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Site: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Town: Borough of Westminster
Salary: £22.92 pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
Salary period: Hourly
Closing: 31/03/2025 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/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - 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.
At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other.
Job overview
Job Purpose
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.
The post holder will be responsible for:
* Clinical
* Quality and Performance
* Management and Leadership
* Professionalism
* Training and Teaching
Main duties of the job
* To provide care and attention to the needs of children identified as at risk and / or with complex needs, taking appropriate action when required.
* To regularly review families causing concern within the guidelines of safeguarding policy and supervision. To record agreed action, prepare and present reports as required.
* To prepare for, attend and participate in all relevant case conferences and interagency meetings relating to children at risk and / or in need.
* To take the lead and provide professional expertise to other professionals and agencies in relation to child health matters.
Working for our organisation
CLCH NHS Trust is currently re-shaping the way Health Visitors work, looking at new and innovative practices to improve health across London. This includes agile working and provision of laptops to all staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and agree tailored health plans as required.
* Utilising specialist skills and knowledge, advise and support individuals and families on evidence-based health care practices.
* Understand the caseload profile including the health needs of the defined population and local communities, targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
* Initiate referrals to multi-disciplinary/agency colleagues as required to ensure adequate care and support for families and children.
* Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual/group programmes of care that meet the public health needs of the population.
* To develop and delegate appropriately the implementation of regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and to specific groups and individuals.
* To facilitate the promotion of the national immunisation programme to ensure maximum possible protection against disease.
Person specification
* Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
* Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
* Current NMC registration
* 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 organising and managing own workload and that of others.
Skills & Knowledge
* Knowledge of recent developments in primary care.
* Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children’s Plan etc.].
* Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance.
* 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.
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.
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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