Job summary
Come and join us at our 0-19 Recruitment open day. We have exciting opportunities available for passionate and committed Health Visitors, Health Visiting Assistant Practitioners, Community Nurses Health Visiting, School Nurses across the borough of Lewisham. We are looking for candidates with excellent clinical and communication skills to join our 0-19 yrs skill mix teams contributing to delivery of 'The Healthy Child Programme'.
If you are already working in health visiting/school nursing or would like to peruse a new career pathway in this specialty, then now is your opportunity to join a hard-working and dedicated team.
Term Time Hours Available.
To register to attend this event please apply online or complete an application form.
Date:Saturday 11th May 2024
Time:10am-2pm
Venue:Downham Health Centre, 7-9 Moorside Road, Downham, Bromley, Kent, BR1 5EP
Main duties of the job
LGT welcome applications from newly qualified, non-qualified SCPHN and experienced Health Visitors and School Nurses and also Band 4 Practitioners. Some of the benefits of working with LGT include: a robust preceptorship programme for NQHV's the first 12 months, outstanding safeguarding support from our safeguarding team, corporate membership with the iHV and a comprehensive suite of training opportunities for health visiting staff to support revalidation and professional development.
We also offer additional benefits through our employee assistance scheme, as well as the inner high cost area supplement for working in London. Our staff's work life balance is very important to us and we therefore offer flexible working and condensed hours. All clinical staff are provided with mobile devices which also supports flexible working opportunities.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
Band 5, 6 and 7 Health Visitor:
- To deliver a high standard of patient focused individualised nursing care using a team nursing care approach.
- To assess, plan implement and evaluate care of patients from admission to discharge using an integrated care pathway (ICP) or the nursing process.
- To maintain effective channels of communication with patients, relatives and the multidisciplinary team involved in providing care
- To understand the principles of clinical governance and the impact on patient care, i.e. audit and evidenced based practice.
- Ensure that written documentation are maintained in line with the NMC standards for Records and Record Keeping and Trust policy.
- To assist anaesthetist / surgeon / with emergency / elective procedures in all hospital departments as required.
- To ensure stock levels are adequate for effective perioperative care
Band 5, 6 and 7 School Nurse:
- Promote the health and well-being of this cohort of CYP so that they may be enabled to reach their full potential and not be disadvantaged by health or disability issues.
- Provide safeguarding and child protection including direct work with children and families; reports on client and family to social services for child protection conferences; attend and participate in conferences, core group and planning meetings as appropriate.
- To provide leadership, expertise and support to the core service within the School Health Service.
- Be a key team player in the School Health Service providing cross cover as required and agreed with other members of the service.
- Support immunisation programmes and other health promotion activity for vulnerable CYP.
Band 4 Health Visitor Assistant Practitioner
- Work in conjunction with the team to formulate care plans for a programme of intervention to be carried out either at home or clinic settings.
- To work within the team to meet the specific health needs of individual children and families. This may involve home visiting.
- To observe and report any changes and concerns to the Health as identified during their contacts with families.
- To carry out child health promotion programme in the clinic, at home or pre-school/Early Years settings
Social Media Advert
We are hiring!
Health Visiting Band 4, 5, 6 and 7 Open Evening
You are invited to attend our Health Visiting Service open day for band 4, 5, 6 and 7. We have exciting opportunities available for passionate and committed Health Visitors and Health Visiting Assistant Practitioners across the borough of Lewisham.
On the day, you will have the opportunity to meet the members of our team who will talk about their experience at LGT and to discuss what their "day in the life" looks like, find out about the vacancies we have and the various career paths we can support you with.
We encourage you to come along and find out what we can offer you.
Date: Saturday, 11th May 2024
Time: 10am to 2pm
Venue: Downham Health Centre, 7-9 Moorside Road, Downham, Bromley, Kent, BR1 5EP
To register to attend please complete this link: https://forms.office.com/e/s3fWFwBuPq
Job description
Job responsibilities
Band 5, 6 and 7 Health Visitor:
- To deliver a high standard of patient focused individualised nursing care using a team nursing care approach.
- To assess, plan implement and evaluate care of patients from admission to discharge using an integrated care pathway (ICP) or the nursing process.
- To maintain effective channels of communication with patients, relatives and the multidisciplinary team involved in providing care
- To understand the principles of clinical governance and the impact on patient care, i.e. audit and evidenced based practice.
- Ensure that written documentation are maintained in line with the NMC standards for Records and Record Keeping and Trust policy.
- To assist anaesthetist / surgeon / with emergency / elective procedures in all hospital departments as required.
- To ensure stock levels are adequate for effective perioperative care
Band 5, 6 and 7 School Nurse:
- Promote the health and well-being of this cohort of CYP so that they may be enabled to reach their full potential and not be disadvantaged by health or disability issues.
- Provide safeguarding and child protection including direct work with children and families; reports on client and family to social services for child protection conferences; attend and participate in conferences, core group and planning meetings as appropriate.
- To provide leadership, expertise and support to the core service within the School Health Service.
- Be a key team player in the School Health Service providing cross cover as required and agreed with other members of the service.
- Support immunisation programmes and other health promotion activity for vulnerable CYP.
Band 4 Health Visitor Assistant Practitioner
- Work in conjunction with the team to formulate care plans for a programme of intervention to be carried out either at home or clinic settings.
- To work within the team to meet the specific health needs of individual children and families. This may involve home visiting.
- To observe and report any changes and concerns to the Health as identified during their contacts with families.
- To carry out child health promotion programme in the clinic, at home or pre-school/Early Years settings
Social Media Advert
We are hiring!
Health Visiting Band 4, 5, 6 and 7 Open Evening
You are invited to attend our Health Visiting Service open day for band 4, 5, 6 and 7. We have exciting opportunities available for passionate and committed Health Visitors and Health Visiting Assistant Practitioners across the borough of Lewisham.
On the day, you will have the opportunity to meet the members of our team who will talk about their experience at LGT and to discuss what their "day in the life" looks like, find out about the vacancies we have and the various career paths we can support you with.
We encourage you to come along and find out what we can offer you.
Date: Saturday, 11th May 2024
Time: 10am to 2pm
Venue: Downham Health Centre, 7-9 Moorside Road, Downham, Bromley, Kent, BR1 5EP
To register to attend please complete this link: https://forms.office.com/e/s3fWFwBuPq
Person Specification
Open day
Essential
- 0-19 Recruitment open day
Person Specification
Open day
Essential
- 0-19 Recruitment open day
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
