Healthy Child Practitioner

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

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Job summary

At Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, we have a new and exciting opportunity within our well established Health Visiting Service. We are looking for innovative Registered NMC Nurses or Midwives with an interest in health visiting to work as a Healthy Child Practitioner to deliver a core programme to children young people and families in SWB NHS Trust. This is a secondment/fixed term position to introduce the successful candidates to the role of the Health Visitor, with the opportunity to apply for the fully funded Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) Specialist Community Public Health Nurse in Health Visiting. The HCP will work within the Health Visiting Service as part of the Acute and Community Paediatric Directorate. They will support and deliver the Universal Children's services in line with the HCP 0-5 years.

Main duties of the job

Day to day relationship will be with other members of Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses, Administration Officers, patients, carers and multi-agency professionals.

Training and evaluation will be provided to enable the individual to develop the competence to function effectively within this role and will have exposure to the mandated contacts of a Health Visitor in order to help them to progress onto the Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) SCPHN in Health Visiting.

Mandatory contacts include;

Antenatal visits
New birth visits
6-8 week contact
9-12 month development review
2-2.5 development review

Other duties to include;

Baby/Child weight reviews
Health promotion and public health advice
Maternal mental health support
Support babies/children and their families with concerns or medical conditions
Safeguarding
Multi agency working

About us

We are a progressive service who encourages innovative, forward thinking professionals, who are keen to embrace change and provide the best quality of care for communities.

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We offer:

Integrated team working
Practice support and clinical/restorative supervision
Access to wellbeing support
Supportive induction package
Excellent training package and access to training opportunities for professional development
Opportunity to participate in work streams of interest
Access to Trust benefits, including NHS Fleet Solutions car scheme
Flexible working opportunities

As a Healthy Child Practitioner within Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) you will work within corporate teams who are supported by Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses, a Health Visitor Contact Centre and are led and managed by Health Visitor Team Leaders and Clinical Lead for Health Visiting.

Date posted

25 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

381-WC-6607574-A

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust

Across Sandwell to be confirmed

Sandwell

B64 6HP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE grade C/4 in Maths and English
To have relevant Nursing/ Midwifery Degree
Active registration as a nurse or midwife on the NMC register
Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

To have Practice Supervisor or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Experience relevant to post

Desirable

Audit/evaluation/research
Experience of working in the community

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE grade C/4 in Maths and English
To have relevant Nursing/ Midwifery Degree
Active registration as a nurse or midwife on the NMC register
Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

To have Practice Supervisor or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Experience relevant to post

Desirable

Audit/evaluation/research
Experience of working in the community

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).