Health Visitor

We are looking for qualified Health Visitors to be part a dynamic, committed and integrated team of highly trained, early help professionals. As a Health Visitor in East Sussex you will be working in the 0 - 19 integrated Early Help Service which puts health visiting at the very heart of support for families with children from conception to 5 years. We believe the best way to support children and families is via an integrated approach; our teams are collocated with a range of staff, including, Community Nursery Nurses, Staff Nurses, Early Communication Support Workers, Early Years Practitioners, Volunteer Coordinators, Keyworkers and Youth Workers.

Our Health Visitors are employed by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. We recognise that each family is unique and the service we deliver must accommodate families’ changing needs. Believing our workforce to be our greatest asset, we provide unparalleled levels of supervision and staff support.

Work as part of the skill mix team of Staff Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses and a range of Specialist Health Practitioners to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to improve outcomes for children and families.

Contribute to the Public Health Agenda, meet Public Health targets, reduce health inequalities and act as a professional role model at all times.

You will be an excellent communicator with the skill to address sensitive issues with families in a clear and supportive way. We expect you to share our values of Respect, Partnership and Strength, demonstrating kindness and compassion at all times. We can offer you supportive and accessible line-management with 4-6 weekly high quality clinical and safeguarding supervision from line managers who have undergone supervision training, a workplace with a strong focus on staff wellbeing and laptops and smart phones enabled for agile working on a tailored case notes system. Join us NOW.

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

As a Health Visitor working in the Integrated Early Help Service, we can offer you:

- A Golden Hello of £2000, £1000 on joining the Trust, a further £500 after 6 months in post and a final £500 after 12 months. The opportunity to work closely with specialist services, keyworkers and other partners supporting your families; signposting and referring to services based on the unique needs of the families you work with, such as Toddler Talk, parenting courses, baby groups, volunteering, life skills. You will be able to continue to develop your knowledge of safeguarding children, recognising concerns and how to escalate them appropriately, providing preventative and educative support

for families. You will be working as part of an integrated NHS-County Council team with access to good quality resources and training, development opportunities via delivery of clinical supervision and champion roles and involvement in service development and quality improvement via working groups and audit.

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us