Employer: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Bury & Rochdale Care Organisation
Town: Bury
Salary: pro rata
Closing: 29/01/2025 23:59
Health Visitor
Band 6
Job overview
Do you want to make a difference?
We are currently looking to recruit qualified Health Visitors into vacant posts in Bury. The successful candidates will have strong team working skills and a commitment to delivering high quality, child centered care, to join our developing, enthusiastic and dynamic Health Visiting teams in Bury.
Our vision is to deliver the best care to patients, people and families in our local communities, by working effectively with partners to help people to live well.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be a registered nurse and Health Visitor. The Health Visitor will be responsible and accountable for the operational and strategic management of a caseload and the delivery of high quality programmes of care to infants, children and their families using a multidisciplinary approach.
The Health Visitor will participate in the identification and safeguarding of vulnerable children and their families in partnership with other agencies.
The Health Visitor will participate in the continued development of community service.
The Health Visitor will manage the development, implementation and compliance of policies, procedures, audit and benchmarks, including appraisal, personal development plans and clinical supervision.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Registration & Qualifications
* SCPHN Health Visitor
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife or Nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register
* Registered Health Visitor/ SCPHN
* Nurse Prescribing
Knowledge and Experience
* Knowledge of recent legislation impacting on Community Health Care and Health Visiting practice
* Displays a good clinical knowledge which is based on research evidence
* Demonstrate ability to work within multi-agency/professional setting
* Effective communicator. Articulate verbally and written
Skills & Abilities
* Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
* Excellent organisational skills
* Must be able to work alone and as part of a team
* Demonstrate an understanding of current community developments
Work related circumstances
* Reliable
* Committed to innovative working and new developments
* Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
* Willingness to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the trust's Equal Opportunity and Equality and Diversity policies
* Enhanced DBS for children & adults
* Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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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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