Apprentice Health Visitor

Job description

Job responsibilities

The academic element of the course will be hosted by Teesside University.

As a Health Visitor you can make a real difference to children, families and communities. You will play a fundamental role in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, monitoring child development, safeguarding children, preventing social exclusion and deprivation and tackling important public health issues. Every day working as a Health Visitor is different, with responsibilities including home visits, running support groups for parents and working with a range of local childrens agencies and professionals

Health Visitors have the opportunity to work flexibly in the community and are a crucial part of the healthcare team. It is a diverse role which involves being part of a wider team who provide you with support as you work to improve the health of local families

Training

Teesside University, are undergoing course approval in line with the new NMC Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Standards of Proficiency (2022) and are looking to offer an apprenticeship route which leads to the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification together with the academic award of a postgraduate diploma.

To be eligible to apply you will need to be a Registered Nurse or Midwife on parts 1 or 2 of the NMC register. You must also have a degree at 2.2 or above. The training is 37.5 hours full time with fixed annual leave dates, (no pre booked leave will be honoured).

Applicants must have English and Maths at grade C or level 4 or Key Skill Level 2 in Maths and English.

(Applicants who do not hold BSc at 2:2 and have experience of working in the 0-19 Service can complete a RPEL portfolio at level 6. Successful achievement will permit application for SCPHN (This does not guarantee entry and achievement must be confirmed prior to application

Other duties of the role;

• Making Every Contact Count to enable the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle information.
• Work with parents and children to promote the physical, emotional and social development of pre-school children and beyond. To apply the principles of the Solihull approach in all work undertaken with children, young people and families.
• Apply the Best Start in Life principles where applicable.
• The post holder will ensure inter-agency/professional partnership working between services, statutory and voluntary organisations to facilitate integrated approaches in meeting the needs of children
• Working in an integrated way partnership with local communities to build community capacity; utilising strength-based approaches.
• Hold a caseload of familys children until the end of Early Years foundation stage (age 6 years), and beyond if working with identified families at universal plus and partnership plus at that stage, and be responsible for effective caseload/workload management, providing specialist evidence-based advice, information and support to the population served, team members and relevant agencies.
• Lead and Deliver the Healthy Child Programme with a drive towards reducing the gap in health and social health inequalities.
• Completion of comprehensive Health Needs assessments of clients, families and communities and facilitation of the mobilisation of appropriate resources to meet identified needs.
• Using communication, listening and negotiation skills interpret family history, dynamics, lifestyle and the support available to a family in partnership with parents/carers to enable them to identify their own health needs and facilitate solutions to identified concerns and needs.
• Promote the needs of children with SEND, young people with SEND and their families in the development of community child health services.
• Promote the needs of children, young people and families from the GRT community in the development of community child health services
• Deliver a place-based approach with Key Delivery Partners (KDPs) to support the needs of Children, Young People and Families alongside building community resilience. Supported by the Community Anchor, practitioners will work within the community to build capacity and increase resilience utilising an asset-based approach. Practitioners will need to work in collaboration with KDPs and the Voluntary and Community Sector to map and align services to meet population need, whilst developing innovative ways of working

Successful candidates will be paid mid-point band 5 for the duration of the course.

We have placements in Durham, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Darlington and North Yorkshire

Interviews will be held on the 14th May 2024

For further advice and information please contact Lesley Pringle 07392194131 or Claire Young 07392194291

Person Specification

see below

Essential

• First level Registration on part 1 or 2 of NMC register Before Application
• Degree 2:2 or above
• English and maths grade c (level 4) or key skills in maths and english level 2

Desirable

• Experience in Community Nursing
• Post Registration 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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Teesside University Darlington

Vicarage Road

Darlington

DL11JW

Employer's website

https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)