Health Visitor

Job overview

The Rosewood Mother & Baby Unit (MBU) are looking to recruit  a highly experienced and enthusiastic  part-time Health Visitor to join their multi-disciplinary team.

Rosewood MBU is an 8 bedded unit situated in Dartford Kent. The MBU is an inpatient service for women from Kent, Surrey & Sussex experiencing acute perinatal mental health issues.

The post holder will be responsible for providing dedicated Health Visiting support to the highest standard to all babies and mothers admitted to Rosewood Mother and Baby Unit (MBU). This will involve working in partnership with health visiting colleagues across the region and the MBU midwife. The HV will also contribute to the development of the Health Visiting service within the MBU.

What is High Cost Area Allowance?

The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.

As this post is based in Dartford the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.

• 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 per year and a maximum payment of £2,121 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)

The salary listed is inclusive of the High-Cost Area Allowance.

Main duties of the job

To provide Health Visiting support and delivery of the Healthy Child

Programme to mothers who have been admitted to the MBU

experiencing acute perinatal mental health issues and their baby.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic care without direct

supervision, within the MBU.

Ensure the highest standard of Health Visiting support is delivered to

mothers, their babies and families, in partnership with all members of the

internal and external multidisciplinary team.

Contribute to the development of care plans, working in accordance with local and professional guidelines.

Develop and maintain appropriate care pathways for all mothers and

babies admitted to the MBU, in line with Trust Guidelines.

Promote good health and prevent illness by offering practical help and

support in areas such as feeding, sleeping, safety, physical and emotional

development, weaning, immunisation and other aspects of childcare

based on individual need.

Provide breastfeeding advice and support pathways to enable mothers to

access specialist support where required.

Support mothers to help develop relationships and attachments with their babies.

Be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team. Leading, liaising and

communicating with internal and external agencies to support mothers

and babies on the Unit and organising ongoing care at discharge from the

unit. Work in close collaboration with the MBU Midwife.

Provide Nursery Nurses with professional/clinical supervision

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Band 6 Health Visitors work closely with the women who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services.

Band 6 Health Visitors are expected to be kind, responsive and professional, contributing to the quality of the services we provide by:

Keeping the people who use our services safe through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.

Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and

adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures.

Ensuring the women that use our services have a good experience by

respecting, empowering and working in partnership with them.

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Band 6 Health Visitors work as part of a team and contribute to its success by being a role model, supervising/ line managing more junior members of the team (Qualified and unqualified) and students to ensure they are working to the professional standards required and provide junior leadership within the team.

Band 6 Health Visitors are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided within the MBU:

Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of holistic care

linked to packages of prescribed care or identified projects.

Developing integrated care programmes in partnership with senior

practitioners and/or commissioners.

Supporting in the supervision/ line management and development of all junior staff.

Actively work as a member of the integrated team to provide high quality

care to woman accessing the service.

Undertaking a range of competent clinical and non-clinical interventions

to support the outcomes of the service.

Acting as lead and senior practitioner to support junior staff support

assessment/reassessments of women and/or pathways with

complex needs across the relevant field of health care.

Supporting and making recommendations to senior managers in order to

prioritise and focus efforts to drive forward and achieve business

• bjectives, service improvement strategies and statutory requirements.

Health Visitors are expected to embody the behaviours detailed in the Trust values