Health Visitor

Job summary

If you are an amazinghealth visitor that wants to positively impact the outcomes for children, youngpeople and their families across East Surrey then read on

An exciting opportunityhas arisen for a passionate, innovative and motivated bank health visitor tojoin our mixed skilled 0-19 team which forms a part of Children and FamilyHealth Surrey, and help make our service even stronger.

We would welcomeapplications from health visitors that possess excellent clinical,interpersonal and communication skills, are able to use their initiative andvalue our strong approach to team working.

If you have a goodunderstanding of children, young people and their families and could deliverthe healthy child programme to the wonderfully diverse population across EastSurrey wed really like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Our health visitors are supportedby our clinical specialists, clinical team leaders, service managers and oursafeguarding team to provide excellent professional practice and to furtherdevelop their skills and knowledge.

About us

Do you want to be part of an organisation that is committedto providing first rate care and services to its local community?

First Community is a CQC rated Good staff ownedsocial enterprise, which delivers NHS community services to residents across East Surrey and in parts of West Sussex.

First Community is a great place to work, everyone here has a voice and is supported to develop their careerto its full potential. We offer all our staff: NHS terms and conditions, highquality training and development opportunities, flexible working to enable agood work life balance, an inclusive and friendly work environment, an NHSpension, flexible retirement options and employee benefits including a carsalary sacrifice scheme.

First Community values diversity and inclusion and iscommitted to the recruitment and retention of under-represented minoritygroups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minorityethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

Sustainability is integral to First Community achievingthe NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged andsupported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for delivering theHealthy Child Programme. Health Visitors carry continuing responsibility forthe assessment of health needs, including the development, implementation andevaluation of packages of care. To support the development and implementationof processes and audit to improve the delivery of the Healthy Child Programmeto clients within the FCHC area leading to improved childrens health outcomes.To support and line manage skill mix within the 0-19 teams.

Whencompleting your application please refer to both the Application Guide and fullJob Description - these can be found under supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered General Nurse Health Visitor SCPHN Current NMC registration part 3 register

Desirable

Child protection supervisor Clinical supervision facilitator Mentorship qualification Solihull Approach Trained

Experience

Essential

Evidence of professional development Experience of initiating and participating in clinical audit and research Evidence of leadership Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

Experience of staff management

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills Broad range of clinical skills Leadership skills Ability to organise the work load, delegate and prioritise Good knowledge of health and safety risk management IT skills Effective written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

Teaching, presentation and facilitation skills

Knowledge

Essential

Good understanding of current community childrens health service issues Knowledge of principles of supervision , audit and research Knowledge of personal style of influencing and application of appropriate style Ability to understand key element of change management in relation to childrens community health services

Other

Essential

Valid licence to drive in UK with access to a car for business use

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