Health Visitor, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Job overview

Health Visitor, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

The 0-19 service for the London Borough of Harrow, offers Health Visiting and School Nursing to the children and families of this 261,200 strong population in North West London.

We are looking to recruit competent and motivated individuals with a dynamic approach to meeting the needs of Harrow’s large and diverse population. This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic Band 6 Health Visitors to work in building our integrated 0-19 Service to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to families in Harrow.

The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) will work as part of the 0-19 team delivering a high quality, proactive service for children, young people and their families.  The aim of the service is to achieve equity of health outcomes for the local population through the provision of evidence-based and needs-led services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to the identification and assessment of child and family health needs and the delivery of a universal core service, targeted interventions and public health interventions to children and their families within a defined locality.  The Health Visiting Service will work closely with local partners, particularly GPs, Children's Centres and the local community and voluntary sector.

Health Visitors work as part of a skill mixed team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model and supervising community nursery nurses, community staff nurses, health care assistants and students to ensure they are working to the standards which people using our services deserve.

Harrow health visiting team also offer  The Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) programme which is a high-quality, evidenced based, nurse-led structured intervention for families needing extra support.

As a health visitor you will be  contributing to the Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home visiting (MECSH), designed to be integrated within our universal health visiting service as a sustained home visiting programme, predominantly for families needing ongoing support but  also serving some families who require a more comprehensive service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Health Visitors contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

• You will be working as part of a supportive team with access to a wide range of NHS benefits including discounts, pensions and various learning and development opportunities.
• Using their Clinical judgement and risk assessment to keep the people using our services as safe as possible.
• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary.
• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services.
• Being open and Transparent about their own practice.
• Supervising the work of others.
• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvement in safety or quality can be made.
• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement.
• Maintaining accurate, legible , comprehensive records.
• Maintaining compliance with mandatory training requirements.