Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health visitor

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Job overview

A Specialist Community Public Health Nurse in Health Visiting to provide strong clinical care and leadership within an integrated skill mixed team as part of the 0-19 Universal Health Service in Blackburn with Darwen.  

To lead on the delivery of the Health Child Programme 0-5 years and defined local requirements based on the provider contract.

To provide family centred, evidence based public health service that aims to proactively improve health outcomes for a defined caseload, population or community, reducing the risks and impact of health inequalities by working in partnership with families, communities and other professionals. This will be achieved through delivery of the model of health visiting at a community, universal, targeted and specialist level. Safeguarding is embedded within the model considering safe and effective management of risk for children, young people and families.

More than 1 position is available. Full time and part time. Working hours are Monday - Friday 9am-5pm

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See job description attached in document section

• Presents a positive image of the service when meeting service users and partners

• Demonstrates advanced communication skills in order to:

  i) Deal with and diffuse complex and volatile situations.

  ii) Participate in the decision making process of complex issues which may be emotive with differing professional opinions in a multi-agency arena

• Presents complex issues in a professional manner either verbally or in a written format, e.g. case conferences, reports and court statements where highly emotive and contentious situations may arise

Working for our organisation

Benefits of working for ELHT

Robust induction programme

Comprehensive Child Protection Supervision

Comprehensive suit of training

Professional development opportunities with clinical supervision and flexible working opportunities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

see attached job description and specification in document section .

• Works as the named Health Visitor for a defined caseload of antenatal mothers, children and families ensuring full responsibility for their case management based on local service contractual requirements

• Plans, delivers and evaluates an innovative service using evidence based knowledge e.g. ELHT policies, SOPs, guidelines and standards and works effectively with key agencies who work with children and families

• Provides a holistic assessment of the needs of families taking into account physical, psychological, social and environmental factors and develops action plans to meet those needs

• Delivers targeted intensive interventions to the most vulnerable families building therapeutic relationships and addressing difficult issues within families

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

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The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.