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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

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Job overview

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor 0-19 Universal Children's Service . 

West Locality Team is going through some exciting changes supporting the development of the family/community hubs in Barking . We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic and innovative Health Visitors to be a part of our team to implement the healthy child programme requirements for the family/community hubs.

Whether you are a newly qualified health visitor and are looking to gain confidence and experience, or an experienced Health Visitor, we would welcome your application.

We offer opportunities for learning and development in order to develop in your role, with collaborative working within an integrated skill-mix team. We offer agile working and place an emphasis on the health and well-being of our staff. We work collaboratively with other agencies and towards reducing health inequalities for children, young people and their families and the safety and well-being of our clients is always paramount.

For newly qualified practitioners, we have a preceptorship programme in place to support development and learning and offer clinical supervision and mentorship. Also, there is opportunity for experienced health visitors to develop their skills in audit and research. NELFT invest in staff continuous professional development.

This role is Specialist Community Public Health Nurses - Health Visitors on the NMC register

Main duties of the job

Job Overview

To lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, and ensure the Service model is implemented in practice.  Ensure services are provided within the 4 tier model- Your Community, Universal, Universal plus and Partnership plus. This will incorporate building community capacity, and embedding this into caseload, team and locality management.  Responsible for the management of caseload allocation as per locality/team, and classification of cases in line with the national strategy of Universal, Universal plus and Universal partnership plus.  Work in accordance to the Locality commissioned service specification, to ensure the 5 mandated reviews are completed within required timescales and services provided are evidence based practice. To improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people especially those from disadvantaged groups.

We would welcome your application if you have the following: Specialist Community Public Health Nurse/ Health Visitor qualification Student Health Visitor due to qualify Evidence of working with children and young people Willing to undertake further training as required Excellent oral and written communication skills

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). 

High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information on this role.

Welcome Payment
This post is eligible for the Trust 'Welcome to NELFT' Payment. A lump sum of 10% of the agreed basic salary, which is subject to a minimum of £4,000 and maximum of £10,000 of the full time basic salary (pro rata if part time and exclusive of HCAS payments). Payment of the incentive is applied with 50% paid at the end of the probationary period (typically six months) and then 50% at the end of year two. This welcome package is applicable to external candidates only.

It is expected that you remain employed with NELFT for 2 years, should you leave within 2 years the Trust reserves the right to reclaim any monies paid.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Education and Training

Essential criteria

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse/Health Visitor qualification Current on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register

Desirable criteria

Non Medical Prescribing

Qualities

Essential criteria

Experience of the Healthy Child Programe

Desirable criteria

Ability to demonstrate Innovation and motivation

Experience

Essential criteria

Partnership working with external agencies and organisations

Desirable criteria

Presentation skills

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Good understanding of the Healthy Child Programme Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable criteria

Proven Organisational & delegation abilities

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.