SCPHN Health Visitor

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Health Visiting Team in Monmouthshire. The Health Visitor will be required to manage a caseload within a defined population, with the overarching aims of increasing family resilience, improving population health outcomes and reducing health inequalities whilst safeguarding the wellbeing of children.

The post holder is required to register with the Nursing & Midwifery Council be a registered SCPHN (Health Visiting) and compliance with NMC standards and guidance is required.

Please view our Health Visiting Recruitment Video at the ABUHB Health Visiting web page.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

Deliver the Universal Healthy Child Wales Programme (Welsh Government 2015) to all families with children under 5 years of age. This will include the following evidence based interventions:

Public health (for example, infant feeding, safer sleeping, perinatal mental health, immunisations)

Screening programmes (for example, Newborn Blood Spot)

Safeguarding interventions

Apply the Family Resilience Assessment Tool (FRAIT) as scheduled within the Healthy Child Wales Programme

Apply targeted interventions as directed by the FRAIT for families with low resilience, to provide more intensive support

Initiate safeguarding procedures (All Wales Child Protection Procedures 2008) and work in partnership with families and carers to implement child protection plans

Participate in statutory safeguarding functions, for example, Court and MARAC/MAPPA processes

Apply risk management processes e.g. lone working and risk assessments

Utilise the All Wales Health Visiting Acuity tool to ensure safe staffing levels and support colleagues during fluctuations in workforce and activity

To take responsibility for promoting new opportunities for integrated working and contribute to local partnership plans

Develop and maintain health profiles of an identified population in order to identify health needs and influence service plans

To share responsibility for chairing Health Visiting Forums/team meetings. · To contribute to the development of local policies and guidelines.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

To be responsible for providing a Health Visiting service for a defined caseload and to provide cover for other health visitors during periods of leave.

Screening programmes (for example, New born Blood Spot)

Initiate safeguarding procedures (All Wales Child Protection Procedures 2008) and work in partnership with families and carers to implement child protection plans.

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable