Do you want to make a tangible difference to people's lives, with the best of London on your doorstep?
Main area: Health Visitor Grade Band 6
Contract: Permanent, Full time roles - 4 x 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 824-ONW-6559893-D
Site: Sudbury Primary Care Centre, Town: Wembley
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/01/2025 23:59
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities in 11 London Boroughs and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
Are you a qualified Health Visitor or currently studying the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse training in Health Visiting?
Are you a retired health visitor looking to return to practice?
We have exciting opportunities for you to join one of our forward-thinking and innovative Universal Health Visiting teams in Brent.
We have a range of part and full-time Band 6 Health Visiting posts across Brent. You will be either qualified or currently in training for your Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification with a passion for public health nursing seeking new ways of working with families.
Our skill mix teams use frameworks such as MESCH and MESCH Infant2School to deliver our progressive service and continue to seek and develop innovative ways of working with Brent families to enable children to have their best start in life.
From April 2023, a Recruitment premia has been introduced to attract and retain qualified Health Visitors within CLCH’s Health Visiting Teams.
For registered Band 6 Health Visitors, this post is offering a premium of £2,500 payable upon commencement of employment (T&C’s apply)
Main duties of the job
We work in partnership with Brent Family Wellbeing Centre and local maternity services to deliver Best Start for Life. We believe in co-design and family-centered care. In return, we offer preceptorship and supportive inductions, corporate membership of the iHV and SAPNA, excellent professional development opportunities, and access to the CLCH Academy.
Your training and development prospects are always available and encouraged. The team is extremely supportive throughout your career. You will be joining friendly, well-established skill mixed teams, working with Health Visitors who continually strive to work in partnership with families and early years and maternity services and other voluntary and statutory agencies to provide high-quality care to achieve positive outcomes for families in Brent.
You will be supported by Team Leaders and Specialist Health Visitors and be offered a recruitment and retention package, £2,500 payable upon commencement of employment (T&C’s apply).
Working for our organisation
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities in 11 London Boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
* A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
* Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
* Flexible working options
* Training, support, and development in your career
At CLCH, we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard, and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To plan, organize, and evaluate an innovative health visiting service, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the health visiting team to ensure delivery of a high-quality service.
* To provide a skilled, effective, and evidence-based health visiting service to clients in a variety of community settings.
* To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities.
* To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full list of responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse / Midwife with current UK NMC registration
* Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
* Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
* Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards
Experience
* Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets.
* Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working.
* Experience of organizing and managing own workload and that of others.
* Experience of assessing, planning, and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans.
* Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others.
* Experience of evidence-based care.
* Experience of supervising staff/students.
Skills and Knowledge
* Knowledge of recent developments in primary care.
* Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice.
* Knowledge of current health legislation.
* Current knowledge of child protection issues.
* Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills.
* Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process, and clinical governance.
* Knowledge of NMC Code.
* Knowledge of Personal Development Planning.
* Knowledge of clinical supervision.
* Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice.
* Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
* Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organize, review, and prioritize own workload and others.
* Able to delegate work effectively and safely.
* Ability to be flexible and responsive.
* Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice.
* Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilize research evidence in practice.
* Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working.
* Office management and caseload organizational skills.
* Able to work in a team.
* Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service.
* Willingness to facilitate and support the learning of others in the practice environment.
Other
* Able to travel round the locality (car/bike/public transport/foot).
* Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust’s Values and Behaviours.
* Able to demonstrate excellence in Customer Service.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email, so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH, we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard, and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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