About us
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.
Job Responsibilities
* Manage a caseload of families. Be the named health professional with responsibility for the planning and delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP).
* Identify need within a family or community and use child and family centred public health approaches to address health inequalities.
* Line‑manage junior members of staff, ensuring the completion of annual appraisals, 1:1 meetings, and personal development—support staff performance and address poor performance as appropriate.
* Support students and new starters; support the retention and recruitment of staff.
* Deliver needs‑led evidence‑based care that supports local and national priorities and policies.
* Act as the principal point of contact for allocated GP practices and Children’s Centres in the area.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
* Health Visiting professional qualification, with entry onto the 3rd part of the NMC Register.
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* Educated to degree level or equivalent.
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Willingness to develop and support management of change.
* Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral.
* Ability to delegate work appropriately and safely.
* Ability to set personal objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations.
* Collect and monitor data as required.
Knowledge & Experience
* Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme and the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate family health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes.
* Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.
* Knowledge of infection control standards.
* Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children.
* Management experience in a health service setting.
Personal Qualities
* Ability to build professional and personal credibility.
* Recognition of own need for support and supervision.
* Ability to exercise initiative.
* Self‑motivated.
* Work flexibly to address the needs of the service.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£45,953 to £54,254 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
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