Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-LIT1274
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Parkview Health and wellbeing Center
- Town
- Various
- Salary
- £22.92 pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 26/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank B6 Health Visitor -INW
6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
Job Purpose
To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative health visiting service, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the health visiting team to ensure delivery of a high-quality service
To provide a skilled, effective and evidence-based health visiting service to clients in a variety of community settings.
Monday to Friday ,Condensed hours Tuesday to Friday
To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities
To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives.
The post holder will be responsible for:
· Clinical
· Quality and Performance
· Management and Leadership
· Professionalism
· Training and Teaching
Main duties of the job
· To contribute to the undertaking and reporting of performance measures, alerting Team Leads of any shortfalls
· Ensure the timely and correct entry of clinical and statistical data onto electronic patient records and systems as required by the Trust
· To support the Team Lead with the delivery of the CSU Quality Strategy action plan
· To actively seek out the voice of the client/child
· To report all near misses/incidents on the Trust wide system
· To attend a quality meeting e.g., PSRG once a year
· To actively participate in clinical and safeguarding supervision on a regular basis in line with organisational guidelines.
· To provide clinical supervision to others in line with Trust policy.
· Actively participate in the learning from incidents/complaints e.g., 7-minute briefings
Working for our organisation
CLCH NHS Trust is currently re-shaping the way Health Visitors work, looking at new and innovative practices to improve health across London. This includes agile working and provision of laptops to all staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and agree tailored health plans as required
· Utilising specialist skills and knowledge, advise and support individuals and families on evidence-based health care practices.
· Understand the caseload profile including the health needs of the defined population and local communities, targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
· Initiate referrals to multi-disciplinary/agency colleagues as required to ensure adequate care and support for families and children
· Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual/group programmes of care that meet the public health needs of the population
· To develop and delegate appropriately the implementation of regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and to specific groups and individuals.
· To facilitate the promotion of the national immunisation programme to ensure maximum possible protection against disease.
· To provide care and attention to the needs of children identified as at risk and / or with complex needs, taking appropriate action when required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
- Current NMC registration
- Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
- Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children’s Plan etc.)
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service • Willingness to facilitate and support the learning of others in the practice environment
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
- Shanelle Green
- Job title
- Bank Recruitment Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033978322
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