Health Visitor - Clay Cross, United Kingdom - Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

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Clay Cross, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking to appoint a motivated and dynamic Health Visitor with a passion for improving outcomes for children and their families.

The North East Derbyshire 0-19 Team have successfully achieved their Quality Always Gold accreditation for their outstanding work with Families and Communities.

DCHS is a forward-thinking, supportive Trust, who are a baby-friendly, accredited organisation. We offer an extensive well-being service, flexible working and opportunities to develop and fulfil champion roles.

Working in a diverse area you will find that there are lots of opportunities for developing public health work within communities and partner agencies, as well as delivering the core contacts of the Healthy Child Programme.

To deliver the public health role as a SCPHN Health Visitor working with communities and partner agencies and delivering the core contacts within the Healthy Child Programme.

To provide health visiting services to families in the community team caseload by delivering the Healthy Child Programme.
To manage a defined active caseload and take responsibility for Safeguarding Children issues within that caseload.
To have continuing responsibility for the assessment of individuals needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
To prescribe according to assessed individual need from the Nurse Prescribing Formulary.
To manage a team of health visiting skill mix staff.
To support a positive learning environment for students

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

To apply, please click ON APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site, you will need to register if you do not already have an account.