We are looking for a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) to work within our Wiltshire Children’s Community Services to lead and deliver a high quality, proactive service for children and the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme.You will join a welcoming teaming team based across our three hubs in Wiltshire, Trowbridge, Melksham and Bradford on Avon. As a service we aim to reduce health inequalities, safeguard children and improve outcomes.If you are looking for a supportive team and a place to develop your skills and expand your career, we would love for you to apply! Package DescriptionWe are looking for talented and dedicated Health Visitors to join our supportive team in Wiltshire! You will be based at one of our 3 hubs in Trowbridge, Melksham and Bradford on Avon.If you are looking for a supportive environment to expand your skills and career we would love for you to apply! As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) Band 6 you’ll be part of our valued team at within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £37,338 - £44,962 Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditionsFree tea, coffee and milk at your base locationMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counsellingAccess to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a number of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality CommissionMain ResponsibilitiesAs a Health Visitor you will: Deliver the universal reach of the Healthy Child Programme, assessing health needs and identifying and implementing appropriate interventions for a personalised or targeted response utilising the skills of the mixed team. Take responsibility for the outcomes of the children within the defined population and collaborate with key partners to address identified public health needsDevelop and foster effective professional relationships and networks with families and other key partners.Provide families and children 0-5 with a service that promotes their physical, mental, emotional health and wellbeing.Work in partnership working with other agencies. Co-manage a caseload within a team of other health visitors and taking responsibility for the outcomes of those allocated for assessment, intervention and management.Developing the health visiting service in the defined locality through proactive leadership and innovative practice to meet health needs.Leadership and Communication skillsAct as a resource and lead to other health visitors through project development and further training.Use evidence-based practice to develop and maintain high quality and cost effective standards Provide management and leadership to community nursery nurses and other skill mix team membersPlan, develop and co-ordinate the public health agenda and interventions for the early year’s population in the locality area for the skill mix team to deliver.For a full list of responsibilities please see attached Job Description. The Ideal CandidateWe are looking for someone who has:Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualificationCurrent NMC registration on third part of the registerExperience in leading and working in health visiting teamsExperience in leading interventions to improve outcomes and safeguard children and familiesQualification in practice supervising/assessing for nurse learnersCar driver and use of car for workDesirableQualification in leadership and innovative practiceExperience in line management and developing teamsExperience of presenting policy and outcomes to commissioners and partnersExperience of goal setting and managing interventions to meet outcomesExperience in leading complex health needs requiring safeguarding and multiagency processesAbout The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
