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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Contact
- Address
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Queen Victoria Road
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne and Wear
- NE1 4LP
- Contact Number
- 0191 282 0999 option 2
Health Visitor
Closed for applications on: 10-Jul-2024 08:09
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 10-Jul-2024 08:09
Key details
Location
- Site
- Trust Wide
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Postcode
- NE3 3HD
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - As and When
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Bank
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
Are you a Health Visitor or have you recently retired and wish to return into a flexible position? If so we are looking to recruit registered Health Visitor to join our Staff Bank. In return we can offer valuable work opportunities/experience, opportunity to apply for NHS substantive employment, comprehensive training, NHS Pension contributions and accrued holiday pay.
Our bank service aims to supply appropriately skilled staff to cover temporary shortages across both acute and community settings. Joining the bank provides an excellent opportunity for those who wish to gain insight and experience into diverse areas and specialities while providing you with the flexibility to choose your own working hours – we welcome those who can work up to full time hours.
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Working for our organisation
We are committed to improving the working lives of our staff and maintaining a healthy and efficient work force while providing excellent care to our patients. Listed below is a summary of the Trust terms and conditions of registration to the Staff Bank, and staff benefits available.
- All posts are subject to NHS pre-employment checks including occupational health clearance and DBS (where appropriate).
- All pay progression is conditional upon a positive outcome at annual appraisal.
- All successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay. You will be required to sign a DBS payment form which will be issued to you as part of your recruitment process.
- All new employees will be required to attend the Trust induction programme and complete appropriate mandatory training requirements.
- Where professional registration is required for a post it is the responsibility of the employee to maintain their registration.
- The Trust operates a no smoking policy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide an evidenced-based family centred public health service that focuses on identifying health needs and vulnerability within the family and community.
The aim of this service is prevention and early detection of ill health and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.
The Health Visitor assesses clients’ needs, then plans and evaluates care which is implemented themselves or delegated to the skill mix team members. This is done in collaboration with the client, other members of the Primary Health Care team and / or other agencies.
To provide advice, support and challenge to health visitors in undertaking an integrated working approach to families with identified relationship stressors.
Act as the point of triage providing advice to others about the most appropriate agency or group for onward signposting
Facilitate access to support services for vulnerable families;
Work with local services/agencies to strengthen alignment of support services in the local area.
Promote the services of the relationship navigator to establish and foster good relationships with practitioners and agencies who may from time to time require the professional input of the service
Ensure an increase of appropriate referrals to Local Family offer Services (Relate Counselling, parenting groups for parents of under 3s)
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/ Midwife (appropriate to branch)
- Registered HV/specialist practitioner public Health(HV)
- Nurse prescribing qualification or willing to undertake
- Degree in related studies
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship if relevant to role
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Current knowledge of policy, legislation relating to children families and public health
- Demonstrate leadership role
- Knowledge of inter-parental conflict and its impact on outcomes for families
- Knowledge of evidence based interventions within Mental Health / Parenting etc
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the Early Help System within Newcastle including the Early Help and Supporting Families Pathway
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills able to use email and word for communication and prepare reports.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills able to engage effectively with clients.
- Effective team working.
- Car driver
Desirable criteria
- Change management skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of delivering the healthy child programme
- Experience of leading and developing a team and working as part of a team.
- Experience of working effectively including safeguarding in a multi-agency arena to ensure best outcomes for children and families.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of establishing and delivering a new service
- Experience of using ROMS / monitoring impact of performance
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lindsey Gray
- Job title
- Staff Bank Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2826068
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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