Bank B6 Health Visitor - South west

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a skilled, effective and evidence based health visiting service to clients in a varietyof community settings. To apply specialist skills and knowledge in the delivery of the health visiting service. To consult, advise and educate individuals and families on good health care practices. To develop health profiles of the defined population and local communities, identifyinghealth needs of disadvantaged groups and targeting outreach services to meet their needs. To identify, prioritise and implement programmes of care that meets the public health needsof the population. To provide parenting skills support and information both through coordinating /participatingin parenting groups and one to one home visits to families, especially those children andfamilies identified with complex health needs/vulnerabilities To provide health assessments, advice and education to families and individuals of all ages inthe population group, prioritising services appropriate to local public health and populationneed. To develop and implement regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and.

Person Specification

education

Essential

• Registered Nurse o Registered Health Visitor o Current NMC registration o Evidence of continuing post registration education and training
• Recent health visiting experience o Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets. o Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and inter-agency working o Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others o Experience of assessing

Desirable

• Mentor training or prepared to work towards

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

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Roehampton Family Hub

166 Roehampton Ln

Various

SW15 4HR

Employer's website

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