Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner – Health Visitor

Job overview

Are you a newly qualified SCPHN health visitor or someone with slightly more experience looking for a new challenge?

Would you thrive working within an enthusiastic, forward thinking team?

Here in Wokingham we are a lovely team with a real sense of team spirit and we are looking for someone who shares our values to join our 0-19 service.

Whatever your experience we will ensure you receive individualised and effective support from both your health visiting line manager and colleagues within your team. If you have not done your prescribing course is is something we can support with.

You will work within the Bracknell area to deliver core and targeted services to children aged 0-5 and their families.

For this role you will require excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as a passion for working with children and families.

Team working, flexibility and the ability to work in partnership with other teams and agencies is essential. You will collaborate with Children’s Centre’s in the implementation of the Healthy Child programme underpinned by the Solihull Approach model of working.

If successful, your base will be Wokingham Community Hospital ; however, your role will require you to visit homes across Berkshire (mileage will be compensated).

Main duties of the job

Some of the general responsibilities include.

• Develop and implement outcome focused care plans and evaluate care given, in partnership with clients in accordance with the Healthy Child Programme.

• Provide support to families using the Solihull approach model in behaviour management, parenting skills and delivering programmes of care to vulnerable families.

• New birth visits, targeted and safeguarding work in in collaboration with our partners, supporting parents with infant feeding, attendance at strategy and multi-professional meetings.
• Develop and facilitate Health Visiting drop-in clinics, health promotion activities and groups.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• You must be a Registered Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) active on the NMC register

• You will be a Non-medical prescriber or willing to undertake this training which will be fully supported.

• You will hold a valid UK driving license with access to a vehicle.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please contact Lisa Buxton, on 07900490845 or via email [email protected] or Kerrie Tipper on 07717653854 or via email [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.