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Main area: Health Visitor Grade Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time/Part Time available)
Job ref: 824-SOUTH-6488406-C
Site: The Causeway, Town Teddington
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/01/2025 23:59
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing 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 passion.
Job overview
Lead, deliver and influence a comprehensive Health Visiting service in line with the Healthy Child Programme and local service specification that meets the public health needs of local communities, contributing to the delivery of Working Together to Safeguarding Children (2018).
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).
PREVIOUSLY APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY.
Main duties of the job
1. To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative health visiting service, delegating to other members of the health visiting team as appropriate.
2. To provide a skilled, effective and evidence-based health visiting service to clients in various community settings.
3. To work collaboratively with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless service delivery.
4. To collaborate with team colleagues to achieve the Quality Strategy objectives.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse 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
* Coordinating health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets.
* Experience working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working.
* Organizing and managing own workload and that of others.
* Assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans.
* Providing practice-based learning support to others.
* Evidence-based care experience.
* Supervising staff/students.
Skills
* 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.
* Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Office management and caseload organizational skills.
Due to the high number of applications received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply as soon as you can if 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 to anyone, regardless of 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:
* Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
* Race Equality Network
* Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
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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