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Health Visitor Assistant

3 months ago

Enfield, United Kingdom North Middlesex University Hospital Full time

Job overview

The Health Visiting Assistant is a member of the Universal Children’s Skill mix Team who assists the Health Visitor by undertaking agreed activities and Services for clients that promote health and prevent ill health in both a home and clinic environment.

The post holder will provide comprehensive administration support to the Health Visiting team and ensure that clients are able to make effective use of health promotion materials and information.

Main duties of the job

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To work as part of the Health Visiting teams, undertaking agreed activities within child health clinics and in the home environment, and reporting back to the Health Visitor in accordance with agreed protocols. To undertake home visits as delegated by the Health Visitor. To undertake open access clinics for parents/carers To assist the Health Visitor in the implementation and evaluation of individual care plans and the maintenance of own RIO progress notes To provide comprehensive support and cover for the Health Visiting Service across the Trust. To support Health Visitors in child health clinics by undertaking growth monitoring and assessment and group work activities. To undertake growth measurement measurements in school as part of the National child measurement programme when required To undertake other relevant duties as delegated by the Health Visitor.

Working for our organisation

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To work as part of the Health Visiting teams, undertaking agreed activities within child health clinics and in the home environment, and reporting back to the Health Visitor in accordance with agreed protocols. To undertake home visits as delegated by the Health Visitor. To undertake open access clinics for parents/carers To assist the Health Visitor in the implementation and evaluation of individual care plans and the maintenance of own RIO progress notes To provide comprehensive support and cover for the Health Visiting Service across the Trust. To support Health Visitors in child health clinics by undertaking growth monitoring and assessment and group work activities. To undertake growth measurement measurements in school as part of the National child measurement programme when required To undertake other relevant duties as delegated by the Health Visitor. To be familiar with Children’s Centres and local programmes to facilitate parents in accessing the Children Centre Community Services and other local initiatives. To be responsible for some co-ordination and organisation of HVA work and support the development of systems across the Health Visiting teams.

Communication

Dealing with sensitive or contentious information To participate in team meetings To assist in developing and maintaining good working relationships with all colleagues, clients and carers. To be conversant with the Trust’s Child Protection Procedures, referring any concerns to the Health Visitors.

Patient/Customer Care (if applicable) (both direct and indirect)

To undertake home visits as delegated by the Health Visitor To contribute to the development and implementation of programmes of treatment/ care/support for children, young people, families and carers under the guidance of Health Visitor To assist Health Visitor with developmental reviews as required To undertake growth monitoring and assessment in well baby clinics. Undertaking group work activities including the NCMP when required. To contribute to the identification of the Public Health needs of individuals and communities; and working within specified agreed national and local targets. To contribute to the planning, and implementation of effective health promotion and health education programmes for client group within communities to support Public Health Outcomes.

People (HR) Management

To participate in local induction of other staff

Information Management

Responsible for the maintenance of own record keeping on Patient record information system (RIO) and to adhere to record keeping standards in accordance with Trust guidelines. To have excellent computer skills and be willing to undertake Information Technology training, to develop skills in electronic record keeping and data collection/collation.

Policy Development

To participate and contribute to research, audit and evaluation of new ways of working. To adhere to all Trust policies, procedural guidelines and current legislation

Service Development

To participate and contribute to developing practices or protocols

Personal development

To take part in the annual appraisal of work activities, agreeing objectives and a personal development plan in line with the Trust’s Policy Attend mandatory training and other training programmes as requested by the line manager/ Professional development lead or as directed according to Service needs Attend management and safeguarding supervision as per Trust policy

Systems and Equipment

To maintain equipment and report to senior staff when there is any malfunction

To be aware of Health and Safety hazards in the working environment and report them to a senior member of staff. To be aware of Trust policies and procedures with regard to Health and Safety.

Effort, Mental and Environment

Effort and environment

Physical effort

Frequently exerts light/moderate physical effort, for short periods Frequent short periods of driving

Mental effort

Frequent concentration to complete assessment and analysis of client need Work pattern altering to meet service need and prioritising work issues accordingly with changes faced Car driving for liaison with agencies and to attend meetings and training Sitting moderate periods in the office when using visual display units / writing records / correspondence

Emotional effort

Occasional exposure to distressing/highly distressing circumstances Dealing with difficult family situations or circumstances Discussing concerns and negotiating outcomes re safeguarding children with colleagues, primary and secondary care professionals

Working conditions

Occasionally dealing at times with difficult people/scenarios involving colleagues and primary and secondary care

Occasional driving within wide geographical area for visits/meetings in all weather conditions Frequently sharing offices and hot desking Frequently needing to work flexibly in a variety of community settings Occasional unpredictable and diverse work across a spectrum of scenarios Occasionally exposed to unpleasant working conditions and occasionally exposed to highly unpleasant working conditions such as: Road traffic hazards Inclement weather Lone working / working in isolation

Person specification

essential

Essential criteria

Education and qualifications •Good general educational standards - Maths and English

Desirable criteria

Education and qualifications working knowledge of computer programmes

essential

Essential criteria

Experience and Knowledge •Knowledge of Health Visiting/School Nursing service •Awareness of children’s different values / cultures and beliefs •Knowledge of Safeguarding Children

Desirable criteria

Experience Experience of working in a caring environment

essential

Essential criteria

Skills and abilities •Experience of working in a caring environment •Excellent Communication Skills •Able to prioritise between competing demands •Able to work in different environments •Is confident in asking for advice or support and able to use supervision •Is able to recognise the boundaries of the post and refer clients appropriately •Uses Initiative – excellent organisational skills

Desirable criteria

Skills and abilities Use of RIO

essential

Essential criteria

Personal qualities •Has respect for the different values, cultures and beliefs held by clients and colleagues •Enjoys working with children, families and diverse communities •Time Management •Ability to prioritise workload •Enjoys working within a team

Desirable criteria

Personal qualities

essential

Essential criteria

Other requirements •Car driver for business use •Access and use of own private vehicle

Desirable criteria

Other requirements

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

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