Are you an experienced, newly qualified, retired, or returning Health Visitor eager to make a real difference?
We value fresh perspectives, collaboration, and a shared commitment to ensuring children, young people, and families receive the best care closer to home.
What You'll Do
* Deliver High-Quality Care: You will provide compassionate, community-based support to children, young people, and families in the London boroughs of Brent and Ealing, helping them stay healthy and avoid unnecessary hospital visits.
* Collaborate in Diverse Teams: You will work closely within our skill mix teams comprising newly qualified, experienced, returning, and retired Health Visitors to develop and implement innovative approaches that ensure children receive the best start in life.
* Champion Community Health: As an advocate for the vital role of community health professionals, you will ensure families receive care closer to home and benefit from an integrated, family-centered approach.
* Contribute to Service Development: You will help shape and refine our progressive service by identifying and implementing strategies that enhance patient outcomes and promote continuous improvement.
* Foster Personal and Professional Growth: You will thrive in an environment that supports your development and wellbeing, offering flexible working hours, ongoing training opportunities, and a robust leadership team committed to helping you become the best version of yourself.
Main duties of the job
Are you looking to work in Ealing?
Situated in the vibrant heart of West London, the London Borough of Ealing offers a truly unique service. Our skilled and diverse team includes Health Visitors, Community Staff Nurses, School and Nursery Nurses, Early Start SEND workers, Social Workers, and other health professionals.
We're proud to be UNICEF Stage 2 accredited and are eagerly preparing for our Stage 3 assessment. We're integrated with Ealing Local Authority and conveniently co-located in Children's Centres throughout the borough, ensuring a supportive, collaborative environment for both families and staff.
An ideal candidate will:
* Be qualified (or currently training) as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN).
* Be skilled in health promotion initiatives and coordinating care plans.
* Be comfortable working in a multidisciplinary environment and up to date on recent primary care developments and health legislation.
* Be enthusiastic about continuous learning and delivering high-quality care.
* Be organised, with strong time management and teamwork skills.
* Be open to development and ready to grow within a supportive leadership structure.
About us
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.
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.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge, and experience required.
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
* Experience in coordinating 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 organising and managing own workload and that of others.
* Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others.
* Experience of supervising staff/students.
* Experience of assessing, planning, and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans.
* Experience of evidence-based care.
Skills and Knowledge
* Knowledge of recent developments in primary care.
* 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 Personal Development Planning.
* Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice.
* Ability to identify and access sources of information to inform practice.
* Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice.
* Knowledge of NMC guidelines.
* Knowledge of clinical supervision.
* Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
* Ability to be flexible and responsive.
Other
* Able to travel around 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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Various sites - Acton, Southall, and Northolt.
£42,939 to £50,697 a year inclusive of HCAS.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
824-ONW-6790522-B
Job locations
Various sites - Acton, Southall, and Northolt.
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