Solihull Approach Trained
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of professional development
- Experience of initiating and participating in clinical audit and research
- Evidence of leadership
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable
- Experience of staff management
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Broad range of clinical skills
- Leadership skills
- Ability to organise the workload, delegate and prioritise
- Good knowledge of health and safety risk management
- IT skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Teaching, presentation and facilitation skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding of current community childrens health service issues
- Knowledge of principles of supervision, audit and research
- Knowledge of personal style of influencing and application of appropriate style
- Ability to understand key element of change management in relation to childrens community health services
Other
Essential
- Valid licence to drive in UK with access to a car for business use.
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
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).
