SCPHN (Health Visitor) (2 Posts)

Job responsibilities

To provide evidence based public health nursing practice that promotes and improves health and addresses inequalities at individual, family and community level. Lead the delivery of the healthy child programme to improve health and wellbeing and safeguard children, young people and families. Develop and implement structured interventions for children and families with complex needs including assessments, appropriate management of risks and providing professional and clinical supervision to other team members.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• For Practitioner
• Experience of integrated working/ multi-agency working
• Working in a community setting
• Experience of public health related work/ leading public health initiatives
• Experience of safeguarding vulnerable children and families
• Experience of working with complex vulnerable children and families
• Evidence of compliance with professional regulations Standards of Proficiency
• Experience of initiating and leading the early help processes for children and families
• For Experienced Practitioner (plus all of the above)
• Experience of preceptoring and mentoring
• Significant post qualification experience
• Experience of complex safeguarding work.
• Experience of developing and leading training

Desirable

• Experience of managing staff

Qualifications

Essential

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse level 6 or above qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Recorded Nurse Prescriber
• Mentor Qualification
• Willing to undertake SCPHN additional field of practice(extended practice course)

General and Special Knowledge

Essential

• For Practitioner
• Knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and related policies and pathways
• Knowledge and understanding of public health and preventative strategy
• Knowledge and understanding of Local and National Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
• Sound knowledge of professional accountability and professional regulations requirements for continued registration
• Demonstrate in depth knowledge and understanding of the impact of long term health and social issues and safeguarding
• Demonstrate knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for practice
• Experience and understanding of clinical and safeguarding supervision
• For Experienced Practitioner (plus all of the above)
• Knowledge and understanding of principles and benefits of reflection and use of models and tools to enhance understanding of complex clinical practice and safeguarding supervision.
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for practice

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• For Practitioner
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing to a range of audiences including children, young people, parents and carers and professional colleagues.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload within a changing and flexible work environment
• Skills in health needs assessment, planning and evaluating interventions
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills in the use of information technology
• Ability to work autonomously and independently
• Ability to use reflective practice techniques to evaluate, present and critically analyse own practice
• Ability to line manage and supervise other team members, organising and delegating as appropriate
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders as well as ability to constructively challenge when required
• Demonstrate a flexible, innovative approach to work, as well as willingness to develop specialist areas of work and critically analyse own personal development.
• Demonstrate leadership skills and interpersonal skills with an ability to work effectively in partnership with team, other professionals and agencies
• For Experienced Practitioner (plus all of the above):
• Ability to manage complex health needs
• Ability to lead and develop innovative practice
• Ability to take lead role in complex child protection, child in need and looked after children and direct, support and supervise the other teams members to support those families
• Demonstrate skills in delivering effective clinical decision making in complex scenarios and to make decisions when there are conflicts and tensions.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• All levels:
• Demonstrate a full commitment to develop information technology skills as appropriate to undertake public health nursing duties
• Ability to undertake travel in connection with the post duties
• Willing to undertake training and continuous professional development in connection with the post
• Willing to work flexibly in accordance with the policies and procedures to meet the operational needs of the service and the council.
• Work in accordance with our values and behaviours, as part of an inclusive and high performing council

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.

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

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC)

Address

Westgate Plaza One, 1 Westgate

Western Street

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S70 2DR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)