Student Health Visitor - SCPHN training

Job responsibilities

The student health visitor will learn how to lead in the provision of a family centred, evidence based public health service that promotes and improves health and addresses inequalities to a defined caseload, population or community.

This will be achieved through shadowing experienced staff and participating in the delivery of public health nursing model at a community and universal reach, progressing to learning about the targeted response and specialist response level. The student will work in line with the Local Authorities corporate objectives and will be expected to make a positive contribution to the provision of public health services. The student health visitor is expected to work in line with the Southend City Council values and behaviours delivering excellent care with compassion. This is underpinned by policies, guidance and operating procedures developed from evidence-based research as well as opportunities to update knowledge through our education forums and skills & drills sessions.

A full Job description and Person Specification is attached.

The student health visitor will learn about becoming the key health professional for a specific caseload, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high quality services to families, using research based evidence to inform practice within agreed professional standards.

The student health visitor will have opportunities to work in partnership with Social Care and other statutory agencies in assessing and providing quality care to children within a selective caseload whilst supported by experienced colleagues within the health visiting team.

Key responsibilities will include workingto build effective relationships that support all team members to ensure optimum service delivery

Establish and maintain partnerships with families and other agencies in a multi-agency and integrated working environment

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual/family focused/group programs of care, under the direction of the Health Visitor / School Nurse and work in partnership with other agencies, including early years provision/schools

To adhere to the Southend City Council Healthy Child frameworks and pathways in relation to our client group

To be aware of and demonstrate increasing skills and knowledge in assessment and decision making in relation to local safeguarding, looked after children, domestic abuse and vulnerable children policies and procedures.

Assist in planning, delivery and evaluation public health initiatives through community-based health promotion activities which reflect need and meet the key performance targets of the organisation

To develop into an autonomous practitioner and take responsibility for the care given to patients clients/ families within own limits of competency and confidence

For further information please see attached job description.

Additional

Essential

• Current driving license with access to a car for duration of training period
• An understanding of the demands of academic work
• Flexibility in combining theoretical and practical demands of course
• Demonstrates a non-judgmental approach
• Adaptable and flexible approach to the delivery of the service
• Ability to travel across a defined location independently as required by the organisation
• Ability to cope with physical demands of role
• Awareness and acceptance of the rights and needs of the service users and staff

Experience

Essential

• Proactive vision of service delivery
• Able to communicate with a high level of interpersonal and organisational skills Ability to demonstrate responsibility and accountability
• Demonstrate an understanding of multidisciplinary /skill mix workforce management
• Evidence of current knowledge of National and Local policies and ability to relate it to practice
• Application of evidence-based practice
• Demonstrates negotiation skills
• Motivates and inspires confidence in self and others
• Reflective practitioner
• Experience of facilitating learning and development
• Demonstrates IT knowledge and skills Demonstrates presentation skills in line

Desirable

• Experience of inter-agency working
• Experience of Clinical Supervision

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse - relevant
• pathways - Adult / Paediatric/ Learning
• Disability/ Mental health/ Midwife
• First level degree or equivalent.
• To demonstrate the ability to study at level 7.
• Evidence of academic study at Level 6 in the last 5 years.
• If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.0 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Desirable

• Qualified mentor
• Evidence of graduate or post-graduate qualifications
• Evidence of post registration learning
• Currently be working in a nursing role or one relevant to public health nursing.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Can demonstrate advanced decision making / problem solving skills
• Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, innovative approach to delivery of care
• Approachable, compassionate, empathetic and non-judgmental attitude
• Flexible approach with ability to accept and lead on change
• Can demonstrate accountability
• Ability to work well in a skill mix team
• Awareness and acceptance of the rights and needs of service users and staff
• Sensitive to cultural differences and the impacts these have on family life

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).