Health Visitor (Wirral)

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Health Visitors - Do you fancy a career with an award winning integrated health and care NHS Foundation Trust?

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens and Knowsley.

We take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.

We currently deliver outstanding 0-19 and 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services across Wirral, Cheshire East and St Helens and 0-25 Knowsley, supporting over 250,000 children and young people. Our dedicated, innovative and forward-thinking children and young people's services have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of families in our communities.

We work closely with our commissioners and partners to deliver the best possible services for the children, young people and families.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Health Visitors to come and join the the 0-19 service in Wirral working for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. This post is based in Birkenhead .

The post requires good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable, compassionate and approachable. You will need to have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, be flexible solution focused and support service development.

You will work as part of an integrated 0-19 Team and will be required to support the full delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and be responsible for supporting the universal partnership and partnership plus families.

You will also be involved in a range of public health activities within a geographical area, to include individuals, groups and communities.

As a key stakeholder in the protection of children, you will be required to work collaboratively with other agencies to meet their needs. You will have a good knowledge of the components of Clinical Governance, Risk Management, Audits and relevant Professional Codes.

You will have a good knowledge of the components of Clinical Governance, Risk Management, audits and relevant Professional Codes.

You can also visit our dedicated children and young people's website to find out more about our services.

About us

About the Trust

Our local and community based services support people to live well and independently, including:

0-19 / 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services
Community Nursing
Sexual Health Wirral
Community Cardiology
Walk-in centres
Speech and Language Therapy
Teletriage
Community Dental
Social Care
End of Life Care

As a Trust, we provide extensive continuous professional development opportunities through a diverse range of learning solutions, including virtual and face-to-face events, webinars and action learning sets. We subscribe to numerous memberships and licences to support staff development and continuous learning.

You can read more about the Trust via the careers section on our website.

Date posted

25 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year pa (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

844-5181763

Job locations

St Catherine's Health Centre

Church Road

Birkenhead

CH42 0LQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for more information on this exciting job role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for more information on this exciting job role.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

Effective Interpersonal Skills
'Can do' approach
Vision

Skills & Attributes

Essential

Good verbal, non verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Ability to support students in placements
Access to a car for work purposes

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

Experience of managing a Health Visiting caseload
Experience of leading the assessment, planning and evaluation of care
Experience of integrated working
Knowledge of child protection/vulnerable adults legislation/procedures

Qualifications & Professional Training

Essential

1stv Level Nurse
Preceptorship Training
Specialist Practitioner qualification in Health Visiting or certificate/diploma
Nurse Prescriber
Evidence of continual professional development

Desirable

Mentorship Module
Leadership Module

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

Effective Interpersonal Skills
'Can do' approach
Vision

Skills & Attributes

Essential

Good verbal, non verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Ability to support students in placements
Access to a car for work purposes

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

Experience of managing a Health Visiting caseload
Experience of leading the assessment, planning and evaluation of care
Experience of integrated working
Knowledge of child protection/vulnerable adults legislation/procedures

Qualifications & Professional Training

Essential

1stv Level Nurse
Preceptorship Training
Specialist Practitioner qualification in Health Visiting or certificate/diploma
Nurse Prescriber
Evidence of continual professional development

Desirable

Mentorship Module
Leadership Module

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).