Job Overview
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Flying Start Antenatal Lead Health Visitor Vacancy - Wrexham area Band 6 Permanent, Part Time 30 hours
An opportunity has arisenfor an enthusiastic and innovative Health Visitor to join our Flying Start Health Visiting Service in the Wrexham area. We are looking for a self-motivated team player who has excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. The post holder will work within a multi-agency Flying Start team targeting communities in need to provide enhanced local services. You will manage a defined antenatal caseload, with a focus on early intervention and support in the antenatal period, for expectant parents, with the overarching aims of increasing family resilience, improving population health outcomes and reducing health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake assessment of needs, planning, implementing and evaluating the programme of care offered to families and individuals in the antenatal period. You will also facilitate group and community work for expectant parents, with a focus on early intervention. In addition, you will provide Health Visiting intervention as per the Flying Start Contact Programme and Healthy Child Wales Programme, where required, to families across the Wrexham Flying Start Service.
The post holder will be committed to developing a high degree of standards of care and actively seek and promote professional working relationships with the wider Flying Start Team, and other practitioners, demonstrating excellent communication. The individual will be passionate about promoting public health, promoting specialist knowledge and advice to families enabling them to lead healthy lifestyles, prevent illness and to give their children the best possible start in life.
Candidates must hold a degree or equivalent in Health Visiting with current NMC registration and nurse prescribing qualification. Midwifery experience is preferable.
The Health Board offers an Induction Course and ongoing Clinical Supervision and support from its Safeguarding Children Team and opportunities for in house training.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000 across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- SCPHN Health Visitor Post graduate diploma or Certificate
- Live current NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- SCPHN Degree
- Mentorship
- Clinical Supervisor
- Nurse Prescribing
Knowledge
Essential Criteria
- In-depth understanding of Public Health agenda & priorities
- Ability to apply and enact local strategy
- Understanding of clinical governance agenda
- All Wales Child Protection Procedures (2008) and Practice
- In depth knowledge of Health Visiting practice and strategic drivers
- Healthy Child Wales Programme (2015)
Desirable criteria
Experience
Essential criteria
- Teaching in a clinical setting
- Safeguarding
- Multi-agency working
Desirable criteria
- Partnership working
- Facilitating group work
- Proven change management experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Effective mentoring
- Ability to work Autonomously
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Proven skills in motivating and influencing others
- Leadership skills
- Basic IT skills to include WORD and email
Desirable criteria
- MECC
- Change management skills
Personal Attributes
Essential Criteria
- Flexible approach to unpredictable workload demands patterns
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Confident and ability to motivate others
- Team player and change
- Ability to travel between sites and visits in a timely manner
Desirable criteria
