Health Visitor

Job summary

The Health Visiting Service in Stockport is seeking to employ a Health Visitor who is enthusiastic and committed to improving the outcomes for children and families in Stockport.

The Health Visitors are a key part of our integrated Start Well Team, holding named health visitor 0-5 geographical caseloads to support children to get the best start in life. They work closely with early years providers, GPs, Midwives and Stockport Family colleagues.

The service has well established skill mix teams consisting of Health Visitors, Staff Nurses, Early Years Workers and Health Visitor Assistants who together deliver the Healthy Child Programme and early years pathways. They are part of Stockport Family which is an innovative, integrated children's service, designed to ensure strong working relationships between health, Local authority and Education providers, and working alongside colleagues in the Local Authority, Primary Care, voluntary and statutory agencies within newly established Family Hubs.

Main duties of the job

As a health visitor in a Start Well team you will lead the healthy child programme 0-5 and manage a named health visitor mixed caseload of universal, enhanced and specialised pathway families.

You will provide holistic assessment using the my world triangle, and utilise planning skills to identify and address health needs in a defined local population.

You will provide early help support to families when required utilising the Early Help Assessment and within a Team Around the Early Years model.

You will be accountable for your work and delegate activities as required to other members of the integrated Start Well Team.

You will maintain a focus on Public Health priorities, using a community strengths based approach to reduce inequalities utilising family hub networks across the neighbourhood you are working within.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• o Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• o NHS pension scheme membership
• o Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• o NHS Staff discounts
• o Cycle to work scheme
• oSalary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• o Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

See attached Job Description and person specification

The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable. You will also be required to demonstrate up to date knowledge and understanding of the national agenda for children and families and how this will impact on your role as a Health Visitor

About us

We value our staff and are committed to their positive health and well being. There is a strong focus on personal and professional development with support of the leadership team and the wider NHS Trust resourcesWe support staff with regular supervision, both from Team Leader and forsafeguarding caseload

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

Person specification

Education and qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Registered HV / Specialist Community Public Health Nurse HV or student due to qualify
• Nurse Prescribing qualification
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification

Good communicator

Essential

• Written and verbal

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Good communicator, both written and verbal
• Active listener
• Reflection skills
• Self Motivated
• Flexible/adaptable approach
• Empowering skills
• Able to assess health needs of a population
• Ability to work under pressure/to tight deadlines
• Able to work equally well alone as in a team Innovative and creative approach to care care

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Sound knowledge of professional developments in Health Visiting
• Research experience, knowledge of evidence based parenting approaches
• Sound knowledge of evidence based practice
• Able to translate theory into practice
• Demonstrates commitment to own development
• Broad based experience in nursing and/or Health Visiting

Desirable

• Working with range of communities