Job summary
To Support the Service Manager and support the other 5 Team Leaders and team members to transform and develop the Dudley Health Visiting service.
Transformational Lead - Health Visiting Band 7
Band 7 (£40,057 to £45,839). Full-time 37.5 hours per week
To Support the Service Manager and support the other 5 Team Leaders and team members to transform and develop the Dudley Health Visiting service.
You will need to have a recognised Health Visitor qualification, V100/V300 Nurse Prescribing, up to date with the Health Child Programme, have a good understanding of the Public Health Agenda as well as having extensive experience assessing and managing child protection/safeguarding families. You will already have good leadership, management, inter-personal and organisational skills and the Trust will support you to develop these skills further and have proven experience leading a Health Visiting team. Having a passion to innovate to continually improve the Health Visiting service in Dudley is essential to making a difference to our children and families.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced Health Visitor to support the Service Manager and the 5 Health Visiting Teams to develop and transform the service. The successful candidate would part of a wider supportive management team. Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have been rated a "Good" organisation by CQC and our objective in the CYPF Division is to improve the lives and outcomes of our children and families in Dudley.
About us
We are a major provider of mental health, learning disability and community healthcare services for people of all ages in the Black Country.
We provide:
- Mental health services to people of all ages in Sandwell and Wolverhampton.
- Specialist learning disability services in Walsall, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Dudley
- community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Transformational Lead - Health Visiting Band 7 you will be responsible for supporting the development of the new Band 5 Community Nursing role and supporting the Practice Teacher to develop the new apprenticeship training model being developed by the NMC and OFSTED. You will also be part of a pivotal team who will supporting our commissioners to co-design the new 0-19 service, developing the Dudley Integrated Health Care with Dudley CCG (which aims to bring more hospital based services into the community) The successful candidate will receive opportunities and training to further develop their leadership skills, HR management skills, budget management skills, supervision skills, coaching skills and will develop and complete clinical audit to improve practice. They will also receive 1 to 1 managerial, clinical and safeguarding supervision to support and develop practice and skills.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Transformational Lead - Health Visiting Band 7 you will be responsible for supporting the development of the new Band 5 Community Nursing role and supporting the Practice Teacher to develop the new apprenticeship training model being developed by the NMC and OFSTED. You will also be part of a pivotal team who will supporting our commissioners to co-design the new 0-19 service, developing the Dudley Integrated Health Care with Dudley CCG (which aims to bring more hospital based services into the community) The successful candidate will receive opportunities and training to further develop their leadership skills, HR management skills, budget management skills, supervision skills, coaching skills and will develop and complete clinical audit to improve practice. They will also receive 1 to 1 managerial, clinical and safeguarding supervision to support and develop practice and skills.
Person Specification
qualifications, experience and knowledge
Essential
- Health Visitor and Nurse Prescribing qualification
- Extensive Health Visiting experience and knowledge
- Extensive leadership experience
- Extensive Safeguarding experience
Desirable
- Leadership/Management qualification
- Teaching Qualification
Person Specification
qualifications, experience and knowledge
Essential
- Health Visitor and Nurse Prescribing qualification
- Extensive Health Visiting experience and knowledge
- Extensive leadership experience
- Extensive Safeguarding experience
Desirable
- Leadership/Management qualification
- Teaching Qualification
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).
