Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Health Visiting
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday 9-5, flexible working/part-time option)
Job ref: 846-6860106-EP-B
Site: Churchill Centre, Royal British Legion Village, Preston Hall Town, Aylesford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing date: 26/05/2025 23:59
Job overview
Working as part of the Health Visiting Team, you will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme in accordance with national and local strategy/guidance. This will include the provision of antenatal and postnatal period programmes, conducting universal mandated checks and packages of care in line with evidence-based practice.
You will work in partnership with partner agencies in the identification and protection of vulnerable children and contribute to the development of care plans, working in accordance with local and professional guidelines. Health Visitors will contribute to the completion of agreed outcomes for delegated Children Protection cases as per agreed multi-agency care plans, ensuring regular communication with caseload holders.
The Health Visiting service operates an open access service to children and families within home, community, and primary care settings to promote a healthy lifestyle within the local population, giving particular attention to the identified health needs of the locality and target groups such as children 0-5 years and vulnerable families. As such, you will work with both children and adults.
To address inequalities in health, through participation, collaboration, empowerment, and primary care, the Health Visiting service will deliver the agreed range of planned universal services, assess health needs, identify vulnerability, and deliver targeted interventions to meet the needs of children and their families/carers.
Main duties of the job
Health Visitors work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends, and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services.
* Health visitors are expected to be kind, responsive, and professional, contributing to the quality of the services we provide by:
* Keeping the people who use our services safe through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.
* Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures.
* Ensuring the people that use our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering, and working in partnership with them.
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Band 6 HCPs work as part of a team and contribute to its success by being a role model, supervising more junior members of the team (qualified and unqualified) and students to ensure they are working to the professional standards required and provide leadership within the team.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, and excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves on being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that suits us both.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such, you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment; if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification give you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format, please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
At KCHFT, we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way, we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered health care professional (NMC registration)
* Health-related degree and evidence of relevant postgraduate development at Level 6
* Evidence of specialist qualifications relevant to the area of practice - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
Experience
* Minimum of 2 years’ experience in area of practice
* Practical experience in managing health-related projects/complex caseloads
* Supporting others (mentor/educator/supervisor) experience
Knowledge
* Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
* Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months
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.
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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