Health Visitor Full Time

Job OverviewThe post holder will work as an autonomous Practitioner who will provide a safe, effective, and high-quality service to service users using research-based evidence to inform practice within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Clinical Governance Frameworks.The post holder will lead and ensure delivery of Healthy Child Programme with a focus to implement early help/intervention so reducing health inequalities and improving health outcomes for individuals, families, and the community.Main duties of the jobTo lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme model and implement in practice.Ensure services are provided within the 4-tier model- Community, Universal, Targeted and Specialist. This will incorporate building community capacity, and embedding this into caseload, team, and locality management.Responsible for the management of caseload allocation as per locality/team and classify cases in line national stratify of Your Community, Universal, Targeted and Specialist.Work in accordance with the Locality commissioned service specification, to ensure the 5 mandated reviews are completed within required timescales, services provided are evidence-based practice and the High impact areas are embedded within practice.To improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people especially those from disadvantaged groups.To Identify, prioritise, develop, and implement programmes of care to meet individual and local needs, considering cultural diversity. This will be achieved through evidence-based assessments, effective care planning and implementation of a range of support packages for individual families, targeting the most vulnerable families and groups utilising best available evidence.To clinically interpret information, analyse and identify appropriate plans/packages of care in line with Universal, Universal plus and or Partnership plus cases within the Health Visiting caseload.To plan and organise workload with appropriate skill mix application in line with NELFT’s service operating procedures and competency frameworks.To provide expert advice, support, and interventions to all families with children in the first years of life.To identify the needs of individual children, parents, and families (including safeguarding needs) and refer or direct them to existing local services, thereby promoting early intervention.To operate within Children & Young People Services Child Safeguarding Policies, Standards and Procedures, recognising and taking appropriate action in relation to children where there is suspicion of abuse.To participate in strategy meetings, case conferences, providing reports as required and to have clinical and safeguarding supervision as per policy for Safeguarding children.To support the development of caseload profiles on a local and Trust-wide via caseload weighting and analysis, identifying priorities of need and facilitate in the planning of future service provision in negotiation and partnership with Commissioners and key stakeholders.Liaise and maintain good working relationships with statutory and voluntary agencies whilst making referrals and consulting as necessary. This is with the informed consent of clients and within Trust policies.Undertake Nurse Prescribing as appropriate to the role.Detailed Job Description And Main ResponsibilitiesUse child and family centred approaches to address health inequalities, including the promotion of good health, the prevention of ill health and the implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care. This should involve the service user by developing child/family care plans in partnership with families.Monitor the health of children under five years of age and their families, and to involve the family in promoting optimum health and development of all children.Use strength based, problem solving/solution focused strategies and motivational interviewing skills to enable families to develop behaviour change strategies.Undertake home visits and regular reviews to support vulnerable families, groups and individuals giving information and support.Be aware of deviations from the normal in health and behaviour, and to intervene to protect vulnerable children and adults by prompt action, referral and working with other agencies as part of a specialist team.Identification of possible environmental factors implicated in ill health and initiating public health measures where necessary.Undertake and record Child Health Surveillance and Screening programmes in accordance with Trust Standard Operating procedures, working closely with General Practitioners/ Children Centres and other health/voluntary care professionals.Apply Early help strategies and procedures and act as Lead Professional for families as appropriate.Participate in health promotion to identify target groups promoting the achievement of immunisation targets and undertake immunisations as appropriate.Be aware of, and adhere to, national and local Child Protection guidelines and procedures in the Children’s Act.To operate within Children & Young People Services Child Safeguarding Policies, Standards and Procedures, recognising and taking appropriate action in relation to children where there is suspicion of abuse.To participate in strategy meetings, case conferences, providing reports as required and to have clinical and safeguarding supervision as per policy for Safeguarding children.Access Clinical and Safeguarding supervision in line with NELFT Safeguarding and supervision Policies.In line with Borough direction work within a “Think Family Approach”.Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).Select OneHigh Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME)This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).Working for UsJoining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.