Job summary
Join Our Team - Make a Difference in Wolverhampton

Are you a passionate and motivated Health Visitor - either experienced or newly qualified - who wants to make a real impact in the lives of children and families? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Wolverhampton Health Visiting Service is entering an exciting period of growth and development. As part of this expansion, we're looking for enthusiastic and dynamic Health Visitors to join our 0-19 Health Visiting Team.

We are seeking individuals with strong leadership and clinical skills who are eager to contribute to the future of our service and support the families in our community.

Why Join us?
Be part of a forward-thinking and supportive team

Help shape services that make a lasting difference to children and families

What We're Looking For:

• A car owner/driver - travel across Wolverhampton is essential
• A qualified Health Visitor who is committed to delivering high standards of care
• Someone who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and families

Main duties of the job
Your Key Responsibilities:

• Be professionally accountable for maintaining high standards of practice in line with regulatory requirements
• Manage a defined caseload, delivering efficient and effective care
• Champion safe and effective clinical practice
• Enhance the experience of children and families in our service
• Contribute to achieving organisational goals
• Deliver universal, preventative healthcare through the Healthy Child Programme
• Work in partnership with external stakeholders to ensure families access the full range of support available

About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Person Specification
Qualification

• NMC Registration (Essential)

Experience

• Health Visitor experience (Essential)

Communication skills

• Evidence of communication skills (Essential)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).