Specialist Health Visitor

Job overview

The Health Inclusion Team is a unique team offering holistic assessment and intervention to vulnerable families in Sheffield. A rare opportunity to join the team as a Bank Health Visitor, with agile working and flexible hours has become available to cover a secondment.

One or more Bank Specialist Health Visitor(s) will support the team by providing innovative nursing and health visiting services to asylum seekers, Gypsies and Travellers and people who live in homeless accommodation, women's refuges and interim supported accommodation.

As a Specialist Health Visitor, you will undertake family health assessments for the whole family and carry out child health surveillance in accordance with the Healthy Child Programme.

You will have the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of families and individuals by work in partnership with service users and other agencies to provide effective healthcare, preventing ill health, promoting positive health and reduce health inequalities.

The post holder will need to be a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse and a Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber with current NMC registration.

The team works closely with a range of agencies to ensure a strong and coordinated service, working within the NMC Code of Professional Standards and Clinical Governance Frameworks.

Main duties of the job

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Principal duties

To identify, prioritise, develop and implement programmes of care to meet individual and local needs, considering cultural diversity and ensuring prioritisation of workload as necessary

To work with families in a variety of settings including home visits and clinic, providing evidence-based advice and support.

To undertake family health assessments and child health surveillance in accordance with the Healthy Child Programme.

To provide relevant information to families, to assist informed choices about their own and their family’s health.

To operate within Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board and SHSCFT Child Protection and Safeguarding Procedures. To maintain and update knowledge around safeguarding children and young people and ensure that practice complies with local and national policies and legislation. To work closely with the Sheffield Safeguarding Advisory Service and other key agencies to ensure the highest level of protection for children at risk. To attend safeguarding or child in need meetings and provide reports as necessary.