Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Undertake initial family health needs assessments or delegate the responsibility where appropriate to other members of the team.2. Identify vulnerable families and mobilise appropriate resources.3. Prioritise workload to reflect a service based on reducing health inequalities.4. Manage workload in a corporate way within the integrated team.5. Ensure effective and equitable management of workload within the team.6. Be pro-active in multi agency networking and collaboration to improve life chances for all children.7. Offer Health Visitor expertise to clients within a community setting.8. Manage and develop skill mixed staff within the integrated team.9. Identify actual or suspected child abuse. Follow Milton Keynes Multi-Agency Code of Practice and Community Health Services child protection polices.10. Attend child protection conferences and core groups as required or delegate responsibility where appropriate to other members of the team.11. Work in partnership with vulnerable families to enable optimum health gains. Undertake risk assessments prior to home visits.12. Undertake child/family assessments and agree programme of child health screening and health promotion activity.

Job responsibilities

1. Undertake initial family health needs assessments or delegate the responsibility where appropriate to other members of the team.2. Identify vulnerable families and mobilise appropriate resources.3. Prioritise workload to reflect a service based on reducing health inequalities.4. Manage workload in a corporate way within the integrated team.5. Ensure effective and equitable management of workload within the team.6. Be pro-active in multi agency networking and collaboration to improve life chances for all children.7. Offer Health Visitor expertise to clients within a community setting.8. Manage and develop skill mixed staff within the integrated team.9. Identify actual or suspected child abuse. Follow Milton Keynes Multi-Agency Code of Practice and Community Health Services child protection polices.10. Attend child protection conferences and core groups as required or delegate responsibility where appropriate to other members of the team.11. Work in partnership with vulnerable families to enable optimum health gains. Undertake risk assessments prior to home visits.12. Undertake child/family assessments and agree programme of child health screening and health promotion activity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with current NMC registration

Desirable

• Qualification in teaching/assessing clinical practice
• Unicef Breastfeeding and Relationship Building training

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of caseload management and office organisational skills
• Experience of working with families and children to improve health outcomes through the delivery of the Healthy Child programme

Desirable

• Experience of managing skill mix

Qualifications

Essential

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with current NMC registration

Desirable

• Qualification in teaching/assessing clinical practice
• Unicef Breastfeeding and Relationship Building training

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of caseload management and office organisational skills
• Experience of working with families and children to improve health outcomes through the delivery of the Healthy Child programme

Desirable

• Experience of managing skill mix

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Shipley Court

March End Road

Newport Pagnell

MK16 8EA

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)