Job summary
Are you looking for a Health Visitor role that offers real variety, strong team support, and clear opportunities for development?
At Slough Child and Family Wellbeing Services, you'll be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team, with access to a structured development pathway including the opportunity to become a dual-qualified SCPHN Nurse - and potential progression into strategic Band 7 and 8 roles.
Our service offers a unique working environment where senior leaders, including our Managing Director, are highly visible and actively engaged. You'll feel genuinely heard, with the opportunity to share your ideas and shape the way we work.
As a Health Visitor (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse), you'll lead and deliver high-quality, proactive care in line with the Healthy Child Programme. Our mission is to reduce health inequalities, safeguard children, and improve outcomes by working for the community, with the community.
Main duties of the job
As a Health Visitor, you will:
Act as the public health lead for the health visiting skill-mix team within a defined population or locality area
Deliver theUniversal Partnership Plusreach of the Healthy Child Programme by assessing health needs, implementing targeted or personalised interventions, and delegating effectively to the wider skill-mix team in an outcomes-focused manner
Take responsibility for the outcomes of children on child protection plans within your caseload, working in close collaboration with key partners to address identified public health needs
Develop and maintain strong, professional relationships with families and key stakeholders, fostering effective partnership working
Provide holistic care that supports the physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of children and families particularly those on child protection plans through multi-agency collaboration
Promote health and wellbeing through the universal reach of the Healthy Child Programme, providing advice, signposting, and making referrals to partner agencies when appropriate
Contribute to multi-agency assessments of children and families, taking on the lead professional role where appropriate
Co-manage a caseload as part of a team of Health Visitors, working autonomously and taking full responsibility for the assessment, intervention, and outcomes of your allocated families
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
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.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're 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 doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd 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
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Bank Health Visitor, you'll be working as part of the HCRG Care Group Team in our Slough Health Visiting service. As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:
- £23.06 an hour
- Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
- Request a Duty Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
- HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream- which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
- Opportunities to work indifferent areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience
- Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
- Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual Ask our Executives event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Our ideal candidate will have:
A Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification
Current NMC registration (third part of the register)
Proven experience in leading and working within health visiting teams
A strong track record in delivering interventions that improve outcomes and safeguard children and families
A recognised qualification in supervising or assessing student nurses in practice
Solid working knowledge of evidence-based tools and programmes used in health visiting to support children's development and wellbeing
Confidence in using electronic health records and a range of IT systems
A full UK driving licence and daily access to a car
Experience in line management and team development
The ability to present policies, outcomes, and service impact to commissioners and key stakeholders
Skills in setting goals and managing interventions to deliver measurable outcomes
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Bank Health Visitor, you'll be working as part of the HCRG Care Group Team in our Slough Health Visiting service. As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:
- £23.06 an hour
- Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
- Request a Duty Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
- HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream- which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
- Opportunities to work indifferent areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience
- Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
- Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual Ask our Executives event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Our ideal candidate will have:
A Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification
Current NMC registration (third part of the register)
Proven experience in leading and working within health visiting teams
A strong track record in delivering interventions that improve outcomes and safeguard children and families
A recognised qualification in supervising or assessing student nurses in practice
Solid working knowledge of evidence-based tools and programmes used in health visiting to support children's development and wellbeing
Confidence in using electronic health records and a range of IT systems
A full UK driving licence and daily access to a car
Experience in line management and team development
The ability to present policies, outcomes, and service impact to commissioners and key stakeholders
Skills in setting goals and managing interventions to deliver measurable outcomes
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification
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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.
