Band 6 Health Visitor

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust ,
Birmingham, West Midlands
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Do you have passion and commitment to the public health and early intervention agenda and want to work in one of the most diverse and thriving cities in England Information about the Trust and our Health Visiting Service: Our Trust values are about being : CARING, OPEN, RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE and INCLUSIVE and underpins all the work that the Trust does . Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) is the lead provider; in partnership with 2 national and 2 local Children's Centre providers; for delivering the Healthy Child Programme and Early Year's services within the City. This partnership is known as: Birmingham Forward Steps. As part of Birmingham Forward Steps, integrated Health Visiting and Children Centre teams work in a locality model approach across 10 districts within the City. Integrated allocation meetings are held for children and families who require services above the universal element of the Healthy Child Programme and therefore offer an innovative approach, supporting the 'team around the child' model. The commissioned integrated Early Years' service is required to provide a service offer until 8pm one day (alternate weeks) and one weekend day per month in each district. As we provide services city wide there is the requirement to travel across the city. Access to suitable vehicle for business purposes is an essential part of this role. BCHC currently has Health Visitor vacancies, both full time and part time at various locations across the City and is looking for highly motivated, dynamic and innovative practitioners who have the desire to work within the diverse population of Birmingham. (Please note that part-time vacancies are for a minimum of 22.5 hours per week). In addition We are delighted to be able to offer an additional premia of 2,500 to caring and passionate Health Visitors who will join our service in order to deliver services to the children and families within the City of Birmingham. The premia is payable in 3 instalments over 2 years on the basis that you remain within our Health Visiting teams for this period (subject to terms and conditions). If you have passion and commitment to the public health and early intervention agenda, we would love to hear from you. We have vacancies across the city and would be pleased to discuss your personal preference either prior to or at interview Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion starts with our people shapes the way we deliver our services and the way we build our teams. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds to help us deliver great care to all of our communities. We are looking for highly skilled, enthusiastic clinical practitioners who have a good understanding of the needs of children, young people and their families and want to be part of our journey to work as part of an integrated early years, health and wellbeing service. If you wish to work with diverse populations across Birmingham in order ' To give every child an equal chance to have the best start in life so they can achieve their full potential', this post would be well suited to you. We welcome applicants to join our team with the following skills and knowledge: * An ability to adapt and embrace new ways of working * An ability to work autonomously within corporate and integrated teams * An inclusive leadership style with excellent interpersonal and communication skills * An up to date knowledge of the current health and early year's agendas and priorities. On joining our team: We offer excellent preceptor ship programmes, alongside development opportunities and leadership programmes. You will be supported by our clinical specialists, clinical Team Leaders, Service Managers and our Safeguarding Team in order to provide excellent professional practice and further develop your skills and knowledge. Also an NHS pension, corporate iHV membership and on-going training and development opportunities e.g.: UNICEF training, Promotional Guidance training, and Perinatal Mental Health training. Please feel free to contact us further for an informal discussion about our plans and what we can offer each other. For further details / informal visits contact: Sandra Thompson-Smith Operational manager Sandra.Thompson-Smith@bham.community.nhs.uk Or Telephone: 07595090724. We look forward to receiving your application. IMPORTANT INFORMATION * Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process * Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address * Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails

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