Job overview
Health Visitor Team lead - Barnet - Band 7
Job overview
The Barnet 0-19 Service has recently joined Whittington Health, which delivers community services across five London boroughs. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation and an expanding team. Come and join us on our journey as we develop our staff and enhance our offer to families.
Barnet is a large, richly diverse and dynamic borough and as a member of the 0-19 Service, you will be part of a team that is integrated, friendly and supportive. We deliver a local needs-led service ensuring that children and their families are at the heart of what we do. There are opportunities to work differently with many partners on different sites. We have some great networks supporting inclusivity and well-being, all in a borough which is easy to navigate, central and reached via lots of different routes.
We will provide a robust and innovative training package, looking to develop and expand on your skill set. Our learning and development department offers stimulating opportunities for continued professional development. We offer flexible working opportunities and technological support. Staff wellbeing is a high priority for Whittington Health and as part of the organisation you can access a range of support and resources.
Main duties of the job
Have you heard about the transformation of our Health Visiting Service in Barnet?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Team Leaders within the Barnet Health Visiting team. If you are an experienced Health Visitor, we would really like to hear from you.
We are looking for experienced practitioners who want to work in and lead a health visiting team in Barnet. We are looking for warm and engaging candidates with strong leadership skills and a sound understanding of the Healthy Child Programme, and Safeguarding policy and practice. We can offer you a friendly supportive team to manage, regular supervision and extensive evidence-based training with skills practice to carry out your role.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description & person specification for further detail of the role and main responsibilities
Person specification
Education/qulifications
Essential criteria
1. Health visiting professional qualification with entry to 3rd part of NMC register
2. Educated to level 6 or 7 degree
Desirable criteria
3. Management experience in a health setting
4. Practice assessor/ supervisor training
Skills and ability
Essential criteria
5. Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
6. Willingness to lead and support management of change
7. Ability to set personal and team objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
8. High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs,
9. High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs,
10. Ability to work as part of a team
11. Ability to manage other members of staff and delegate work appropriately and safely
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
12. Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity
13. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
14. Ability to apply research to practice
15. Knowledge of current legislation and national guidance relating to children
16. Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
17. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
18. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
19. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
20. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
21. Participate in required training and supervision.
22. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.