Health Visitor

Job summary

We are excited to offer this opportunity for experienced and newly qualified, health visitors to join our unique and innovative health visiting service. Health Visitors in Portsmouth lead in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) alongside offering targeted early help and enhanced interventions (ECHO) to improve long-term outcomes for the most vulnerable children and families in the City.

The successful candidates will be proactive and enthusiastic individuals who are looking to further develop their public health nursing skills to deliver a quality evidence-based service to families. Applicants will be inspirational and motivational leaders, highly skilled in communication, with a strong approach to teamwork.

We are an integrated 0-19 service with the Local Authority and work with the wider multi-agency and multi-disciplinary childrens workforce to identify need and provide timely intervention at the earliest opportunity. Health visitors are well supported to achieve this through a developing Team Around the Worker model, utilising consultation with other specialist practitioners working across the 0-19 service in areas such as perinatal infant mental health, substance misuse, domestic abuse and children with disabilities.

Main duties of the job

• Planning and ensuring the delivery of appropriate interventions, working in partnership with clients, other health professionals using the Team Around the Worker model.
• To act as a clinical leader and health expert ensuring evidence-based practice is delivered to improve and assure the quality of care and to shape responsive services to meet identified need.
• To provide high quality, safe and effective care to children and families through effective assessment, packages of care, interventions and on-going evaluation.
• To develop and maintain key working relationships with a wide range of professionals within Health, Childrens Social Care, Education, Children Family Hubs and other Statutory and Voluntary Agencies to ensure effective working to promote the health needs of children and families.
• Accountable for the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme within a designated caseload, working with SystmOne as clinical record and work planner.
• To identify and provide targeted services to vulnerable children and families based on the Early Help Assessment (EHA).
• To identify and assess children 0 to 19 years with special needs, offer professional support and coordination of health needs, liaising with the Children with Complex Needs Health Visiting Team (0-5 year) and other appropriate services.

About us

At Solent, our teams mirror the communities we serve. The Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging plan fosters authenticity, ensuring every Solent NHS Trust member feels visible, validated, and valued.

The Annual Staff survey positions us among top-performing Community and Mental Health trusts in 3 of 9 themes:

• Compassion and inclusivity
• Each voice matters
• Staff Engagement

Our commitment to enhancing diversity, inclusion, and belonging fosters a strong sense of uniqueness, celebrated among colleagues, contributing to excellent patient outcomes.

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