Job summary
Job Purpose
To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative health visiting service, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the health visiting team to ensure delivery of a high-quality service
To provide a skilled, effective and evidence-based health visiting service to clients in a variety of community settings.
Monday to Friday ,Condensed hours Tuesday to Friday
To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities
To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives.
The post holder will be responsible for:
Clinical
Quality and Performance
Management and Leadership
Professionalism
Training and Teaching
Main duties of the job
To contribute to the undertaking and reporting of performance measures, alerting Team Leads of any shortfalls
Ensure the timely and correct entry of clinical and statistical data onto electronic patient records and systems as required by the Trust
To support the Team Lead with the delivery of the CSU Quality Strategy action plan
To actively seek out the voice of the client/child
To report all near misses/incidents on the Trust wide system
To attend a quality meeting e.g., PSRG once a year
To actively participate in clinical and safeguarding supervision on a regular basis in line with organisational guidelines.
To provide clinical supervision to others in line with Trust policy.
Actively participate in the learning from incidents/complaints e.g., 7-minute briefings
About us
CLCH NHS Trust is currently re-shaping the way Health Visitors work, looking at new and innovative practices to improve health across London. This includes agile working and provision of laptops to all staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and agree tailored health plans as required
Utilising specialist skills and knowledge, advise and support individuals and families on evidence-based health care practices.
Understand the caseload profile including the health needs of the defined population and local communities, targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
Initiate referrals to multi-disciplinary/agency colleagues as required to ensure adequate care and support for families and children
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual/group programmes of care that meet the public health needs of the population
To develop and delegate appropriately the implementation of regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and to specific groups and individuals.
To facilitate the promotion of the national immunisation programme to ensure maximum possible protection against disease.
To provide care and attention to the needs of children identified as at risk and / or with complex needs, taking appropriate action when required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and agree tailored health plans as required
Utilising specialist skills and knowledge, advise and support individuals and families on evidence-based health care practices.
Understand the caseload profile including the health needs of the defined population and local communities, targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
Initiate referrals to multi-disciplinary/agency colleagues as required to ensure adequate care and support for families and children
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual/group programmes of care that meet the public health needs of the population
To develop and delegate appropriately the implementation of regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and to specific groups and individuals.
To facilitate the promotion of the national immunisation programme to ensure maximum possible protection against disease.
To provide care and attention to the needs of children identified as at risk and / or with complex needs, taking appropriate action when required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification Essential
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
- Current NMC registration
- Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards
Experience
Essential
- 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
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
- Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children's Plan etc.)
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service oWillingness to facilitate and support the learning of others in the practice environment
Person Specification
Education/Qualification Essential
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
- Current NMC registration
- Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards
Experience
Essential
- 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
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
- Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children's Plan etc.)
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service oWillingness to facilitate and support the learning of others in the practice environment
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Central London Community Health Trust
Address
Parkview Health and wellbeing Center
56 Cranston Court, Bloemfotein Road
Various
W12 7FG
Employer's website
https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
