Job summary
- Main area
- Health Visiting
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-CR6059027-B
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hartwell Wing, Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locality Clinical Lead - Public Health Nursing Team
Band 7
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day, using your skills, experience and compassion to help families. An exciting opportunity has arisen within the 0-5+ Public Health Nursing Team (Health Visiting Service) for a Locality Clinical Lead. If you are looking for a new challenge and are motivated this could be for you.
We will be looking for an experienced Health Visitor for this permanent position, who must have strong, well developed clinical skills . They must be able to demonstrate strong leadership and a willingness to support the service innovation and development.
Main duties of the job
The Locality Clinical Lead will take a key role with the other Locality Clinical Leads across Bucks and Service Leads for the ongoing delivery of the 0-19+ Healthy Child Programme and support in the implementation of innovations to improve service delivery for a progressive Health Visiting offer for 2024+.
Evidence of recent professional development, leadership and supervision skills is essential, but you will benefit from ongoing support and development in the post. You must have experience in delivering training, developing public health projects and facilitating change. You will need to have good organisational skills and be an excellent communicator.
If you would like to join our team and make a tangible difference to children, young people and families lives we would like to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
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What do we stand for?
• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
2. EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse or Midwife inc Adult, Mental Health, Children or Learning Disability Nursing
- Specialist Practitioner Qualification in Health Visiting
- Evidence of Leadership training
- Evidence of having undertaken training in supervision skills
- Willing to undertake further personal and professional development required to fulfil the role
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development Nurse Prescribing
- Community Practice Educator qualification
- Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA)
- Mentorship in Professional Practice (ENB 998 or MSPP)
3. EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Significant recent experience of working as a Health Visitor delivering the Healthy Child programme.
- Experience of implementing agreed programmes of change
- Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries,
- Experience of successful team working, supervision and appraisal of staff.
- Experience of delivering high quality teaching and delivery of health education information to groups/ individuals.
- Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
4. SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of local and national strategic developments, legislation and policy relating to children's policy.
- Understanding of clinical governance and the application of research and evidence based practice in delivery of services
- Knowledge and a broad understanding of the Public Health agenda for children and families.
- Aware of confidentiality code of practice in relation to patient information and staff
- Working with children, young people and parents in a variety of settings.
- Ability to work with staff to achieve performance targets for Health Visiting
- Well organised and be able to manage own time effectively and to guide others prioritising their caseloads
- Ability to prioritise caseloads and service delivery across teams
- Ability to engage and motivate staff to embrace change
- High level of communication and interpersonal skills both written and oral
- Ability to manage challenging situations
- Excellent negotiating skills and demonstrate ability to work in partnership with senior colleagues in other areas
- Excellent IT/computer skills including excel, word, powerpoint
- Sound clinical skills in related profession and up to date portfolio
5. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to various community sites on a daily basis.
- Reliable, trustworthy and demonstrates professional integrity
- The post requires a degree of agility and the ability to carry and manoeuvre light to moderate loads
- Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
- Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
- Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Jenny Chapman
- Job title
- Service Lead for Health Visiting
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07876 391217
- Additional information
Susan Demetriou
Locality Team Lead for North Bucks
07743 761826
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