Health Visitor

• Working in partnership with families to assess needs, develop personalised health plans and support positive health outcomes for children and parents.
• Using specialist skills and knowledge to provide advice, guidance and support on evidence-based health care practices.
• Understand the caseload profile including the health needs of the defined population and local communities, targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
• Initiating referrals and working closely with multidisciplinary and multi-agency colleagues to ensure children and families receive coordinated care and support.
• Promoting safeguarding, early intervention and health promotion to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Contributing to service development, quality improvement initiatives and the delivery of team and organisational objectives.
• Please refer to Job description and personal specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Essential

• Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
• Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
• Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards

Essential

• Health visiting experience
• Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
• Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
• Experience in providing practice based learning support to others
• Experience of evidence based care
• Experience of supervising staff / students

Essential

• Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
• Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
• Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children's Plan etc.)
• Current knowledge of child protection issues
• Knowledge of NMC Code
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
• Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and others
• Able to delegate work effectively and safely
• Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working