Health visitor

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Health Visitor

Trust Location:Hertfordshire Community NHS Foundation Trust

Pay Rates:£21 - £30 Per hour.

Hours: Flexible

About the Trust:

Rated Good in their most recent CQC report,Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT)provides a variety of community health services, including specialist services such as cardiology, neurological rehabilitation, children's mental health and many more. A county of opportunity with something for everyone, Hertfordshire features stunning countryside with a huge range of places to walk, cycle and play whilst boasting good road and rail links to London and the North.

As a member, you will have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- Work this week, get paid next week.
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- Access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone.
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days Call us anytime.
• Multi-locational - Work across neighboring Trusts
• First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust- Access before they are made available to agency.
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- Access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements.
• Training and development opportunities
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work.
• Stakeholder pension scheme available.

What you will be responsible for:

• To be responsible for leading and delivering the Healthy Child Programme against the 6 early years high impact areas, ensuring services are provided within the tiered model approach building community capacity, universal, universal plus and universal partnership plus.
• To be professionally accountable and responsible and adhere to and apply the NMC standard.
• Making Every Contact Count to enable the opportunistic delivery of consistent and concise healthy lifestyle information.
• Work with parents and children to promote the physical, emotional, and social development of pre-school children and beyond. To apply the principles of the Solihull approach in all work undertaken with children, young people, and families.

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialize in putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members. As an equal opportunities' organization, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.

Apply Today

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 6 months paid experience in a Health Visitor role within the last 3 years.

Qualifications

Essential

• All Registered Nurse roles will be required to provide evidence of :-
• Statement of NMC Registration
• Degree /Diploma in Nursing
• Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current Health Visitor practices.
• Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current Health Visitor practices.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Hertfordshire Community Nhs Trust

Ronsons Way

St. Albans

Hertfordshire

AL4 9XR

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)