Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) Band 6
HCRG Care Group
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Job summary
Job purpose Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (health visitors) work within Wiltshire Childrens Community Services to lead and deliver a high quality, proactive service for children and the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme. The aim of the service is to reduce health inequalities, safeguard children and improve outcomes.
This role will be base atone of threelocality hubs inWiltshire
Trowbridge/Melksham/Bradford on Avon
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities
- To deliverthe universal reach of the Healthy Child Programme, assessing health needs and identifying and implementing appropriate interventions for a personalised or targeted response utilising the skills of and delegating to the skill mix team in an outcome-focused context.
- To take responsibility for the outcomes of the children within the defined population and collaborate with key partners to address identified public health needs
- Develop and foster effective professional relationships and networks with families and other key partners.
- Provide families and children 0-5 with a service that promotes their physical, mental, emotional health and wellbeing. This will include partnership working with other agencies.
- To promote health and wellbeing through the universal reach of the healthy child programme and signposting. Referring/introducing to partner agencies as required.
Leadership and Communication skills
- To develop a specialty within own working practice and act as a resource and lead to other health visitors through project development and further training.
- To use evidence-based practice to develop and maintain high quality and cost effective standards for Specialist Public Health Nurse/health visiting practice.
- To provide management and leadership to community nursery nurses and other skill mix team members including allocation meetings, delegation of the mandated visits of the Healthy Child Programme, interventions caseload monitoring and support.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Date posted
08 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/53790/10521
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Yeovil
Somerset
BA22 9QZ
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Yeovil
Somerset
BA22 9QZ
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