Bright Start Health Visitor

Leadership

To support the development of a well-functioning integrated team by modelling effective teamworking.To support the Team Lead to develop team objectives and organise and evaluate the servicedelivery. To directly manage members of the team in line with Trust policy providing regular supervision,annual appraisal and any identified additional support or training as required.To actively participate in service development.To agree and participate in audit, quality improvement initiatives following agreed policy and protocol.

Clinical

To support the delivery of Healthy Child Programme for a geographical area within the BrightStart locality.To be competent in the use of the Trust electronic clinical record system following Trustguidelines in its use. (RIO)To be responsible to work/lead to deliver the Healthy Child Programme for a geographical areawithin the Bright Start locality with health and early years colleaguesTo undertake evidence based child and family health assessments and develop child/family plans in partnership with children and carers.To undertake the Early Help assessment and attend professional multi agency meetings asrequired.

You will be expected to work across organisational and professional boundaries delivering innovative and engaging services which impact on outcomes for families and children. This work will be undertaken in a variety of settings including health centres, children centres, Best Start Family Hubs and will be delivered as home visits and group sessions

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Essential: - Health Visiting professional qualification, with entry onto the 3rd part of the NMC Register; - Evidence of continuing post registration education and training.

Essential: - Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral; - Knowledge of change management methodology and its application.; - High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes.

Essential: - Knowledge of current legislation and NICE guidance relating to all aspects of the HCP; - Knowledge and ability to apply audit and Quality Improvement methodology.; - Understanding of the local and national safeguarding procedures and its application to the role.; - Knowledge and understanding of application of the Clinical Governance Framework.; - Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.; - Ability to work without direct supervision, to plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and that of others.; - Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to work and professional practice.; - Ability to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with the Islington Bright Start vision.; - Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity; - Willingness to support and facilitate the learning of others in the practice environment.