Job summary
- Main area
- Health Visitor
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term 12 month until July 2025)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 844-6217878
- Employer
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helens 0-19
- Town
- St Helens
- Salary
- pa pro rata
- Closing
- 03/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Health Visitor - St Helens
Band 6
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Health Visitor to come and join the 0-19 Healthy Child service in St Helens working for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. The role is covering maternity leave for twelve months and is a part time role in the South locality.
The post requires good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable, compassionate, and approachable. You will need to have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, be flexible solution focused and support service development.
You will work as part of an integrated 0-19+ Team and will be required to support the full delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and be responsible for supporting the universal partnership and partnership plus families.
You will also be involved in a range of public health activities within a geographical area, to include individuals, groups, and communities.
As a key stakeholder in the protection of children, you will be required to work collaboratively with other agencies to meet their needs. You will have a good knowledge of the components of Clinical Governance, Risk Management, Audits, and relevant Professional Codes.
Main duties of the job
To improve health and well-being through identifying health needs, raising awareness of health and well-being, influencing the broader context enabling people to improve their own health. This is achieved through the health visiting contribution to public health which takes account of the different dynamics and needs of individuals, families, groups, and the community focusing on health promotion and prevention of illness, ill-health, and injury.
To work in partnership with the Local Authority and partner agencies.
To manage an active caseload. To develop and deliver health care and health promotion using evidence-based practice and professional leadership and management.
To promote positive health to individuals, families, groups, communities, and relevant agencies.
To contribute to the development of best practice and facilitate shared learning to develop services and initiatives that meet local needs, in relation to aims and objectives of Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.
To develop effective links with key people in delivering services to enable people to improve their own health.
Working for our organisation
Our common purpose and values were developed by staff from across the organisation and reflect who we are and what we stand for.
Our common purpose is…
TOGETHER
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our Values...
Compassion - Supportive and caring, listening to others
Open - Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas
Trust - Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for more information on this exciting role.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- RN (Adult or Child/RSCN) or RM
- BSc/Public Health Nursing – Health Visiting or equivalent
- V100 Nurse Prescriber
- Leadership Level 6
- Mentorship Level 6
- Motivational Interviewing trained
- Solihull Approach trained
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship Level 7
- Promotional Interviewing trained
- Leadership Level 7
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing a Health Visiting caseload
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience of leading the assessment, planning and evaluation of care
- Experience of integrated working
- Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues
Skills & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Good verbal, non verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to support and motivate staff
- Ability to support students in placements
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Access to a car for work purposes
- 'Can do' approach
- Vision
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Collins
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01744 411277
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