Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 381-WC-6530904-F
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust - Various Community
- Town
- West Bromwich
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata/per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Health Visitor
NHS AfC: Band 6
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
‘Calling all Health Visitors’
Are you dynamic, motivated, enthusiastic and passionate about giving children the best start in life?
Do you wish to join an ‘Outstanding’ Health Visiting Service, as rated by the CQC?
If the answer is ‘Yes’, we would very much like to hear from you.
If you would like to see it for yourself, come and visit us.
If you would like an informal visit or need more information, please contact: Clare Deaves on 07980935597 or [email protected]
Main duties of the job
Applicants should be a qualified Nurse/Midwife who have qualified (or currently in training) as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse and require good organisational abilities, excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively, utilising electronic and manual systems.
Excellent knowledge of the current health agenda relating to Children’s Services and Health Visiting is a necessity and the ability to meet the travel requirements of the role.
At SWBH we have been continuing to re-shape the way Health Visitors work and throughout the pandemic we have kept our Health Visitors working safely with local families by introducing new and innovative practices. With the provision of laptops and mobile phones to all our staff and with additional technological solutions, we were able to implement the necessary changes to continue to provide the support our families require and welcome.
Working for our organisation
We offer:
- Integrated team working
- Practice support and clinical/restorative supervision
- Supportive induction package
- Excellent access to training opportunities for professional development
- Comprehensive preceptorship framework for newly qualified Health Visitor’s
- Opportunity to participate in work streams of interest and lead on projects.
- Opportunity to fast track onto our Associate Team Leader programme.
Health Visitors in Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBH) work within corporate teams and are supported by Community Nursery Nurses, a Health Visitor Contact Centre and are led and managed by Health Visitor Team Leaders and Clinical Lead for Health Visiting. All Health Visitors are supported by the safeguarding unit and access safeguarding supervision for vulnerable families from specialist NSPCC trained supervisors. In addition to this, specialist safeguarding Health Visitors develop and deliver safeguarding training to further enhance Health Visiting skills and knowledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered General Nurse with Degree/Diploma in Health Visiting
- • Qualified Nurse Prescriber
- • Evidence of continued Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • An awareness and understanding of the knowledge and skills necessary for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of Health Promotion
- • Experience of working in partnership with other agencies/patients/public
- • Experience of current legislation relating to Child Protection and how it relates to practice
- • Awareness of National & Local Policies on Primary Care
- • Awareness of using Pubic Health approaches
- • Awareness of the needs of people from deprived and diverse communities
Desirable criteria
- • Ability and willingness to contribute to service development opportunities, e.g. developing guidelines, policies, primary care services
- • Experience of clinical supervision and as a facilitator for supervision (or willingness to undertake)
- • Leadership qualities
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Excellent oral and written communication/interpersonal skills
- • Ability to work as part of a team
- • Ability to liaise with relevant agencies
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to deal with conflict
Management
Essential criteria
- • Ability to prioritise and manage own workload and that of others
- • Must be flexible, creative and innovative
- • Ability to adopt a constructive and logical approach to dealing with conflict, and to challenge and support others appropriately and assertively
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to participate in the recruitment and retention process
Written/Communication/Verbal and Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- • Able to complete accurate, concise and contemporaneous patient records, reports and other relevant documents when working within time constraints
- • Able to comment on complex documents such as policies/reports
- • Able to write reports and make referrals to other agencies
- • Have excellent verbal and written skills
- • Have excellent interpersonal skills in order to establish rapport and work effectively with families and colleagues
- • Have good IT skills email, word and excel
- • Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
- • To be able to safely carry out non manual handling procedures
Desirable criteria
- • Be able to write complex reports and formulate policies
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of current issues, policies and frameworks affecting Children’s services
- • Able to deliver evidence based care that is responsive to the needs of patients and carers, and that is negotiated in partnership with service users
- • Ability to carry out comprehensive assessments on children and their carers and evaluate outcomes
- • Prescribe appropriately
- • Working knowledge and understanding of the importance of confidentiality
- • Knowledge and understanding of Agenda for Change, and Knowledge & Skills Framework
- • Understanding of Clinical governance systems and processes
Desirable criteria
- • Understanding of research and audit principles
Working Conditions
Essential criteria
- • To adhere to the lone working policy
- • To work in a variety of settings: clinic, home and children’s centre
- • Able to work flexibly
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Deaves
- Job title
- Health Visitor Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07980935597
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