Main area Specialist Health Visitor - Paediatric Liaison Lead Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (Minimum 4 days a week) Job ref 327-25-435
Employer Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Tewkesbury Community Office Town Tewkesbury Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 15/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 02/07/2025
Band 7
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and innovative Health Visitor holding a Specialist Community Practitioner qualification (SCPHN) to work as Paediatric Liaison Lead within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, based within the Health Visiting service.
The post holder will lead the Early Years High Impact Area 5: Improving health literacy, managing minor illnesses and reducing accidents, this includes the ICON programme, the First Dental Steps programme, the Safer Sleep agenda and aligns with the Healthy Child Programme and National Policies aimed at improving health outcomes for children.
The Paediatric Liaison Lead will act as named lead for childhood injury prevention within Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), make links and work with the local authority and multi-agencies on wider determinants of health, such as housing, health and safety. The role supports the development of local pathways aimed at keeping children out of hospital and they have an important role to play in primary and secondary prevention.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities extend across the 0-19 public health nursing offer. The Paediatric Liaison Lead will have oversight of the referrals to public health nursing teams from Unscheduled Care to enable data collection and analysis. Local pathways and policies will seek to reduce common unintentional injuries, illnesses and risk of harm.
Unscheduled care referrals to the public health nursing team are received electronically, these are distributed by administrators to the relevant locality team for review and follow-up as necessary.
The post holder will be provided with appropriate IT equipment and access to referral information.
Full information relating to the core duties of this role can be found in the full job description.
Working for our 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Paediatric Liaison Lead will provide leadership at a strategic level to contribute to the development and improvement of policies, pathways and strategies to support delivery of high quality, evidence-based, consistent care for children and families for improving health literacy. At a population level, this data will provide a measure of children’s development and wellbeing and generate information which can be used to plan services and contribute to the reduction of inequalities in children’s outcomes
The post holder will maintain and promote effective communication systems, between GHC Minor Illnesses and Injuries Units (MIIU), Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT) and Primary Care Services to ensure continuity of care for children and families following attendance to unscheduled care. In addition, communication across Child Health Information Services, Children’s Social Care, GP’s and other services internal and external to GHC will be required.
The Paediatric Liaison Lead will ensure there is an opportunity to achieve long-term health gains for children by sharing information with Health Visiting, School Nursing and Children in Care teams to enable preventative work, targeted support and early intervention to improve the health, well-being and safeguarding of children (including the unborn child).
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person specification
Qualifications
* SCPHN Health Visitor Specialist Practitioner in Public Health - Health Visiting
* Educated to Master’s degree level in relevant health-related subject
* Leadership/Management course
Experience
* Demonstrates understanding of public health issues related to reasons for children attending unscheduled care facilities
* Understanding of safeguarding concerns associated with attendances to unscheduled care
* Demonstrates an understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and High Impact Areas within Early Years
* Ability to translate, implement national and local priorities and policies
* Ability to write reports and present findings
* Experience of direct line management of staff.
* Demonstrates an understanding of the Healthy Child Programme for School age children
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
* Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
* Recognition and long service awards
* Fast Track physiotherapy
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
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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.
Name Elizabeth Parkes Job title Head of Health Visiting Email address elizabeth.parkes@ghc.nhs.uk Telephone number 07786982412 Additional information
Available Monday to Wednesday 08:30 - 16:30
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