Employer Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Enfield Town Enfield
Salary £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro-rata if LTFT)
Salary period Yearly
Closing 16/03/2025 23:59
Health Visitor
NHS AfC: Band 6
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
We are currently seeking to recruit an enthusiastic highly motivated Health Visitor (Full and Part time) to join the Enfield Health Visiting teams. We are looking for health visitors with excellent clinical and communication skills to join our 0-5 yrs health visiting team, contributing to the delivery of the 'The Healthy Child Programme' across Enfield. We welcome all applicants, experienced or newly qualified. The teams consist of Health Visitors, Community Staff Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses and Health Visitor Assistance under the management of a team Lead. We are proud to be a community that cares, delivering our services to our clients as a team, whilst supporting our employers as individuals.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a qualified Health Visitor. You will work autonomously as part of the Health Visiting Team managing a designated caseload of children and families, in order to improve their health and enable them to reach their full potential.
You will manage an identified enhanced caseload and work collaboratively with other agencies to provide high quality care to children and families. Child protection work will involve gathering and analysing information to make informed assessments, appropriate referrals and participating and contributing at case conferences and core group meetings.
To identify and monitor the health needs of a given population and facilitate the implementation of evidence based health care.
To develop public health initiatives in line with local and national priorities which promote, protect and improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities.
To support the Team Lead/Manager CYP in developing innovative practice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
* To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the provision of care for children and families in accordance with the principles and practice of Health Visiting by undertaking home visits and contacts at other community venues e.g. Children Centres.
* To manage and prioritise workload according to the identified health needs of the children and families within the community ensuring the effective use of resources.
* To lead on the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (2009).
* To be responsible for the supervision, line management and delegation of duties of to the skill mix team.
* Delivery of key performance indicators (KPIs) within required time scales.
* To compile caseload/community profiles/health needs assessments in order to establish the health needs of the community and to plan and implement appropriate public health initiatives.
* To review regularly with the Team Leader and Child Protection Supervisor in supervision families causing concern, record agreed action and follow through according to Trust and Safeguarding policies.
* To liaise with the School Health Service, with particular reference to vulnerable children, their families and children with special needs.
* To adopt a team approach to Health Visiting, working in close collaboration with other members of the team, offering support and providing reciprocal cover for colleagues in their absence.
* To organise, develop and participate in public health activities including health promotion with individuals and groups.
* To adopt champion roles in line with the 6 High Impact Areas of the Healthy Child programme and other specialist roles.
* To develop effective partnerships and relationships with primary and secondary health care colleagues, statutory and voluntary agencies.
* To work within the policies and guidelines set out by the Trust and NMC Code of Conduct.
* To take responsibility for Nurse Prescribing in line with National and local guidelines.
* To inform the Team Leader/ Clinical Lead about work load constraints that may adversely affect the level of service which can be provided.
* To ensure that all untoward incidents, accidents and areas of clinical risk are identified and reported in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
* To keep contemporaneous notes and accurate records and maintain client confidentiality according to NMC and Trust guidelines.
* To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post.
* To promote, develop and foster an environment that is conducive to learning for students and skill mix staff including mentorship and preceptorship of junior staff and students.
* To participate in research/audit and statistical data which are approved and agreed.
* To contribute to policies and the development and implementation of care pathways.
* To advise on the treatment of minor ailments/illnesses in children.
* To promote the uptake of immunisations for all children in accordance with Department of Health guidelines.
* To practise as a Nurse Prescriber in accordance with the NMC and Organisational procedures and guidelines, providing appropriate advice and treatment for children and families and reviewing effectiveness of any medication prescribed.
* Administration of BCG immunisations if required/undertaking new born blood spot screening for under ones.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
* Registered Adult Nurse
* Registered Children’s Nurse
* Registered Mental Health Nurse
* Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification (Health Visiting)
* Current NMC Registration for Health Visiting
* Registered Nurse Prescriber (NMC V100)
* Evidence of continual professional development at level 6
Skills and abilities
* Excellent, adaptable communication skills both written and verbal
* Ability to support children and families to make informed decisions in relation to their health and well-being
* Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment
* Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice
* Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
* Ability to manage and prioritise workload and work in a self - directed way
* A range of clinical skills including assessment of development, health and identification of vulnerable children and their families.
* Competent in the use of technology
* Experience of managing staff within a team
* Experience of working with diverse populations
* Experience as a Practice Assessor/Supervisor
Experience
* Experience of specialist knowledge with reference to child development, perinatal mental health, child protection
* Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
* Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
* Experience of ensuring that clinical practice is based on sound evidence and audit
* Experience of managing staff within a team
* Experience of working with diverse populations
* Experience as a Practice Assessor/Supervisor
* Honesty and conscientiousness
Values
* Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Other requirements
* The ability to travel to a variety of sites within the Trust is essential.
* Car driver essential and access to use of a car
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.
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If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
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