Interview will be held on 27th Sept 2024

Are you interested in pursuing a career in the community as a Health Visitor, working with children and families to improve their health and well-being? Are you ambitious, enthusiastic, energetic and keen to develop the required skills and knowledge to support you in gaining access to the Specialist Practitioner training programme?

If so, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for you to develop public health skills and knowledge, as a Development Community Staff Nurse for Health Visiting .

The successful candidates will work within the Reading locality health visiting team but will need to be flexible around working from different sites as they support children aged 0-5, their families and Health Visiting colleagues. They will support the implementation of the Healthy Child Programme underpinned by the Solihull Approach model of working.

The ideal candidates for these roles will demonstrate an interest and passion for health visiting. They will need to be a good team player with good communication and interpersonal skills and with the ability to work effectively with service users and a range of other agencies and professionals.

The Specialist Community Public Health NursingProgramme is offered by Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust at either Oxford Brookes or Bucks New University.

Main duties of the job

• To provide support to families within a variety of community settings under the direction of the Health Visitor, taking into account the diverse social, health and wellbeing needs of the community.

• To plan and deliver health enhancing activities for children and their families to include working in groups, child health clinics, developmental review clinics, and on an individual basis.

• To provide support to families using the Solihull approach model in behaviour management, parenting skills and delivering programmes of care to vulnerable families as identified by the health visitor.

• To support breastfeeding and parent infant relationships applying the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards.

• To liaise with other agencies and services to provide integrated and cohesive support for children and their families, under the direction of the health visitor.

• Work with the HV team to achieve the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) especially focussing on the antenatal and the 6-8 week postnatal contacts

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The4 must haves for you to be considered for this role:

• You must be a Registered Nurse active on the NMC register

• Committed to professional development

• Ability to carry / manoeuvre light to moderate loads

• You will hold a valid UK drivers license with access to a vehicle

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call Fiona Howell on 07768 987992 or fiona.howell@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse or midwife

Desirable

• Educated to degree level
• Mentoring qualification or equivalent.

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of the Health Visiting service
• Competent to use a range of IT systems and databases
• Demonstrates an interest in public health and health education
• Documented evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Willingness to undertake further training and development

Experience

Desirable

• Paediatric experience
• Community Nursing experience
• Child Protection knowledge
• Leadership qualities
• Evidence of proactive and innovative/reflective practitioner

Analytical and judgmental skills

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Desirable

• Broad knowledge of the audit process
• Ability to research/present relevant topics

Personal skills

Essential

• Evidence of effective team working
• Willingness to teach students and colleagues
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Ability to work flexibly in order to respond to service needs
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Ability to form strong professional working relationships
• Car Driver who holds full driving licence with access to a vehicle
• Ability and willingness to travel across the BHFT footprint of HV services
• The post requires a degree of agility and the ability to carry/manoeuvre light to moderate loads

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Health Visiting Newbury, West Berkshire Community Hospital

Thatcham

RG18 3AS

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

371-CFS275-C