Bank - Health Visitor

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit band 6 Health Visitors. Working largely independently, but with the support of a multi-disciplinary team of health professionals, you'll deliver child health programmes. We'll depend on you to work in partnership with children's centers, schools, GPs, social care organisations and voluntary agencies, and to create close relationships with families built on honesty, respect and trust.

About you

You will need to be a specialist community public health nurse, you should have knowledge of safeguarding and other legislation relating to children's health services and we will support you to develop your safeguarding experience. If you have 5+ years' experience as a Health Visitor you will be paid the top of band 6 £19.06 plus High cost area allowance. If you have fewer than 5 years' experience it will be mid-point of the band £16.96 plus High cost area Allowance.

Main duties of the job

1. To assess the health needs of the individual, and to involve the client/carer in the process of meeting those health needs.
2. To monitor the health of children under five years of age, and to involve the family in promoting optimum health and development of all children.
3. To be aware of deviations from the normal in health and behaviour, and to intervene to protect vulnerable children and adults by prompt action, by referral and working with other agencies as part of a specialist team. Examples include child abuse interventions, special needs assessments, and work with the chronically sick and disabled.

About us

NELFT provides health visiting services across four very diverse London boroughs and Essex borough, ranging from areas of poor health and high unemployment to leafy suburbs, we can offer real variety.

Job responsibilities

1. To liaise with other agencies, statutory and voluntary, and maintain good working relationships, making referrals and consulting as necessary with the informed consent of clients, and within the policies of the Trust.
2. Act as a health resource to other agencies.
3. Be responsive to local health needs, using skills of advocacy as appropriate, eg: committee membership.
4. Responsible for the management of a team based caseload.
5. Supplying reports, statistical returns and information as required.
6. Defining priorities, setting objectives in line with service objectives.
7. Implementing Child Health Promotion programmes in accordance with the Health Visiting Core Programme.
8. Organisation of caseload cover in periods of planned absence eg. Annual leave and study leave.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Registered Health Visitor Specialist Practice Qualification

Experience

• Experience or Equivalent working as a Health Visitor
• Working in multi-professional and skill mix teams

Skills

• Able to communicate highly complex, sensitive or contentious information including child protection to clients, relatives

Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge of legislation and guidance e.g. Every Child matters, Public Health White Paper Choosing health

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.