An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Health Visitor/midwife to take on a leadership role and join the new Pre and Post Birth Multiagency Team. The team will work jointly with Children's Social Care to offer an enhanced health visiting service throughout the antenatal period until 1yr post birth. The team will be co-located within Lynton House in Ilford to ensure good multi-agency working.
The post holder will be a Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visitor and Midwife. The post holder will lead the health element of the multiagency team based within Redbridge local authority to support mothers, fathers, and babies during the antenatal and postnatal period up to baby's first birthday.
The post holder will support the development of the pre and post-birth multiagency team, working with the local authority. They will be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative.
The post holder will work within the wider senior leadership team to deliver the vision of the Trust to provide a quality-led service, which is best in class and helps Babies, Children, Young People (BCYP) and their families to live and achieve the lives they want.
Main duties of the job
1. To be responsible for ensuring the team is working to an agreed framework.
2. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
3. To ensure that Healthy Child Programme mandated checks are maintained for designated caseload.
4. To deputise when required in the operational lead's absence and delegate appropriately to the team.
5. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling.
6. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
7. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
8. To supervise pre-registration students.
9. To employ professional curiosity in your day-to-day role and act upon any findings appropriately.
10. To ensure that a strengths-based approach is applied when working with families.
11. To be responsible and effectively manage the budget related to the team.
12. To influence service development resulting from audits and feedback.
13. To deputise for the 8b Head of Service where required.
14. To be an autonomous practitioner, with the ability to make decisions to benefit the service.
About us
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) pro rata for part-time staff.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
2. The post holder will have Current Effective Status on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) SCPHN Health Visitor and Midwife.
3. To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.
4. To offer expert skills and knowledge to ensure plans of care are developed that meet the complex health, emotional, social and psychological needs of the baby and parents.
5. To offer expert health knowledge within the multiagency team.
6. To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
7. To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature and peer review.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor
* NMC registered Midwife
* Level 4 Safeguarding
* Evidence of CPD
Desirable
* Masters degree or equivalent
* Leadership programme
Experience
Essential
* Minimum of 2 years post SCPHN qualification, working actively as a Health Visitor
* Line management experience at band 7 or above
* Experience of using a strengths-based approach to care
* Experience of working with families with safeguarding needs
* Experience of working with babies, children, young people and their families in the community setting.
* Caseload management of safeguarding - child protection
* Delivery of safeguarding supervision
* Experience of using trauma-informed practice
* Experience of interagency working
* Experience of managing HR issues
Desirable
* Audit experience
* Teaching experience
* Experience of managing a healthcare budget or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of Working Together to Safeguard Children
* Clinical knowledge of the principles underpinning effective Child Protection practice
* Knowledge of commissioning
Desirable
* Expert knowledge of current practice relating to safeguarding children/child protection and think family
Skills
Essential
* Ability to assess babies, children and young people using the assessment framework
Desirable
* Change management skills
* Presentation skills
Employer details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
Lynton House
Ilford
IG1 1NY
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