Healthy Child Practitioner - Sandwell, United Kingdom - Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

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Sandwell, United Kingdom

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Description

Day to day relationship will be with other members of Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses, Administration Officers, patients, carers and multi-agency professionals.

Training and evaluation will be provided to enable the individual to develop the competence to function effectively within this role and will have exposure to the mandated contacts of a Health Visitor in order to help them to progress onto the Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) SCPHN in Health Visiting.

Mandatory contacts include;

Antenatal visits
New birth visits
68 week contact
912 month development review

development review

Other duties to include;

Baby/Child weight reviews
Health promotion and public health advice
Maternal mental health support
Support babies/children and their families with concerns or medical conditions
Safeguarding
Multi agency working

We are a progressive service who encourages innovative, forward thinking professionals, who are keen to embrace change and provide the best quality of care for communities.

At SWB we have been continuing to re-shape the Health Visiting Service and throughout the pandemic we have kept our staff working safely with local families by introducing new and innovative practices.

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours

We offer:

Integrated team working
Practice support and clinical/restorative supervision
Access to wellbeing support
Supportive induction package
Excellent training package and access to training opportunities for professional development
Opportunity to participate in work streams of interest
Access to Trust benefits, including NHS Fleet Solutions car scheme
Flexible working opportunities

As a Healthy Child Practitioner within Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) you will work within corporate teams who are supported by Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses, a Health Visitor Contact Centre and are led and managed by Health Visitor Team Leaders and Clinical Lead for Health Visiting.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.