Health Visitor - 0-19 Service Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

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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 Tower Hamlets.

We have within Tower Hamlets 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 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

1. Identify, assess, monitor, and support children in need including those whose welfare or safety are at risk and in accordance with Child Protection policies and procedures.

2. Be responsible for providing the Healthy Child Programme and service to a defined caseload of families and to have a key role in assessing needs of clients, and planning and implementing appropriate interventions for families on the caseload, working collaboratively and referring, if necessary, to other health, Childrens Social Care and community agencies.

3. Work in partnership with families and communities, acting as a point of reference, to provide advice and be a key referral agent.

4. Ensure productivity targets/KPIs are met for the Health Child Programme especially in relation to the commissioned service specification and including additional contacts for Waltham Forest.

5. Identify, and refer appropriately, children requiring secondary assessment because of undertaking the mandated and any follow up health reviews, andbe responsible for ensuring all vulnerable families on a defined case load are seen appropriately, assessments are made using a strengths-based approach and ensure any concerns are raised with childrens social care and take part in joint working to safeguard the children.

6. Have a key role in teaching and mentoring pre-registration nursing students, supporting training SCPHN students and mentoring newly qualified practitioners in the Health Visiting team.

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.

Read up more about Tower Hamlets here: http://www.towerhamlets.is/

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

Date posted

11 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£42,471 to £50,364 a year Includes high cost area supplements (HCAS).

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours, Annualised hours

Reference number

E0136-23-0064

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

As an integral member of the Health Visiting Service, the Health Visitors 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

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ

Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ

Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

0 to 19 Clinical Lead

Tafadzwa Nyamukapa Mugadzaweta

tafadzwa.nyamukapa-mugadzaweta@nhs.net

07803406852

Date posted

11 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£42,471 to £50,364 a year Includes high cost area supplements (HCAS).

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours, Annualised hours

Reference number

E0136-23-0064

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ

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