Health Visitor - Truro, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Truro, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Health Visitor:


Band 6:


Main area

  • Perinatal Community Mental health
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Grade

  • Band 6
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Contract

  • Permanent
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Hours

  • Part time 30 hours per week
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Job ref
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Site

  • Truro health Park
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Town

  • Truro
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Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Pro rata
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 13/06/2023 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
    Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._


_Great Organisation_
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._


_Great People_
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._


_Great Partner_
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.


_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day, using your skills, experience, and compassion to help women with their mental health in the perinatal period?


Would you like to live in Cornwall? A county of outstanding natural beauty with its endless rugged coastlines, beautiful countryside, and unbeatable beaches.

Attracting millions of visitors each year, this could be your chance to move here permanently and make a difference to families in our community.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing.

Our Specialist Perinatal Mental Health team has been growing over the past 9 years to provide a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to caring for women experiencing mental health illness during the perinatal period.

We are a county wide service with a base currently in Truro.

However the post holder will receive expenses or have access to Trust vehicles and will not be expected to attend the team office every day once established in role.


The team consists of nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, nursery nurses, a health visitor, psychologists, psychiatrist, administration, and peer support workers led by a dedicated service lead, supported by two deputies.

The team work collaboratively to support recovery and improving bonds with baby in the crucial first 1001 days.


Main duties of the job:

To plan, deliver and evaluate an efficient and cost-effective Health Visiting service for an identified population.

To provide Health Visiting leadership along side a senior health visitor within the Perinatal Team and be proactive in delivering the national and local public health agendas in response to identified health and social need.

To work in partnership with other agencies and meet agreed standards, objectives and statutory requirements.


The post holder will work within the Perinatal team, which provides specialist therapeutic consultation and intervention for parents and infants from conception up to the age of 2 years.

The post holder will hold a clinical caseload and manage and process referrals for allocated therapeutic intervention.

  • Work collaboratively with other members of the team to deliver a holistic and thorough set of interventions which best meet the needs of mum, baby and partner through their time in the service.
  • Work across boundaries to develop a coordinated response between agencies and partner organisations.
  • Be given opportunities to train in recognised interventions and attend role specific training.
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