Health Visitor and School Health Advisor - London - Bank Partners

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated band 6 Health Visitor/School Health Advisor to join a highly skilled and qualified team at Whittington Health, working at least x3 days per week. Full time preferred but will consider part-time.

Known for being one of the safest hospitals in England, Whittington Health provides expert care for more than 500,000 local people and is valued by its local community.

Job Summary:

The Health Visitor/School Health Advisor (HV/SHA) is responsible for the delivery of Universal Health Services to designated areas, Children's Centers and Schools. Reporting to the Team Leader, they will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective Universal Health Provision.

Responsibilities:

1. To manage a caseload of families/designated schools as the named health professional, with responsibility for the planning and delivery of the Child Health Promotion Programme to the caseload.
2. To be responsible for identifying need within a family, school or community. To use child, young person and family centered public health approaches to address health inequalities, including the promotion of good health and the prevention of ill health in the community and school, and the implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care.
3. To support the implementation of service development, standard setting, clinical audit and benchmarking to deliver needs-led evidence based care that supports the local and national priorities and policies.
4. To be the principal point of contact for allocated GP Practices in an area, developing and delivering cooperative working arrangements with GP services that support healthy outcomes for children, young people and their families, and facilitate partnership working across Primary Care and other partner organisations.
5. To be the principal point of contact for allocated Children's Centers and schools in an area, developing and delivering cooperative working arrangements with Children's Centers and schools that support healthy outcomes for children, young people and their families, and facilitate partnership working across Children's Centers, schools and other partner organisations.
6. To work with local statutory, private and voluntary providers, and users to develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all sections of the local community, ensuring that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups and individuals to support social inclusion.
7. To support the development of well-functioning integrated teams by modelling effective team working and communication skills, and by supporting change within the service.
8. To ensure that individuals within the teams are aware of and work within the Trust policies and procedures. To ensure the maintenance of up to date, accurate records that comply with local and national standards.
9. To develop and maintain effective and appropriate communication systems with staff and colleagues within the PCT, Children's Centres and GP Practices.
10. To take every reasonable step to see that the working environment is safe, healthy and hazard-free for staff and users, including ensuring that infection control procedures are in place.
11. To facilitate the use of information technology and ensure that relevant and up to date information on clinical and service developments are provided to agreed time-scales.
12. To promote a continuous learning environment for colleagues and students within the Trust, ensuring that all staff have access to information that enables them to practice safely and effectively.
13. To participate in audit, research projects and/or innovations following agreed policy and protocol.
14. To participate in the education and training of pre-registration nurses, and the induction of newly appointed team members.
15. To carry out and support community/schools needs assessments in conjunction with Children's Centres, Extended and Healthy Schools.
16. To be responsible for the delivery of Child Health Promotion, Health Protection and Screening Programmes for a designated area or school.
17. To undertake evidence based child and family health assessments, and develop child/family health plans in partnership with children, young people and carers, referring and treating as appropriate.
18. To undertake the Common Assessment Framework, and act as Lead Professional for a family as appropriate.
19. To provide and promote access to information and other services, to refer as appropriate, liaising and working in partnership with statutory and non-statutory agencies, and other health services colleagues.
20. To contribute to the curriculum planning and implementation of Healthy Schools including Sex & Relationships Education in line with local Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, as appropriate.
21. To participate in community development programmes in partnership with the local authority and voluntary agencies as appropriate.
22. To identify children in need and children in need of protection, and work with other agencies to support vulnerable families, adhering to current Local Safeguarding Board and London Child Protection Procedures. To participate in regular discussions with Locality Managers and Child Protection Advisors about children giving cause for concern.
23. To identify, refer and support children with special educational needs or disabilities, liaising with other agencies in health and social care to facilitate programmes of care.
24. To maintain and develop clinical skills in response to the changing needs within primary care, including programmes of immunisation and child health promotion, working within Patient Group Directions to plan and implement immunisation programmes as part of the public health role and to meet agreed targets.
25. To take responsibility for nurse prescribing in line with the Nurse Prescribing Formulary and the Islington PCT Protocols for Nurse Prescribing, as appropriate.
26. To take responsibility for the delivery of extended health services and specialist community clinics as appropriate.

What we look for in our bank nurses:

1. Registered Nurse, with NMC Registration
2. Must have a minimum of 6 months post-registration experience within an acute healthcare setting/NHS
3. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Our Bank Nurses are invaluable to us and in return for their dedication and commitment, we offer the following benefits:

1. Priority of shifts over an agency worker, accommodating your availability
2. A dedicated recruitment team to ensure you can work as quickly as possible
3. A dedicated compliance team that ensures you remain compliant to work
4. Free annual Core Skills training
5. A bookings team to ensure you work when and wherever you want to

Apply now for this fantastic opportunity by uploading your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be with you shortly.