Health Visitor

Job overview

Are you a Band 6 Health Visitor?

If so, come and join a friendly and professional team in a the Maidstone District which is a beautiful part of Kent. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working with children and families, and is passionate about their health and wellbeing.

If you are newly qualified Health Visitor or an experienced Health Visitor you are welcome to apply. We work in partnership with local children’s centres and GPs on a rewarding caseload, and we strongly encourage creativity and new ideas.

Find out more from our colleagues on how much they love the SCPHN role and the benefits of working at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.

At KCHFT we encourage and support champion and link roles in areas such as: early years development, born to move, communication, haemoglobinopathy, breastfeeding, domestic abuse, Solihull, disabilities, perinatal mental health, and CONI (care of next infant). There are opportunities for you to specialise in an area that interests you.

We value our colleagues and are committed to your development - we want you, and your career, to flourish with us! To aid your development and learning we offer excellent training and support further education within our Trust.

We listen to you, value you and embrace new ideas - we want all colleagues to contribute to the direction of the service.

We are passionate about supporting children and families to have the best start in life, if you feel the same then please apply.

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Our health visiting teams provide support to families with children aged 0-5. You’ll have a varied caseload and you’ll need to be confident and flexible to provide the best support for families.

You'll work as part of a team to keep children safe and well in Maidstone. You will get to use your clinical judgment to support evidence-based care planning and make sure that children and families who use our services have a good experience.

Some of your duties will be:

• Developing integrated care programmes in partnership with senior practitioners and/or commissioners.
  Supporting in the supervision/ line management and development of all junior staff.
• Undertaking a range of competent clinical and non-clinical interventions to support the outcomes of the service.
• Acting as lead and senior practitioner to support junior staff support assessment/reassessments of service users and/or pathways with complex needs across the relevant field of health care.
• Supporting and making recommendations to senior managers in order to prioritise and focus efforts to achieve business objectives, service improvement strategies and statutory requirements.

We're one of the largest healthcare providers in the country and we know how important it is to make sure children and families are getting the right support and care. We are committed to providing the best care for our clients and their families.

We operate a flexible working policy and welcome applications for part-time and full-time hours.

Working for our organisation

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Looking for professional development? We can support that too! Our career pathways will help you achieve your aspirations