Job summary
Are you a
qualified, NMC registered, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health
Visitor or a student SCPHN Health Visitor, qualifying in the next few
months ?
Do you have:
- Excellent
all-round communication and listening skills.
- A
willingness to train and progress.
- Ability
to work autonomously and yet be part of a wider team.
- Qualities
of leadership and be willing to take responsibility and make appropriate
decisions.
- Ability
to reflect, learn and build on previous experience and knowledge.
If yes, we would love to hear from you.
Come and join our friendly, welcoming, and inclusive 0-19 team and share our ambition to make a fundamental difference in improving the health and wellbeing of children and their families in Waltham Forest.
We offer our health visitors:
- Excellent
pay package.
- Exceptional Health and Wellbeing support for all our staff.
- Comprehensive
training and creative learning opportunities.
- Forums when you can feedback your concerns and
ideas to improve our service. We have a commitment to listening to staff, and
taking frontline direction so to practice in line with the highest clinical
standards.
- Preceptorship for newly qualified Health
Visitors, competency-based learning and supportive mentoring.
Main duties of the job
We have within Waltham Forest excellent opportunities within our 0-19
team for innovative and motivated Health Visitors who are keen to contribute to
the further development of our service.
We take great pride in our staff and believe
that investing in you, is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care,
supporting children, young people and families have the best start in life
delivered by outstanding people.
We have excellent
partnership working with Waltham Forest Public Health Service, Primary and Secondary
Schools, and General Practitioners to enable the Best Start in life and
optimisation of health outcomes for children and young people.
About us
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (the Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.
The Care
Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated
partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.
The key priorities for the Care Group are:
- Innovation
and support for primary care
- Being
a great place to work
- Integrating
primary and community care
- Providing
of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
- Influencing
improvements in health outcomes
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an integral member of the Health Visiting Service, the Health Visitor will deliver the Healthy
Child Programme and using the 4/5/6 model will work with, and empower, individuals,
families and communities to identify and promote the best physical, social and emotional
health and wellbeing outcomes for children and their families in the local community,
promoting and participating in public health initiatives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an integral member of the Health Visiting Service, the Health Visitor will deliver the Healthy
Child Programme and using the 4/5/6 model will work with, and empower, individuals,
families and communities to identify and promote the best physical, social and emotional
health and wellbeing outcomes for children and their families in the local community,
promoting and participating in public health initiatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Childrens Nurse, Midwife or Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration.
- Educated to degree or Masters level.
- Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification (Health Visiting).
- Nurse Prescribing qualification (NMC V100).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of ensuring that clinical practice is based on sound evidence and audit.
- Experience of quality improvement processes.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment.
- Experience of specialist knowledge with reference to child development, perinatal mental health, child protection.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of key developments in children's services.
- Knowledge of the requirements of CQC.
- Ability to understand, implement clinical governance principles and process including risk management, audit & public involvement.
- Understanding of key professional nursing issues and strategy documents.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to manage and prioritise a caseload.
- Ability to reflect on practice.
- Analytical skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to engage effectively with supervision including clinical and safeguarding children.
- A range of clinical skills including assessment of development, health and identification of vulnerable children and their families.
- Ability to deal with and resolve conflict & ambiguity.
- Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise, delegate and work in a self-directed way.
- Competent in the use of Information Technology.
Other requirements
Essential
- Able to present information written and orally, in a clear and logical manner.
- Commitment to working in partnership with children and families to understand their perception of care needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Childrens Nurse, Midwife or Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration.
- Educated to degree or Masters level.
- Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification (Health Visiting).
- Nurse Prescribing qualification (NMC V100).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of ensuring that clinical practice is based on sound evidence and audit.
- Experience of quality improvement processes.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment.
- Experience of specialist knowledge with reference to child development, perinatal mental health, child protection.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of key developments in children's services.
- Knowledge of the requirements of CQC.
- Ability to understand, implement clinical governance principles and process including risk management, audit & public involvement.
- Understanding of key professional nursing issues and strategy documents.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to manage and prioritise a caseload.
- Ability to reflect on practice.
- Analytical skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to engage effectively with supervision including clinical and safeguarding children.
- A range of clinical skills including assessment of development, health and identification of vulnerable children and their families.
- Ability to deal with and resolve conflict & ambiguity.
- Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise, delegate and work in a self-directed way.
- Competent in the use of Information Technology.
Other requirements
Essential
- Able to present information written and orally, in a clear and logical manner.
- Commitment to working in partnership with children and families to understand their perception of care needs.
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.
