Health Visitor

Central London Community Health Trust

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Job summary

Are you a qualified Health Visitor or currently studying the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse training in Health Visiting?

Are you a retired health visitor looking to return to practice?

We have exciting opportunities for you to join one of our forward thinking and innovative Universal Health Visiting teams in London.

You will be an either qualified or currently in training for your Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification with a passion for public health nursing seeking to new ways of working with families.

From April 2023 a Recruitment premia has been introduced to attract and retain qualified Health Visitors within CLCH's Health Visiting Teams.

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

We work in partnership with Local Family Hubs and local Maternity services to deliver Best Start for Life. We believe in co-design and family centred care. In return we offer preceptorship and supportive inductions, corporate membership of the iHV and SAPNA, excellent professional development opportunities and access to the CLCH Academy.

Your training and development prospects are always available and encouraged. The team are extremely supportive throughout your career. You will be joining friendly well established skill mixed teams, working with Health Visitor who continually strive to work in partnership with families and early years and maternity services and other voluntary and statutory agencies to provide high quality care to achieve positive outcomes for families in Kensington and Chelsea ( RBKC North)

You will be supported by Team Leaders and Specialist Health Visitors and be offer a recruitment and retention package, £2,500 payable upon commencement of employment (T&C's apply).

About us

Working for our organisation

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

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

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

Date posted

31 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

824-INNER-6739774

Job locations

Cheyne Children Centre

10 Thorndike Close

London

SW10 0ST

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse / Miwife with current UK NMC registration
Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards

Ex

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse / Miwife with current UK NMC registration
Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards

Ex

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

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.