Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor

Job overview

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part time, 30 hours per week. Come and be part of a dynamic and evolving Health Visiting team within the 0-19 service in Gloucestershire. We have vacancies for qualified and soon to be qualified Health Visitors and are looking for enthusiastic and motivated professionals to join our existing team.

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.

Job description

• 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

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

Job 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 Governments 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

About the organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Active registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) on part 1 or 2 (Registered Nurse or Midwife) - RHV: Health visitor HV: Health visitor

Desirable

• Nurse Prescribing Qualification

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Understanding and experience of the application of evidence based practice.
• An understanding of Safeguarding in relation to HV practice.
• Evidence of alignment with the SCPHN Standards

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of the role of the HV within the Healthy Child Programme
• Demonstrates values that align with GHC core values

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Knowledge of health visiting policies and procedures that underpin evidence based practice

Supporting documents

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse PS.pdf (PDF, 185 KB)
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse JD.pdf (PDF, 392 KB)