Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor

Job overview

As Health Visitors, we all know that prevention is key and within Gloucestershire this is always at the forefront!

You can be part of a skill mix team which includes Community Nursery Nurses, Public Health Nurses and Student Health Visitors, led and supported by locality Health Visiting Team Leaders, with strong support from our safeguarding colleagues. In addition we also offer reflective supervision and are always looking for innovative ways to support colleagues in providing this vital role.

If you would like any further information in regards to this post please do not hesitate to get in touch with us, we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

• As part of a skill mix team, the SCPHN HV will lead the delivery of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme and deliver the personalised level of service identified through a high quality needs analysis.
• To work with guidelines of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and to follow local protocols and policy guidelines.
• Safeguarding: Adults and Children (Section 11 of the Children Act 2004)
• Every member of staff has a responsibility to be aware of and follow at all times, the relevant national and local policy in relation to safeguarding children and safeguarding adults. This includes keeping up to date with relevant training and seeking supervision.
• The post holder will be expected to work in line with the Trust values which are: Working together Always improving Respectful and kind Making a difference
• Working together
• Always improving
• Respectful and kind
• Making a difference

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide and maintain evidence-based specialist care adapted to meet the needs of a defined community population to ensure that service users receive appropriate intervention, maintaining the standards set at local and national level.
• To be responsible for negotiating individual and family healthcare plans with service users, continually assessing and evaluating to ensure that agreed outcomes are adequately met.
• To work in partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team and statutory and voluntary agencies in planning, delivering and evaluating care to improve outcomes for service users.
• To work in collaboration with the Public Health Directorate to identify and analyse local health needs and areas for development.
• To identify and disseminate relevant research findings within health visiting practice.
• To base health visiting practice on accepted research findings and participate in local audit and research projects.

The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application.

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.