Job summary
Hammersmith & Fulham Health Visiting - Health Visitor - Band 6
Within Hammersmith and Fulham (H&F) CLCH provide a range of services including Health Visiting and School Nursing, Children's Therapies as well as numerous adult services, this means that you will benefit from a close working relationship with peers and a joined-up approach to care leading to improved health outcomes for the people you care for.
Within your team you will benefit from a Borough lead with a wealth of experience in Children's health, Safeguarding, School Nursing and Immunisations and a team that has in excess of 300 years' experience who are ready to support your learning and development. The team in Hammersmith are based within Parkview Centre for Health and Wellbeing, Richford Gate, Park Medical centre, Parsons Green Health Centre.
There is shared vision between commissioner and LCH to align Health Visiting with family hubs, this is will families to access a range of services at once and facilitate a supportive peer network for staff across services.
For registered Band 6 Health Visitors, this post is offering a premium of £2,500 payable upon commencement of employment (T&C's apply)
Main duties of the job
Hammersmith and Fulham council believe first time buyers, key workers and people earning a low to middle income should not be forced to rent expensive accommodation, or have no choice but to live miles away from where they work.H&F Home Buy is here to assist those working in the borough, to achieve home ownership. Visiting them on line at www.lbhf.gov.uk and go to the H&F Home Buy page, you may be able to realise your aspiration of becoming a home owner.
https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/sites/default/files/section_attachments/home_buy_booklet_2016_0.pdf
The borough has great transport links internally with 3 stations, great bus links across the patch and a full east-west Safer Cycle Pathway route. For commuting you will benefit from access via the Piccadilly, District, Circle and Hammersmith and City lines.
H&F is known to be one of the safest residential areas of London. H&F is a vibrant place to live and work with a diverse community and rich cultural heritage. A small inner-London borough situated to the west of the capital, it has excellent transport links to three town centres and vast array of experiences and entertainment for visitors and residents to enjoy. From excellent open spaces, bars, restaurants and stately riverside walks we have a lot to offer and a lot more to come including a massive 40-acre retail and leisure complex already underway at White City.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
- Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Health visiting experience
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
- Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
- Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others
- Experience of evidence-based care
- Experience of supervising staff / students
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
- Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
- Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children's Plan etc.)
- Current knowledge of child protection issues
- Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and others
- Able to delegate work effectively and safely
- Ability to be flexible and responsive to
- Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice
- Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
- Good communication skills, both written and verba
- Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working
- Office management and caseload organisational skills
- Able to work in a team
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to facilitate and support the learning of others in the practice environment
Key Attributes
Essential
- Able to carry out the duties of the post
- Able to travel round the locality[car/bike/public transport/foot]
- Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust's Values and Behaviours
- Able to demonstrate excellence in Customer Service
- Able to meet the required IT Skills for the post
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
- Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Health visiting experience
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
- Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
- Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others
- Experience of evidence-based care
- Experience of supervising staff / students
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
- Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
- Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children's Plan etc.)
- Current knowledge of child protection issues
- Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice
- Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and others
- Able to delegate work effectively and safely
- Ability to be flexible and responsive to
- Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice
- Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
- Good communication skills, both written and verba
- Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working
- Office management and caseload organisational skills
- Able to work in a team
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to facilitate and support the learning of others in the practice environment
Key Attributes
Essential
- Able to carry out the duties of the post
- Able to travel round the locality[car/bike/public transport/foot]
- Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust's Values and Behaviours
- Able to demonstrate excellence in Customer Service
- Able to meet the required IT Skills for the post
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
