Are you a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)?
We are looking for enthusiastic and adaptable Health Visitors to join the nurse bank and support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme in Newcastle upon Tyne.
We are nationally recognised for our creative and forward-thinking approach in supporting our communities, this includes working closely with our partners in the Community Family Hubs, Children’s Social Care and local GP services.
We have developed a robust Single Point of Access for the 0-19 service and are able to offer the opportunity to work either in caseload or on the single Point of Access.
You will work as part of a skill mix team being supported by Senior and Specialist Health Visitors in practice and will work in a variety of community localities to support service need.
We offer regular supervision and PNA support. All staff working in the 0-19 service in community settings are issued with a lone working device to support your safety.
We offer a variety of work patterns and would welcome applications from both experienced and newly qualified Health Visitors.
To provide an evidenced-based family centred public health service that focuses on identifying health needs and vulnerability within the family and community.
The aim of this service is prevention and early detection of ill health and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.
We are committed to improving the working lives of our staff and maintaining a healthy and efficient work force while providing excellent care to our patients. Listed below is a summary of the Trust terms and conditions of registration to the Staff Bank, and staff benefits available.
• All posts are subject to NHS pre-employment checks including occupational health clearance and DBS (where appropriate).
• All pay progression is conditional upon a positive outcome at annual appraisal.
• All successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay. You will be required to sign a DBS payment form which will be issued to you as part of your recruitment process.
• All new employees will be required to attend the Trust induction programme and complete appropriate mandatory training requirements.
• Where professional registration is required for a post it is the responsibility of the employee to maintain their registration.
• The Trust operates a no smoking policy.
The Health Visitor assesses clients’ needs, then plans and evaluates care which is implemented themselves or delegated to the skill mix team members. This is done in collaboration with the client, other members of the Primary Health Care team and / or other agencies
This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024