Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health visitor

Job overview

A Specialist Community Public Health Nurse in Health Visiting to provide strong clinical care and leadership within an integrated skill mixed team as part of the 0-19 Universal Health Service in Blackburn with Darwen.

To lead on the delivery of the Health Child Programme 0-5 years and defined local requirements based on the provider contract.

To provide family centred, evidence based public health service that aims to proactively improve health outcomes for a defined caseload, population or community, reducing the risks and impact of health inequalities by working in partnership with families, communities and other professionals. This will be achieved through delivery of the model of health visiting at a community, universal, targeted and specialist level. Safeguarding is embedded within the model considering safe and effective management of risk for children, young people and families.

More than 1 position is available. Full time and part time. Working hours are Monday - Friday 9am-5pm

Main duties of the job

See job description attached in document section

• Presents a positive image of the service when meeting service users and partners
• Demonstrates advanced communication skills in order to: i) Deal with and diffuse complex and volatile situations. ii) Participate in the decision making process of complex issues which may be emotive with differing professional opinions in a multi-agency arena
• Presents complex issues in a professional manner either verbally or in a written format, e.g. case conferences, reports and court statements where highly emotive and contentious situations may arise

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

see attached job description and specification in document section .

• Works as the named Health Visitor for a defined caseload of antenatal mothers, children and families ensuring full responsibility for their case management based on local service contractual requirements
• Plans, delivers and evaluates an innovative service using evidence based knowledge e.g. ELHT policies, SOPs, guidelines and standards and works effectively with key agencies who work with children and families
• Provides a holistic assessment of the needs of families taking into account physical, psychological, social and environmental factors and develops action plans to meet those needs
• Delivers targeted intensive interventions to the most vulnerable families building therapeutic relationships and addressing difficult issues within families

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.