Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and innovative Health Visitor holding a Specialist Community Practitioner qualification (SCPHN) to work as Paediatric Liaison Lead within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, based within the Health Visiting service.
The post holder will lead the Early Years High Impact Area 5: Improving health literacy, managing minor illnesses and reducing accidents, this includes the ICON programme, the First Dental Steps programme, the Safer Sleep agenda and aligns with the Healthy Child Programme and National Policies aimed at improving health outcomes for children.
The Paediatric Liaison Lead will act as named lead for childhood injury prevention within Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), make links and work with the local authority and multi-agencies on wider determinants of health, such as housing, health and safety. The role supports the development of local pathways aimed at keeping children out of hospital and they have an important role to play in primary and secondary prevention.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities extend across the 0-19 public health nursing offer. The Paediatric Liaison Lead will have oversight of the referrals to public health nursing teams from Unscheduled Care to enable data collection and analysis. Local pathways and policies will seek to reduce common unintentional injuries, illnesses and risk of harm.
Unscheduled care referrals to the public health nursing team are received electronically, these are distributed by administrators to the relevant locality team for review and follow-up as necessary.
The post holder will be provided with appropriate IT equipment and access to referral information.
Full information relating to the core duties of this role can be found in the full job description.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Paediatric Liaison Lead will provide leadership at a strategic level to contribute to the development and improvement of policies, pathways and strategies to support delivery of high quality, evidence-based, consistent care for children and families for improving health literacy. At a population level, this data will provide a measure of childrens development and wellbeing and generate information which can be used to plan services and contribute to the reduction of inequalities in childrens outcomes
The post holder will maintain and promote effective communication systems, between GHC Minor Illnesses and Injuries Units (MIIU), Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT) and Primary Care Services to ensure continuity of care for children and families following attendance to unscheduled care. In addition, communication across Child Health Information Services, Childrens Social Care, GPs and other services internal and external to GHC will be required.
The Paediatric Liaison Lead will ensure there is an opportunity to achieve long-term health gains for children by sharing information with Health Visiting, School Nursing and Children in Care teams to enable preventative work, targeted support and early intervention to improve the health, well-being and safeguarding of children (including the unborn child).
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Paediatric Liaison Lead will provide leadership at a strategic level to contribute to the development and improvement of policies, pathways and strategies to support delivery of high quality, evidence-based, consistent care for children and families for improving health literacy. At a population level, this data will provide a measure of childrens development and wellbeing and generate information which can be used to plan services and contribute to the reduction of inequalities in childrens outcomes
The post holder will maintain and promote effective communication systems, between GHC Minor Illnesses and Injuries Units (MIIU), Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT) and Primary Care Services to ensure continuity of care for children and families following attendance to unscheduled care. In addition, communication across Child Health Information Services, Childrens Social Care, GPs and other services internal and external to GHC will be required.
The Paediatric Liaison Lead will ensure there is an opportunity to achieve long-term health gains for children by sharing information with Health Visiting, School Nursing and Children in Care teams to enable preventative work, targeted support and early intervention to improve the health, well-being and safeguarding of children (including the unborn child).
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- SCPHN Health Visitor Specialist Practitioner in Public Health - Health Visiting
- Educated to Master's degree level in relevant health-related subject
- Leadership/Management course
Desirable
- Project Management qualification or experience
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of public health issues related to reasons for children attending unscheduled care facilities
- Understanding of safeguarding concerns associated with attendances to unscheduled care
- Demonstrates an understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and High Impact Areas within Early Years
- Ability to translate, implement national and local priorities and policies
- Ability to write reports and present findings
Desirable
- Experience of direct line management of staff.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the Healthy Child Programme for School age children
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- SCPHN Health Visitor Specialist Practitioner in Public Health - Health Visiting
- Educated to Master's degree level in relevant health-related subject
- Leadership/Management course
Desirable
- Project Management qualification or experience
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of public health issues related to reasons for children attending unscheduled care facilities
- Understanding of safeguarding concerns associated with attendances to unscheduled care
- Demonstrates an understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and High Impact Areas within Early Years
- Ability to translate, implement national and local priorities and policies
- Ability to write reports and present findings
Desirable
- Experience of direct line management of staff.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the Healthy Child Programme for School age children
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
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).
