Health Visitor (Band 6) - Health Visiting - Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

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Site: Cheyne Children Centre Town London
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/03/2025 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.

Job overview

Are you a qualified Health Visitor or currently studying the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse training in Health Visiting? Are you a retired health visitor looking to return to practice? We have exciting opportunities for you to join one of our forward-thinking and innovative Universal Health Visiting teams in London.

You will be either qualified or currently in training for your Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification with a passion for public health nursing seeking new ways of working with families.

From April 2023 a Recruitment premia has been introduced to attract and retain qualified Health Visitors within CLCH’s Health Visiting Teams. For registered Band 6 Health Visitors, this post is offering a premium of £2,500 payable upon commencement of employment (T&C’s apply).

Main duties of the job

We work in partnership with Local Family Hubs and local Maternity services to deliver Best Start for Life. We believe in co-design and family-centred care. In return, we offer preceptorship and supportive inductions, corporate membership of the iHV and SAPNA, excellent professional development opportunities, and access to the CLCH Academy.

Your training and development prospects are always available and encouraged. The team is extremely supportive throughout your career. You will be joining friendly, well-established skill mixed teams, working with Health Visitors who continually strive to work in partnership with families and early years and maternity services and other voluntary and statutory agencies to provide high quality care to achieve positive outcomes for families in Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC North).

You will be supported by Team Leaders and Specialist Health Visitors and be offered a recruitment and retention package, £2,500 payable upon commencement of employment (T&C’s apply).

Working for our organisation

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.

Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!

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. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard, and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

Detailed job description and main 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

• 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.
• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans.
• Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others.
• Experience of evidence-based care.
• Experience of supervising staff/students.

Skills & Knowledge

• Knowledge of recent developments in primary care.
• Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice.
• Knowledge of current health legislation (including Change for Children agenda, Children’s Plan etc.).
• Current knowledge of child protection issues.
• Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance.
• Knowledge of NMC Code.
• Knowledge of Personal Development Planning.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and others.
• Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice.
• Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice.
• Office management and caseload organisational skills.
• 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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your applications on time to avoid disappointment.