Job summary
The purpose of this job role is to support the existing Health Visiting team in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. This is a specialist role, and the successful applicant will carry a caseload of families and individuals with additional needs and vulnerabilities. This will strengthen the existing safeguarding arrangements, focussing on the assessment of need and working collaboratively with stakeholders to improve public health outcomes. The post holder will have an in-depth knowledge of safeguarding and will attend statutory safeguarding and multi-agency meetings as required. This is an opportunity to develop their professional skills in safeguarding whilst maintaining a caseload. We are looking for individuals with excellent communication skills and a strong approach to teamwork.

Main duties of the job

• Contributing and participating in the delivery of a comprehensive Health Visiting service in line with the Healthy Child Programme, local service specifications and service model for health visiting that meets the public health needs of local communities.
• Contributing to the delivery of the standards outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) and the Care Act (2014) for children, families, and adults at risk.
• The post holder will participate and contribute to meeting the objectives of the Barnet Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP)
• To support the team in providing safeguarding supervision for other members of the team on an ad hoc basis.
• To support the delivery and participate in relevant safeguarding children training both internally and externally where required.
• To work with the Named Nurse and Safeguarding Supervisors in undertaking audits as required.
• To provide expert advice and support whilst demonstrating advanced skills and competencies, to other members of the health visiting team.
• To ensure the delivery of the highest quality service, whilst meeting the demands and pace of change.

About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Person Specification
Education/Professional Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Registered HV
• Minimum 2 years HV qualification & practice
• Evidence of recent continuing professional development
• Understanding of wide ranging DH and NHS policy, initiatives, national service frameworks etc in delivering patient centred care.
• Evidence of Safeguarding training modules

Desirable

• Masters or equivalent experience

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Highly developed written & verbal communication skills
• Evidence of analytical and problem solving skills
• Evidence of providing motivational, professional leadership with highly developed interpersonal skills
• Evidence of persuasion and negotiation skills.
• Skilled trainer, mentor, supervisor or coach
• Practice assessor/supervisor

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Understanding of Health Visiting specific DH and NHS policy, initiatives, national service framework
• Good understanding of both child and adult safeguarding policies, processes nationally & locally.
• Experience in up to date service delivery in the safeguarding arena.
• Understanding or wide ranging DH and NHS policy, initiatives, national service frameworks etc. in delivering patient centred care.
• Achievement of high quality patient care through evidence based practice
• Management of change
• Line management of staff/skill mix

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).

Employer contact details
Locality Manager: Leanne Rhodes, Email: Leannerhodes@nhs.net, Phone: 07785808994