Job summary
Do you have passion and commitment to public health and the early intervention agenda, then why not work with us on our journey to reimagine Health Visiting in one of the most diverse and thriving cities in England?
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated SCPHN Health Visitors with initiative and drive who are passionate about providing an excellent service to support children and their families achieve best start in life.
At the BFS Health Visiting Virtual HUB we are continuing to re-imagine and re-shape the way Health Visitors work. We have a diverse and inclusive team of skill mix who work collaboratively with services/partners/key stakeholders and all our families to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and provide the highest level of clinical excellence.
About the HUB
This is a new initiative which reimagines the delivery of BFS Health Visiting Service for the City of Birmingham, which involves qualified practitioners providing a virtual telephone and email service from a single point of access. Whilst this is a desk-based role, which does not involve direct face to face contact with service users, future planning will involve utilisation of virtual consultation, such as attend anywhere and chat health.
Main duties of the job
Role Requirements:
To offer advice and support to parents, professionals and stakeholders via telephone and email. Assessing the need of families - who contact the HUB via telephone - providing advice, support, and signposting. Managing telephone and email correspondence from professionals and stakeholders, prioritising where necessary in order of need and importance.
Requirements of the role include supporting the development of the Assistant Practitioners, in their HUB role.
Full details are contained within the Job Description and Person Specification.
Full training and support will be given to successful candidates
For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Rebecca Scott on 07740 457712
About us
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Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Registered First Level Nurse Health Visitor Certificate/Diploma/Degree
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Non medical nurse prescriber
Other job requirements
Essential
- Car driver/Access to suitable vehicle for business purposes
Desirable
- Ability to occasionally work flexible hours, which may include weekends and evenings
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post-registration nursing experience
- Evidence of multidisciplinary and multiagency working and safeguarding children
- Evidence of time and resource management
- Experience of applying learning into practice
- Experience of caseload management
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of evidence based approaches in the provision of the Healthy Child Programme
- Evidence of assessment and care planning skills
- Ability to facilitate the learning of others in a one to one or group setting
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence base for the Healthy Child programme, and the 6 High impact areas for 0-5s
- Ability to demonstrate written skills that are relevant, accurate, concise and legible
- Ability to work in a supervisory capacity
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to Non Medical Prescribing
- Ability to use software packages as appropriate
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Registered First Level Nurse Health Visitor Certificate/Diploma/Degree
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Non medical nurse prescriber
Other job requirements
Essential
- Car driver/Access to suitable vehicle for business purposes
Desirable
- Ability to occasionally work flexible hours, which may include weekends and evenings
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post-registration nursing experience
- Evidence of multidisciplinary and multiagency working and safeguarding children
- Evidence of time and resource management
- Experience of applying learning into practice
- Experience of caseload management
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of evidence based approaches in the provision of the Healthy Child Programme
- Evidence of assessment and care planning skills
- Ability to facilitate the learning of others in a one to one or group setting
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence base for the Healthy Child programme, and the 6 High impact areas for 0-5s
- Ability to demonstrate written skills that are relevant, accurate, concise and legible
- Ability to work in a supervisory capacity
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to Non Medical Prescribing
- Ability to use software packages as appropriate
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).
