SCPHN Health Visitor - North Somerset

Job overview

We have exciting permanent opportunities for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses to join our Health Visiting service working with children, families in North Somerset

Through your work with families, you will empower them to make decisions that positively impact on their health and wellbeing to improve child outcomes, strengthen our partnership working with other agencies and challenge the wider determinants of health and health inequalities including advocating for those families who find services difficult to access.

Our Health Visiting teams work with families in a variety of setting including the family’s home, local Children Centre's and community venues, therefore you must have access to a car for travel to visit several locations across a wide geographical area, be organised and able to prioritise and manage your time.

In return, we offer a 6-month preceptorship programme for all new staff, regular clinical supervision, on-going safeguarding support, and access to a wide variety of training opportunities.

We have roles available in our North Somerset Locality, where you will either be based out of Badger House (Weston-Super-Mare) or Marine View (Portishead).

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) you will provide expert advice, support, and interventions to families with children in the first years of life and help to empower parents to make decisions that positively affect their family’s future health and wellbeing.

The main duties of the role include:

• The delivery of the full-service offer of mandated contacts underpinned by the Healthy Child Programme.
• To work collaboratively with other agencies to promote health and well-being and improve early identification of need and risks to improve child outcomes.
• To empower individuals, families, and communities to influence and access services and information and act as an advocate particularly for those families who find services difficult to access.
• Contribute to safeguarding of children in collaboration with partners using national and local policies to guide professional decision making and action.

The service operates across BNSSG is led by Health Visitors and supported by a skill mix team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.