Job responsibilities
Children in Care Council, 2016
We need workers who think about how they treat us. This
means workers who treat us fairly and who show us they care. We dont want to be
labelled and we should be treated like normal people dont look down on us.
Workers need excellent communication skills, this includes listening skills.
Our workers need to be able to listen to our views, ask how and what we are
feeling and make sure they understand what we are saying by checking back with
us. We expect our workers to demonstrate that they respect us and our
experience in real ways by not taking phone calls during meetings, and by
writing down what we say and talking in short simple language. Finally, we
expect our workers to work hard for us. This means doing what they say they
will do, sticking to promises and not making excuses. We expect our workers to
respond promptly to us and provide up to date contact details, especially for
out of hours. It is important that workers build good relationships with us and
are flexible and willing to change their view and always do what is best for
us.
Job Purpose:
To effectively lead and deliver the Healthy Child Programme
(HCP) 0-19 (DH 2010) thereby improving outcomes for children and families.
To contribute to the Public Health Agenda, meet Public
Health targets and reduce health inequalities in partnership with key agencies
meeting National agendas
To promote the protection of children, adhering to the Local
Safeguarding Childrens Board policies and procedures.
To actively lead teams both within Health Visiting and
School Nurses and partner agencies where appropriate, e.g.: Advisory Boards of
Childrens Centres.
A requirement to be rostered regularly in the hub within a
defined geographical area to provide a Single point of access to families and
stakeholders providing information, advice and triaging referrals within the
service.
To work as part of a team to ensure that Key Performance
Indicator targets that are set/negotiated by Local Area Teams/Commissioners for
the service, eg: antenatal visits are met.
To support service development, standard setting, clinical
audit and bench marking, deliver a high quality needs led, safe and effective
service to all client groups.
Key Responsibilities:
This list is intended to summarise the key responsibilities
and is not intended to cover every task that may be required of the role:
To provide effective clinical leadership to the Public
Health nursing team, enabling the team to deliver to the current Health
Visiting and School Nursing standards, ensuring that evidence based practice is
used.
To take responsibility for the line management of support
staff (skill mix) within the team, providing supervision and annual appraisal
as per Devon County Council policy. Support the manager and professional
lead/team leader in the development of the skills and knowledge of the team in
order to maintain the competency level of the whole team. Participate in the
recruitment, selection and retention of staff to enhance skill mix within the
team.
Facilitate inductions for public health nursing staff new to
Devon County Council.
To mentor pre-registration students on a regular basis. To
mentor SCPHN students as needed with the support of a Practice Teacher. To act
as Preceptor for newly qualified practitioners in their first year of practice.
To actively take responsibility for appropriately
identifying, accessing and participating in supervision, according to
individual need i.e.: Child Protection, Restorative, and Clinical.
Work closely with Childrens Centres actively participating
in joint care planning meetings and attending Advisory Board meetings as the
named Health Visitor as per Partnership Agreement.
School nurses to work closely with learning communities,
teachers and Boards of Governors as appropriate.
Has an awareness of national policy and how this affects
local policy and service development and provision.
Initiate and participate in research, audit, surveys and
service user feedback.
To lead meetings in local area bases and delegate work
appropriately to the skill mix team and promote positive team working.
Develop and maintain effective communication networks, with
service users, health care professionals and other statutory and voluntary
organisations
Patient Care Responsibilities
To undertake clinical activities within the scope of
professional practice. E.g. NHSP competencies.
Plan, implement and evaluate health enhancing activities to
meet health needs of the local population through home visiting, community
development, clinics, workshops, support groups and parenting programmes,
focusing on key national and local targets.
To develop a workload profile, identifying needs as
Universal, Universal Plus, Universal Partnership Plus.
To identify children and families in need of early help
through the Common Assessment Framework, known locally as the Early Help
Assessment. To act as Lead Professional as required.
Support and manage projects around health enhancing
activities e.g postnatal support services, Baby Friendly Initiative, promoting
the emotional health of young people.
Act as a named Health Visitor/School nurse within context of
caseload management.
Act in accordance with current local and Trust
guidelines/policies to protect children at risk. Takes professional
responsibility and accountability in the joint decision making process within
the Child Protection arena.
Freedom to Act
Able to work alone, assessing risk within risk management
guidelines, and is accountable for own actions within the Standards, Policies
and Procedures, set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Devon County
Council and local Safeguarding Children Panel. This includes mandatory child
protection clinical supervision.
Able to recognise situations where advice and help are
required from managers, professional or child protection leaders eg:
safeguarding and seeks advice accordingly.
Able to arrange safe, timely and effective responses to
acute situations, for example, disclosure of domestic or child abuse,
individuals with suicidal intent. In such situations, able to offer appropriate
first line assistance and refer appropriately.
Location/Mobility
You may be required to work at or from any additional
location as may be determined by Devon County Council from time to time. Devon
County Council also reserves the right from time to time to change your base on
a permanent basis to a location determined by it at the time the change is
made. You may also be required to travel between Devon County Council premises
for the performance of your duties.
Confidentiality and Information Security
As a Devon County Council employee, you will be required to
uphold the confidentiality of all records held by the company, whether
patients/service records or corporate information. This duty lasts indefinitely
and will continue after you leave the companys employment.
All information which identifies living individuals in
whatever form (paper/pictures, electronic data/images or voice) is covered by
the 1998 Data Protection Act and should be managed in accordance with this
legislation. This and all other information must be held in line with Devon
County Council Policies and NHS national standards including the Records
Management: NHS Code of Practice , NHS Constitution and HSCIC Code of Practice
on Confidential Information and should only be accessed or disclosed lawfully.
Monitoring of compliance will be undertaken by Devon County Council. Failure to
adhere to Information Governance policies and procedures may result in
disciplinary action and, where applicable, criminal prosecution.
Information Governance Responsibilities
As a Devon County Council employee you are responsible for
the following key aspects of Information Governance (not an exhaustive list):
Completion of annual information governance training
Follow Devon County Council Governance Policies and
Procedures
Reading applicable policies and procedures
Understanding key responsibilities outlined in the
Information Governance acceptable usage policies and procedures including Devon
County Council and NHS mandated encryption requirements
Ensuring the security and confidentiality of all records and
personal information assets
Maintaining timely and accurate record keeping and where
appropriate, in accordance with professional guidelines
Adherence to the clear desk/screen policy
Only using email accounts authorised by Devon County Council
e.g. @devon.gov.co.uk, NHSmail etc. These should be used in accordance with
Policies.
Reporting information governance incidents and near misses
to Devon County Council Information Governance using the correct procedure.
Only using approved equipment for the use of Devon County
Council business
Governance
Clinical governance is a framework through which
organisations delivering health and care services are accountable to
continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high
standards of care by creating an environment in which clinical and other forms
of care flourishes. Employees must be aware that clinical governance places a
duty on all staff to ensure that the level of care services they deliver to
patients is safe and high quality, and that they follow/comply with Devon
County Council policies and procedures.
Registered Health Professional
All staff who are a member of a professional body must
comply with standards of professional practice / conduct. It is the post
holders responsibility to ensure they are both familiar with and adhere to
these requirements.
Please refer to full Job Description & Person
Specification on the right hand side when completing your application.
