Health Visitor (Band 6)

Package Description: Are you a passionate and motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Health Visitor looking to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people, and families? We are excited to offer two opportunities for enthusiastic Band 6 Health Visitors to join our supportive and forward-thinking team. Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (health visitors) work within Wiltshire Childrens Community Services to lead and deliver a high quality, proactive service for children and the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme. The aim of the service is to reduce health inequalities, safeguard children and improve outcomes. Base: High Post, Technology House, High Post Business Park, Salisbury, SP4 6AT Main Responsibilities: Public health lead for the health visiting skill mixed team within the defined population/locality area. Delivering the universal reach of the Healthy Child Programme, assessing health needs, and identifying and implementing appropriate interventions for
a personalised or targeted response utilising the skills of and delegating to the skill mix team in an outcome-focused context. To take responsibility for the outcomes of the children within the defined population and collaborate with key partners to address identified public health needs. Develop and foster effective professional relationships and networks with families and other key partners. Provide families and children 0-5 with a service that promotes their physical, mental, emotional health and wellbeing. This will include partnership working with other agencies. To promote health and wellbeing through the universal reach of the healthy child programme and signposting. Referring/introducing to partner agencies as require

Main duties of the job

Are you a passionate and motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Health Visitor looking to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people, and families? We are excited to offer two opportunities for enthusiastic Band 6 Health Visitors to join our supportive and forward-thinking team. Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (health visitors) work within Wiltshire Childrens Community Services to lead and deliver a high quality, proactive service for children and the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme. The aim of the service is to reduce health inequalities, safeguard children and improve outcomes. Main responsibilities include being the public health lead for the health visiting skill mixed team within the defined population/locality area, delivering the universal reach of the Healthy Child Programme, assessing health needs, and identifying and implementing appropriate interventions. The role includes developing and fostering effective professional relationships and
networks with families and other key partners, and promoting health and wellbeing through the universal reach of the healthy child programme. Essential qualifications include a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification and current NMC registration.

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.