Job summary
Our Health Visiting teams are seeking a Registered Nurse to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0 - 5 years to the children, young people and families of Herefordshire. We currently have two part time posts available based within the HMG Hereford City team (22.5 hours) and within the WBC Hereford City Team (22.5 hours) fixed term for 12 months.

You will be based in a locality, and will work as a key member of the Health Visiting teams in that area. You will gain experience in working in the community, in partnership with children, young people, families, primary care, early years settings and other partner agencies.

Health Visiting has lots of development opportunities and there may be opportunity where available in the future to undertake the Specialist Community and Public Health Nursing training to be a fully qualified Health Visitor.

You must be able to drive and have access toa vehicle for work.

Main duties of the job

• Participate in health education programmes and health promotion activities for the 0-5 service.
• Manage own workload as part of the team under supervision of the Health Visitor.
• Actively participate in the monitoring of children's health needs including undertaking the Child Health Review assessment for Children Looked After, as required by the Local Authority to assess the health and well-being of children living in foster care placements.
• To provide advice and information to parents who are new to the area regarding the Health Visiting offer and sign post to partner agencies as required. Also, to carry out baseline health assessments to include weight and height.
• Review the A+E attendances that come into the service and follow up with parents/carers any A+E attendances and give advice as per the Health Visiting standard. Refer any children that are enhanced and attended A+E to the named Health Visitor.
• Provide information to parents/carers on the immunisations Programme and to liaise with GP surgeries to identify children who have not yet received their immunisations to help and support families with the uptake of their children's immunisations as per the schedule.
• Work closely with the relevant professionals in searching for and identifying health needs within the practice population and support the development of services in response to the identified needs.

About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential

• Must hold the qualification of RGN, RSCN or RM and be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Desirable

• Post-graduate qualification

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential

• Have an understanding of child protection procedures within the local area.
• Possess basic IT skills e.g. able to use Microsoft Word, Excel etc.
• Experience of managing own workload and ability to prioritise work delegated.
• Must have a knowledge of the public health role within Health Visiting
• Able to demonstrate confidentiality in all aspects of their work
• Able to work as part of a team and demonstrate the ability to work in partnership with children, young people and their families as well as professionals

Desirable

• Previous community experience
• Knowledge of clinical supervision

Experience
Essential

• Must have post-registration experience, minimum of 6 months

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and young people and families
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of the services Key Performance indicators and how they influence service delivery

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.

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

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.