Health Visitor

Are you committed to providing remarkable care?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

Do you have excellent leadership skills, knowledge of local and national public health agendas, and excellent communication skills.

If so, we would like to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

You will contribute to the realisation of the outcomes for North East Lincolnshire, in particular to enable all people in NEL to feel safe and be safe, to have good health and wellbeing and to realise their potential through skills and learning.

This will be achieved through the effective delivery of a range of support to young people and families in the locality, in order to improve their health and wellbeing and reduce the need for statutory intervention.

About us

Childrens Public Health Nursing Services aims to ensure that all children, young people and families in North East Lincolnshire receive the full service offer (The Healthy Child Programme 0-19).

This includes universal access and early identification of additional and/or complex needs, with timely access to specialist services, to secure local services that enable Health Visiting and School Nursing teams in partnership to contribute to improve our outcomes and reduce health inequalities for children, young people and families.

Job responsibilities

Purpose of the Role:

Contribute to the realisation of the outcomes for North East Lincolnshire, in particular to enable all people in NEL to feel safe and be safe, to have good health and wellbeing and to realise their potential through skills and learning. This will be achieved through the effective delivery of a range of support to young people and families in the locality, in order to improve their health and wellbeing and reduce the need for statutory intervention.

Main Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the delivery of a 0-19 years programme with specific focus on the delivery of the Health Visitor-led Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years
• Management and continuing responsibility for a designated caseload within an agreed caseload model for children aged 0-5 years and their families requiring community, universal, partnership and partnership plus interventions.
• Prioritisation of conflicting demands
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary/agency team with allied health and social care professionals, individual clients, groups and communities.
• Manage caseloads including vulnerable children and attend Child Protection case conferences.
• Act as Nurse Prescriber (if qualified).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose of the Role:

Contribute to the realisation of the outcomes for North East Lincolnshire, in particular to enable all people in NEL to feel safe and be safe, to have good health and wellbeing and to realise their potential through skills and learning. This will be achieved through the effective delivery of a range of support to young people and families in the locality, in order to improve their health and wellbeing and reduce the need for statutory intervention.

Main Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the delivery of a 0-19 years programme with specific focus on the delivery of the Health Visitor-led Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years
• Management and continuing responsibility for a designated caseload within an agreed caseload model for children aged 0-5 years and their families requiring community, universal, partnership and partnership plus interventions.
• Prioritisation of conflicting demands
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary/agency team with allied health and social care professionals, individual clients, groups and communities.
• Manage caseloads including vulnerable children and attend Child Protection case conferences.
• Act as Nurse Prescriber (if qualified).

Person Specification

Experience

• Effective relationship management across multi agency/multi-disciplinary teams e.g. Senior management, schools, voluntary sector organisations and partner agencies
• Delivery of targeted outcomes and objectives against deadlines and within budget
• Understanding of performance objectives to devise action plans to meet health needs

Qualifications

• 1st level Registered Nurse/midwife
• Registered Health Visitor, Post Registration Health Visitor Certificate/
• Diploma/BSc (Hons)Degree
• Maintain registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council, notifying team leader of renewals
• Documented evidence of continuous professional development
• Prescriber
• Recognised child protection qualification (ENB 970 or equivalent)
• Evidence of further qualification in respect of child health e.g. family planning/child safeguarding/infant feeding/CBT/perinatalmental health etc.

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.