This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***.
Do you have passion and commitment to public health and the early intervention agenda and want to work in one of the most diverse and thriving cities in England?
As a Trust, BCHC are keen to be progressive and innovative to ensure that we are able to meets the needs of our diverse population. From this vision we have designed and implemented the BFS Virtual Health Visiting Hub, a single point of access hub for parents, carers and professionals.
The BFS Hub has supported to reduce the flow of unplanned work into district teams thus supporting our clinical staff to focus on delivering against the HCP, principles of Health Visiting and enabling more time to focus on the most vulnerable children. Together we work to ensure that all families have access to the Health Visiting service and all children are supported to achieve best outcomes.
We are looking for passionate and committed Health Visitors who are highly skilled, enthusiastic, clinical practitioners and have a good understanding of the needs of children, young people and their families and want to be part of our journey to work as part of an integrated early years, health, and wellbeing service.
We are able to offer flexible working and excellent career opportunities to Band 7 roles.
The post holder is responsible for assessing need and providing health promotion and illness prevention services to the local population. The post holder will work within a corporate caseload as well as with the local population on children and family centred public health related issues.
The post holder will be a first level registered nurse with a Health Visiting Degree/Diploma/ Certificate. The post holder will work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
You Will Be Responsible For
* Day-to-day management and delegation of work to nursery nurses, link workers and any other support staff within the team (including supervision and monitoring the work of these staff).
* Overseeing and planning in-service development for these staff.
IMPORTANT
* Please ensure you check your TRAC account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
* Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including BUSINESS EMAIL ADDRESS, telephone contact details and postal address.
Be Part of Our Team…
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
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