The Hounslow Health Visiting Service is seeking a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. The successful applicant will work within a skill mix team to support and assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of activities aimed at promoting the health of the local population, as well as offering support to identified families as delegated by a Health Visitor. The post is suitable for those wanting to develop the skills and knowledge to prepare for a Health Visiting career.
Main duties of the job
The Community Staff Nurse will work in a skill mix Health Visiting team supporting the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, including
- Health Review contacts
- New birth reviews
- Maternal mood assessment and listening visits.
- Transfer in Contacts
- Individual, group and local public health activities
- Follow up on DNA's
- Delegated Home visits
- Infant feeding support
- Accident prevention and follow after A/E attendances
- To support Duty Health Visitor role
- To hold a small caseload of families to deliver delegated packages of care e.g. LAC children, children with SEND needs, premature infants , children with long-term healthcare conditions, listening visits. To report back to named HV and seek regular caseload supervision with the named HV.
Qualifications
- 1st level registration/2nd level (RGN)
Experience
- Evidence of team working
- Previous experience of community-based work
- Experience of audit/evaluation
Knowledge
- Awareness of Health Visiting and School Nursing roles
Skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and recognise role boundaries
- Understands the importance of the Public Health approach to health visiting and school nursing roles
- Understands the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary care
- Knowledge /understanding of Clinical Supervision
- Demonstrates awareness of Clinical Supervision
Other Requirements
- Able to work flexibly
- Self-directed learner
- Demonstrates leadership skills
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.
£36,943 to £44,900 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)
