Job summary
Health Visitor vacancy in Bromley Borough - Band 6
£40,701 - £48,054 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata
hours per week (Full time), Part time hours will also be considered
Bromley Healthcare are seeking a Health Visitor who is keen to develop their leadership skills and sphere of influence and are keen to shape the future of Public Health Nursing in Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich.
We are invested in the development of Health Visiting and School Nursing and this is underpinned by our Public Health Nursing strategy and training programme for all roles within the PHN teams. All Health Visitors and Community Nursery Nurses have corporate membership with the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) which offers a wealth of professional training programmes and resources to support excellent practice.
Interviews to be held week commencing 13th May 2024
Main duties of the job
Work as part of an integrated team and lead on the delivery of the healthy child programme
Identify health needs through an ecological assessment and in partnership with families, agree personalised plans to address the needs.
Delegate aspects of care to the Community Nursery Nurses and Staff Nurses within the skill mix team.
Engage and participate in service improvement.
Continuously learn to develop your own skills and those of others.
In partnership with clients and other partners, assess healthcare needs to develop and evaluate programmes to address the health needs of the population
Work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities
About us
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Support collecting data to inform the performance management framework for the service ensuring team members are completing timely and accurate data collection via EMIS.
2. If prescribing: To undertake Nurse Prescribing in accordance with NMC guidelines and ensure safe prescribing practice within professional and BromleyHealthcare guidelines/ policies.
3. To liaise with the School Health Service, with particular reference to vulnerable children, their families and children with special needs.
4. To participate in regular clinical supervision. Managerial
5. To plan and record individual programmes of care for children and families.
6. To assist in the identification of local health needs and ensure the optimum use of resources.
7. Delegate work to Community Nursery Nurses that is within the sphere of competence of the skill mix and assist in training.
8. The post holder must carry out their responsibilities with due regard to Bromley Healthcares Equality and Diversity policy. They must ensure that equality is promoted at all times ensuring that all patients, clients and colleagues are treated in an equitable manner, respecting anddemonstrating an understanding of diversity within the workplace. Education and Training
9. To participate in an annual appraisal of their work where objectives will be set. The post holderwill be expected to undertake any training or development as identified at appraisal.
10. To undertake such training as may be required to meet the needs of the service both mandatory and service specific.
11. To assume responsibility for maintaining own level of professional development and clinical competence. Clinical Governance
12. All staff are responsible for identifying areas within their service which do not meet Clinical Governance quality standards.
13. All staff are expected to participate in Clinical Governance actions to achieve Clinical Governance within their service.
14. All clinicians are expected to participate in quality improvement activities including clinical audit programmes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
15. RGN, RM, RSCN RHV Certificate/Diploma/Degree or equivalent or undertaking at time of interview (if offered a job it would be dependent on successfully completing course) NMC registered.
Desirable
16. Qualified Nurse Prescriber
Professional Registration
Essential
17. NMC registration as Nurse or midwife and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
Training
Essential
18. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
19. Evidence of further professional learning.
20. Knowledge of current research
Skills
Essential
21. Current knowledge and understanding of reports/legislation affecting community nursing including current PHE directives.
22. Teaching
23. Leadership qualities
24. Management skills
25. Knowledge of the public health role of contemporary health visiting
26. Experience of Safeguarding issues
27. Evidence based practice
28. Computer literate
29. Driving Licence and with use of car for work
Experience
Essential
30. Current community experience
31. Experience of working across organisational boundaries within health/ social care.
32. Team working / autonomous working
33. Evidence of professional updating
34. Experience of working in multi- disciplinary teams.
35. Knowledge of Healthy Child Programme.
Desirable
36. Clinical appraisor/supervisor experience