An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Brent Universal Children's Service, and we are seeking a MECSH (Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home visiting) Advisor to lead on the continuing delivery of MECSH and support Health Visitors in our Universal Health Visiting services across Brent.
You will be joining a forward thinking and innovative integrated Universal Children's Service providing Health Visiting, School Nursing, Infant Nutrition and Healthy Weight services in Brent. We have excellent relationships with services across Brent and work in partnership with Brent Family Well Being Centres and the Brent Early Years Teams.
You will be a registered SCPHN Health Visitor practitioner with significant experience in practice. You will have been offering MECSH or similar in your current or previous role and keen to see this offer of support to families continue and grow. You will also support the delivery of quality family centred care where children are at the heart of the work you lead. You will have a passion for public health nursing seeking new ways of working with families.
Main duties of the job
You will seek and develop innovative ways of working with Brent families to enable children to have their best start in life. You will provide focused MECSH leadership, advise, support and training to the Health Visiting Service. You will be supported by a Clinical Services Manager and Clinical Lead and the Team Leaders of the Universal Service along with the wider resources of the Clinical Service Unit, Division, CLCH and the CLCH Academy. MECSH UK are also a resource for you. You will also have corporate membership of the iHV and SAPHNA.
Job responsibilities
Context:
Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) is a licenced intervention programme delivered within a CBUs Health Visiting service. There are clear criteria for referral of clients into the MECSH programme.
Job Purpose:
The MECSH Advisor will work with the CBU leadership team and Health Visitor teams. They will have the key responsibility to support the Health Visitors to effectively implement the MECSH Programme within their practice and work collaboratively with them to improve the equity and quality of child and family health service delivery.
The MECSH Advisor will support clinical practices for the MECSH programme within their allocated team through training, reflection, supervision and case review. They will hold a small pro-rated caseload of generic clients which will include MECSH clients.
Please refer to the attached job description for full list of responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse or Midwife
* Registered Specialist Community and Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Current NMC registration
* Post-graduate master's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant subject area or working towards
Experience
* Evidence of significant post-registration Health Visitor experience in supporting families in complex situations
* Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
* Experience of evidence-based practice
* Experience of managing risks for children and families, and reporting and escalating concerns
* Experience of effective management of a safeguarding children case load
* Experience of innovative practice
Skills and Knowledge
* Knowledge of national child protection guidance and policies, relevant NSFs and other national standards
* Knowledge of NMC Code
* Knowledge of current health care legislation and policy, and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
* Detailed knowledge of primary care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
* Knowledge of clinical governance
* Knowledge of clinical supervision
* Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
* Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice
* Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
* Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans accordingly
* Understanding of the public sector
* Good IT skills and the ability to use a range of packages including community recording systems
Other
* Able to carry out the duties of the post
* Able to travel around the area covered by the organisation (car/bike/public transport/foot)
* Deemed fit by Employee Health to deliver the role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS
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