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Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

About

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

CLCH is both the largest community healthcare organisation in London and the first in the capital to be awarded NHS Trust status. As such, CLCH is at the forefront of changing the way healthcare services are provided to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients. Over 3,000 community health professionals and staff provide community and in-patient services to over 900,000 local people.

Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Contact

Address
Central London Community Healthcare (Head Office)
Ground Floor
15 Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5JD
Contact Number
01923 961201

Find out more

Jobs Website
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Ref: 824-HVINW-56 Vacancy ID: 6649528

Bank B6 Health Visitor North West

Closed for applications on: 17-Oct-2024 09:51

Closed

Closed for applications on: 17-Oct-2024 09:51

Location

Parsons Green
North west
SW6 4UL
London

Contract type & working pattern

Bank Ad hoc
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Other
Bank

Salary

£22.92 pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
Hourly

(6)

Specialty

Nursing

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

 

 

Job overview

• To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative health visiting service, and where appropriate,
delegate to other members of the Health Visiting team to ensure delivery of a quality service
• To deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and
agree tailored health plans to address their parenting and health needs.
• To actively participate in service development activities.
• To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless
delivery of services for clients and communities 

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  • providing health advice and health education programmes
  • undertaking developmental assessments of babies and children
  • helping people come to terms with issues such as postnatal depression
  • establishing and addressing key health needs
  • referral to and liaison with other relevant organisations
  • assessing parenting skills and children's home situations, and offering parents any further support that may be needed
  • working with other professionals such as social workers, GPs and school nurses

Leading and coordinating the healthy child programme by carrying out the 5 mandated contact visits.

Providing a seamless service to universal and vulnerable children and families by working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams.

Early identification, intervention, and appropriate onward referral. Good communication skills both written and verbal.

Reduced ability to deliver on KPI’s

Patient safety will continue to be at risk

Working for our organisation

CLCH NHS Trust is currently re-shaping the way Health Visitors work, looking at new and innovative practices to improve health across London. This includes agile working and provision of laptops to all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a skilled, effective and evidence based health visiting service to clients in a variety of community settings.
• To apply specialist skills and knowledge in the delivery of the health visiting service.
• To consult, advise and educate individuals and families on good health care practices.
• To develop health profiles of the defined population and local communities, identifying health needs of disadvantaged groups and targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
• To identify, prioritise and implement programmes of care that meets the public health needs of the population.
• To provide parenting skills support and information both through coordinating /participating in parenting groups and one to one home visits to families, especially those children and families identified with complex health needs/vulnerabilities
• To provide health assessments, advice and education to families and individuals of all ages in the population group, prioritising services appropriate to local public health and population need.
• To develop and implement regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Current NMC registration
  • Evidence of continuing post registration education and training
Desirable criteria
  • Mentor training or prepared to work towards

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Recent health visiting experience
  • Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets.
  • Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing support to others
  • Experience in providing practice based learning support to others
Desirable criteria
  • Office management and caseload
  • Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
  • Ability to be flexible and responsive to client and organisational needs

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
TSB Team
Job title
TSB Recruitment
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02033978322
No smoking policy
Age positive
Care quality commission - Good
NHS Pastoral Care
Disability confident committed
Accredited Living Wage Employer
Stonewall 2023 Bronze

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