Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visiting

Main area health visiting Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: Part time hours will be considered Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Per annum) Job ref 236-OCO-NM232-25

Employer Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Various sites across Oldham Town Oldham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/04/2025 23:59

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visiting

Band 6

Job overview

Are you a passionate Band 6 Health Visitor seeking a fulfilling opportunity? Look no further. We invite you to become a vital part of our dynamic and supportive team in Oldham.

At our Health Visiting service, we embrace both seasoned professionals and newly qualified Health Visitors with open arms. Here, your expertise will shine as you contribute to a diverse and rewarding caseload, making a tangible difference in the lives of families within our community.

We are at the forefront of pioneering new and innovative practices.

Collaborating closely with local authorities and health services, we tackle unique challenges while fostering an environment that thrives on creativity and fresh ideas. Your voice matters here – we actively encourage you to share your thoughts and insights to help shape the future of health visiting.

Join a team where your passion and skills will be valued, and where the potential for personal and professional growth is limitless. Don’t miss this chance to make a significant impact in a community that needs you.

Main duties of the job

As a Health Visitor in our team, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering universal, enhanced, and intensive health services that uplift and empower communities across Oldham.

• Be responsible and accountable for the operational caseload management of a 0-5yrs universal or targeted caseload and the delivery of high-quality programmes of care to infants, children and their families using a multidisciplinary approach.
• Deliver the 0-5yrs Healthy Child Programme Public Health Nursing.
• Engage in meaningful research, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based practices.
• Be a part of shaping the future of our integrated service by developing new initiatives that respond to the needs of our community.
• Work in a supportive team atmosphere, where creativity and collaboration thrive.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current Registration as a Midwife or Nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register.
• Registered Specialist Community Health Public Nurse (SCPHN) in Health Visiting or due to complete in the near future.
• Registered Independent Nurse prescriber.
• Non-medical Nurse Prescriber V300.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Knowledge, Training and experience

• Knowledge of recent legislation impacting on Community Health Care and Health Visiting practice.
• Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge acquired through CPD and experience.
• Good clinical knowledge based on research evidence.
• Evidence of ability to coordinate and organise work both individually and within a team.
• Good understanding of local and national policies relating to child health.
• Experience of working with different communities including minority and ethnic groups.
• Experience of community development working.
• Evidence of involvement in change/project management.
• Evidence of additional training relevant to role (motivational interviewing /Solihull approach /NBO).
• Experience of managing staff following HR management procedures e.g., experience in managing sickness.

Skills and abilities

• Demonstrates involvement and leadership in teaching and mentorship.
• Ability to work within a multi-agency/professional setting.
• Professional leadership qualities/team player.
• Able to analyze and make decisions in relation to patient risk and care in complex cases.
• Effective communicator, articulate verbally and in writing.
• Able to provide and receive complex or sensitive information.
• Ability to work flexibly according to service needs.
• Demonstrates evidence of involvement in the development of protocols and clinical audit.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies and will not be liable for fees for candidates submitted speculatively.

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.

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. 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.