We are looking for an ambitious Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) to join our award-winning service in Somerset. Using your lived experience, you will be able to get involved in service development and share ideas and best practice.
* The salary for this post is in line with Agenda for Change Band 6, which has a current salary range of £37,338 to £44,962 per annum (£22,402 to £26,977 for 22.5 hours pro rata)
* 22.5 hours per week
* Frome area
* Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, subject to meeting certain criteria, or auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
If you want to get to know our team, come and visit us or learn more about the role; we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You must be an NMC registered Nurse or Midwife with a SCPHN qualification and an interest in holistically addressing the health needs of children aged 0-5 years and their families.
We are a team with a strong Public Health Focus committed to improving the health and well-being of our children and families in Somerset using good leadership skills and a sound knowledge base in safeguarding and child protection processes.
Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a car for work. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Job responsibilities
1. Responsible for ensuring the co-ordination and delivery of skilled, effective care to promote positive health and respond to identified, individual client and population/community needs.
2. Provide professional and team leadership to manage a defined team delivering care to a geographical caseload/population.
3. Work with vulnerable children and families in line with national and local policies relating to safeguarding children.
4. Work in partnership with other agencies, particularly health services, education and social care.
5. Identify those children who are vulnerable and/or at risk from harm.
6. Attend professionally related working groups as appropriate.
7. Maintain a working knowledge of public health targets and frameworks.
8. Responsible for care plans/programmes delegated to members of the health visiting team.
9. Work in partnership with families and other agencies to promote and support a healthy lifestyle.
10. Provide safe and competent advice for individual clients receiving care.
11. Investigate and report complaints and incidents at a team level.
12. Offer advice, guidance and support to children and families.
13. Understand, uphold and promote the aims of the council's equality, diversity and inclusion policies.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience of working across agencies.
* Evidence of child protection experience.
Qualifications
* Registered Health Visitor Public Health Specialist Practitioner Degree (or equivalent qualification pre-1988).
* Leadership programme or prepared to undertake a course.
Knowledge and skills
* Demonstrate working knowledge of the Public Health and Preventative Strategy.
* Ability to organise and deliver education in a 1-1 or group setting.
* Proven clinical and managerial leadership ability.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary.
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