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About the Role
The role will provide a health visiting service to all children and their families based on the national refreshed health visiting model and evidenced by the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years (HCP). The successful candidate will be responsible for developing health promotion and public health programmes in accordance with identified needs, local and National directives. They will be able to develop, implement and evaluate health plans in response to the identified needs of the individual, family and community in partnership with clients. To ensure reports are prepared for and participate in child protection conferences, Team around the family, Neighbourhood Acting meetings, court attendances and multi-agency planning meetings as required.
Responsibilities
- Developing health promotion and public health programmes in accordance with identified needs, local and National directives.
- Developing, implementing and evaluating health plans in response to the identified needs of the individual, family and community in partnership with clients.
- Ensuring reports are prepared for and participating in child protection conferences, Team around the family, Neighbourhood Acting meetings, court attendances and multi-agency planning meetings as required.
Requirements
- Be a registered Nurse
- Have a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification
- Hold a current NMC registration
- Be Registered Nurse prescriber
- Have evidence of continuous professional development
- Be able to assess effectively, lead the team, manage performance, risk and plan in an outcome focused way.
- Strive to share learning and collaborate with practitioners and multi-agency partners to achieve outcomes for children and their families.
- Be IT literate e.g. using clinical systems, word processing, email and internet use.
Skills
- Assessing effectively
- Team leadership
- Performance management
- Risk management
- Outcome-focused planning
- Collaboration with practitioners and multi-agency partners
- IT literacy (clinical systems, word processing, email, internet)
Location
- Newham
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced Health Visitors
Education Level
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification
Salary/Compensations
- £47,262 - £50,676 per annum inclusive of the high cost area supplement - LBN P03 equivalent.
Benefits
- Genuine management support
- Low supervisor/supervisee ratios
- Employee wellbeing programmes
- HEART values and behaviours
- Flexible starting salary within the allocated grade for the right candidates.
- Subsidised leisure passes
- Generous local government annual leave allowance
- Pension scheme
- Continued access to the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) for health professionals who satisfy the NHS Pension scheme criteria.
- NHS continuous service recognised
- Support to take up advanced clinical training
- Wider workforce development package to enhance your skills
- Clear competency and career progression framework
- Access to smart technology
About the Company
- Newham is an incredibly diverse borough with a very young population and is experiencing considerable regeneration as part of the Olympic legacy.
- There are over 86,000 children and young people in Newham and we want each of them to have the same life chances as young people in other parts of London.
- This post is directly employed by the London Borough of Newham, who was the first London borough to offer a fully integrated 0-19 health and social care service after we assumed direct responsibility for providing 0 -19 School Nursing and Health Visiting services in 2017.
- Our CYPS directorate will be delivering the 0-19 Healthy Child programme through the Childrens Health Service.
- We have a stable and permanent management team in the Childrens Health Service and are now recruiting experienced Health Visitors to the remaining vacancies in our Health Visiting Teams.
- Newham 0-19 health service have a continual commitment, working towards improving the lives of Children and Young People in the Borough.
- The Children's Health 0-19 service had their CQC inspection in 2021 and rated Good in all areas.
- The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London.
- It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east.
- It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR.
- When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London.
- The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock.
- Newham has the youngest overall population in the country.
- It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium.
- It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family.
- There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock.
- It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all.
- When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation.
- If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.
- The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.