- Working to and managing a designated and defined case load of families, the Health Visitor will be the named health professional responsible for the planning and delivery of the HCP, reporting to and being line managed by a Team Leader or Clinical Service Lead (CSL)
- Planning their own workload effectively to meet client needs, clinical activity targets and KPIs
- Working in partnership with the team members, infant feeding colleagues, service users, Croydon Health Service (CHS) staff, and all stake holders, to promote the health and wellbeing of Children, Young People (age 0-19 years) and their families
- Working in partnership with the CSL, Practice Educator and multidisciplinary teams in the development of innovative clinical practice in line with the Healthy Child Programme
- Assess client needs, using the Family Strengths and Needs, Early Help Assessments and Risk Assessment tools (as appropriate) to plan, implement and evaluate evidenced based care given and support families where there is a chronic illness or disability and to advise on care in cooperation with other agencies
- Liaise effectively with colleagues within Croydon Health Services and partner organisations to ensure care for children and families is timely, well-coordinated.
- Croydon University Hospital
- Purley Hospital
- The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath
- Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside
- A minor injuries unit in New Addington
- You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
- You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
- Yee fell confident in your treatment from skills teams of compassionate clinicians
- You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
- You feel it's getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services
- To have a clinical qualification RGN/RN
- To be a Specialist Public Health Practitioner Health Visisting qualification at Degree or Post Graduate Level
- To have undertaken Nurse Prescribing or a commitment to undertake Nurse Prescribing training
- To have a mentoring qualification
- To have experience of implementing evidence based practice
- Line Management Experience and Community Setting
- To be able to demonstrate an understanding of current issues affecting community health services including: Health Services, clinical effectiveness, evidence based care and clinical governance
- To have evidence of continuing professional development
- To show knowledge of the principals of Safeguarding Children management
- To be able to understand key elements of change management
- To demonstrate an awareness of the complex issues involved when working across organisations and disciplines
- To have an understanding of NMC Code of Conduct scope of professional Practice
- To have some Research knowledge
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, including an ability to build rapport and establish good one to one relationships
- Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently and to demonstrate an ability to make decisions
- To have the ability to effectively use different styles of influencing in a variety of settings
- To have the ability to present and write information in a clear and precise manner
- To be able to apply equality of opportunity to all staff
- To have the ability to critically appraise research findings and draw out significance for clinical practice and implement the research findings
- To be able to Teach, present and facilitate
- To be IT literate
- To have a valid UK driving licence and be a car driver
- To be able to access a car for work purposes
- To be able to travel across Croydon and surrounding Boroughs
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Description
Job summary
Health Visitors Band 6 - Full time or Flexible working available
An additional recruitment and retention premia of £2,000, paid in two instalments during the first year.
Croydon Health Services is seeking qualified Health Visitors (and student Health Visitors) who are keen to develop their leadership skills and to shape the future of Public Health Nursing in Croydon.
We are seeking practitioners who are very keen to work and learn as a team, who are warm and engaging with a sound understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and Safeguarding policy and practice. We have an exciting development within our service through our vibrant learning and development team.
We work with 2 Universities to support the development of Band 5 Nurses to complete Public Health modules, which will support those wishing to complete the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification.
Context: This role is part of a skill mix team delivering the Healthy Child Programme and other additional support to children 0- 5 years old and their families. Embedding an integrated approach towards Health Visiting for families across Croydon Health Services.
Please note: An additional recruitment and retention premia of £2,000, paid in two instalments during the first year and the service is open to flexible working through discussions with line managers and ensuring service needs are met.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead and deliver the Healthy Child Programme by:
About us
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provides hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.
These include:
The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our Vision:
"Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it
Our 5 key 'Her for you' promises to the people of Croydon are:
We are one of 17 Trusts in the country who have been accepted as national pioneers on staff engagement and empowerment, through the adoption of "Listening into Action" as a new way of working. The approach we are taking to "Listening into Action" is new and different.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
***Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification***
Person SpecificationEducation & Qualification
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Knowledege & Understanding
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Experience
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Skills & Abilities
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Other
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