Job summary
- Main area
- Health Visitor
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 362-A-23-5873605-A
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Health Visitor
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
The Health Visiting Service in Stockport is seeking to employ a Health Visitor who is enthusiastic and committed to improving the outcomes for children and families in Stockport.
The Health Visitors are a key part of our integrated Start Well Team, holding named health visitor 0-5 geographical caseloads to support children to get the best start in life. They work closely with early years providers, GPs, Midwives and Stockport Family colleagues.
The service has well established skill mix teams consisting of Health Visitors, Staff Nurses, Early Years Workers and Health Visitor Assistants who together deliver the Healthy Child Programme and early years pathways. They are part of Stockport Family which is an innovative, integrated children’s service, designed to ensure strong working relationships between health, Local authority and Education providers, and working alongside colleagues in the Local Authority, Primary Care, voluntary and statutory agencies within newly established Family Hubs.
Main duties of the job
As a health visitor in a Start Well team you will lead the healthy child programme 0-5 and manage a named health visitor mixed caseload of universal, enhanced and specialised pathway families.
You will provide holistic assessment using the my world triangle, and utilise planning skills to identify and address health needs in a defined local population.
You will provide early help support to families when required utilising the Early Help Assessment and within a Team Around the Early Years model.
You will be accountable for your work and delegate activities as required to other members of the integrated Start Well Team.
You will maintain a focus on Public Health priorities, using a community strengths based approach to reduce inequalities utilising family hub networks across the neighbourhood you are working within.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached Job Description and person specification
The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable. You will also be required to demonstrate up to date knowledge and understanding of the national agenda for children and families and how this will impact on your role as a Health Visitor
About us
We value our staff and are committed to their positive health and well being. There is a strong focus on personal and professional development with support of the leadership team and the wider NHS Trust resources
We support staff with regular supervision, both from Team Leader and for
safeguarding caseload
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately
If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13
Person specification
Education and qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Health Visitor
Desirable criteria
- Degree in relevant subject
Knowledge of Health Visiting
Essential criteria
- health visiting practice and evidence base
Desirable criteria
- NBO/ NBAS knowledge and skills
Experience in Health Visiting
Essential criteria
- Broad based experience in nursing and health visiting
Good communicator
Essential criteria
- Written and verbal
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Heaney
- Job title
- Startwell Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07753422065
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