An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist SEND health visitor - band 7 to join the Health Visiting Team in Wandsworth Borough.

They will have the key responsibility to project manage and clinically lead a quality improvement project relating to children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

***The salary in the advert reflects the pay increase for 2024-2025. Please be advised that this increase will not come into effect until October 2024 when any monies owed will be backpaid.***

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to work as a lead and scope the current position across the HV service, reviewing any gaps/ issues in practice. Taking an educative lead, they will have an active role on quality improvements and embedding evidence-based practice across the HV teams and working collaboratively with the Health Visiting Team Leads, Locality Leads.

Our focus and passion are to deliver a joined up high-quality service to our children, young people, and families and we're seeking an individual with the appropriate skills and innovations to join our dynamic diverse teams. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our families get the best care closer to home. The current climate means this is more important than ever supporting families to keep them well, by contributing to the delivery of SEND reforms (Children and Families Act 2014) and Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018), including improving health and life chances for children and families and safeguarding those at risk.

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T& C's apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Registered Health Visitor
• Practice Teacher qualification
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training

Desirable

• Up to date nurse prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential

• Health visiting experience in practice
• Experience of coordinating and leading multi-skilled teams
• Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
• Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and inter-agency working. Ability to facilitate joint working practices
• Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive health assessments, planning, and implementing evidence-based programmes of care
• Writing care plans
• Experience of developing the public health agenda
• Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others
• Experience of supporting learners in practice settings
• Experience of delivering training programmes to groups.
• Experience and evidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• Experience and evidence of participation in research.
• Evidence of leadership in service change or redesign.
• Evidence of providing clinical supervision to groups or on 1:1.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
• Knowledge of current health legislation
• Current knowledge of child protection guidelines and relevant legal aspects
• Knowledge of the public health agenda and the health care needs of individuals in the community
• Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills
• Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
• Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
• Knowledge of implementing evidence-based practice
• Ability to work without direct supervision and plan, organise, review, and prioritise own workload and that of others
• Able to delegate work effectively and safely
• Ability to be flexible and responsive to organisational needs
• Ability to make informed decisions under pressure
• Be able to use information technology
• Be able to identify and access sources of information to inform practice
• Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to adapt to change and have an open approach to new ways of working
• Office management and caseload organisational skills
• Motivated to learn and develop to meet the needs of the service
• Skills and knowledge to facilitate and support the learning and development of others in the practice environment

Other

Essential

• Able to carry out the duties of the post
• Health cleared by occupational health for the role specified
• Able to travel round the district [car/bike/public transport/foot]

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Falcon Road

London

SW11 2PH

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824-SOUTH-6534117