Health Visitor

Main Duties and Responsibilities To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to identify the health needs of children and young people, their families and the community and contribute to developing a strategy to address individual identified needs as well as those needs within the community. This may include being the Lead Professional in the Early Help Hub Assessment Process To use knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care To identify health needs within a geographical corporate caseload/community To clinically triage the single point of access as required in accordance with agreed procedures Promote local and national public health priorities Respond to health needs assessments by referring to other professionals (e.g. GPs, consultants, speech and language therapists), and statutory and voluntary agencies (e.g. social care, housing, HomeStart) To work with the Locality Lead to support children, young people and families who are considered to be vulnerable or at risk.

To adhere to current safeguarding procedures and participate in child protection case conferences and case review meetings as required Participate in all statutory processes in respect of safeguarding including provision of witness statements, court reports and court attendance Undertake programmes of care in partnership with parents, foster parents and other agencies, designed to safeguard children, and minimise risk Identify children with special educational needs and disability and facilitate support and referrals to maximise developmental potential. Act as a key worker when indicated, ensuring effective, efficient, and appropriate care plans To provide cover for colleagues as requested by your manager To plan evidence-based health promotion programs, order resources, compile teaching plans with aims, objectives, and outcomes, and evaluate the sessions Actively promote community participation and work within a community development / capacity building framework within a multi-agency context To act as a health link for other agencies, e.g., Children Centers, GPs, voluntary services, public and private agencies, and work closely with partner agencies to promote the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families Demonstrate reflective and evidence-based practice and use this to influence strategy and policy development To be competent as a non-medical prescriber maintaining NMC registration and competencies To hold a special interest role and support other staff within the locality and service To link practice with local and national targets and deliver public health programs based on current priorities and targets To contribute to the development of local policies and procedures relevant to their area of work To take responsibility for their own clinical practice including clinical supervision and to adhere to the NMC code of conduct To actively participate in reflective practice development through annual clinical observations. To maintain live mentor status and contribute to a learning environment for SCPHNs, return to practice SCPHNs, new staff members and pre-registration students Communication To communicate complex and sensitive information concerning the child or young persons condition to the childs parents/carers and young person. Able to communicate effectively using appropriate methods and recognising barriers to communication To communicate within the multi-disciplinary team and model effective team working and communication skills, supporting change within the service To develop links with childrens centres, schools and other agencies involved in promoting childrens well-being To work closely with other professional teams and key stakeholders including service users, statutory and non-statutory organisations To act as first line response to complaints working within national and corporate guidelines To contribute to the training of students of nursing and other disciplines, during community experience programmes Budgetary Responsibility To maintain stock control To demonstrate responsible use of resources, with an awareness of budgetary restraints To ensure health monitoring equipment is operating to a high standard, maintained, and calibrated Take responsibility to minimise incurred expenditure e.g., Mileage, telephone calls use of stationary etc People Management To ensure appropriate delegation, allocation and supervision of work and packages of care to the skill mix team.

To include caseload support, monitoring and counter signing records on completion of the allocated intervention work To contribute to the training of students of nursing and other disciplines, during community experience programmes Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process To delegate work to other members of the team related to their capabilities and competencies, ensuring there is clarity regarding the feedback mechanisms Research & Development Acti