Job summary
Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (health visitors) work within Wiltshire Childrens Community Services to lead and deliver a high quality, proactive service for children and the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme. The aim of the service is to reduce health inequalities, safeguard children and improve outcomes.
Main duties of the job
1. Public health lead for the health visiting skill mixed team within the defined population/locality area. Delivering the universal reach of the Healthy Child Programme, assessing health needs, and identifying and implementing appropriate interventions for a personalised or targeted response utilising the skills of and delegating to the skill mix team in an outcome-focused context.
2. To take responsibility for the outcomes of the children within the defined population and collaborate with key partners to address identified public health needs
3. Develop and foster effective professional relationships and networks with families and other key partners.
4. Provide families and children 0-5 with a service that promotes their physical, mental, emotional health and wellbeing. This will include partnership working with other agencies.
5. To promote health and wellbeing through the universal reach of the healthy child programme and signposting. Referring/introducing to partner agencies as required.
6. To contribute to multi-agency early support assessment of children and families and take on lead professional role where appropriate.
7. To co-manage a caseload within a team of other health visitors acting autonomously and taking responsibility for the outcomes of those allocated for assessment, intervention and management.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) Band 6 youll be part of our valued team atwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
8. Bank Rate of £
9. Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
10. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
11. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
12. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
13. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
14. An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
15. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a numberof our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Person Specification
General Requirements
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