Health Visitor

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust ,
Coventry, West Midlands

Overview

Job Description

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. An opportunity has arisen for a passionate and committed Health Visitor to join the Family Health and Lifestyles team in Coventry. South Warwickshire Foundation Trust provides the Family Health and Lifestyles services which includes School Nursing, Health Visiting, Family Nurse Partnership, Be active be healthy, Stop Smoking Services and Mamta. It is a great time to be joining the Family Health and Lifestyles team. SWFT has an excellent reputation for delivering children's community services, delivering Health Visiting in Solihull and Warwickshire and Coventry. We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated practitioners to work autonomously as a Health Visitor within a Health Visiting Team which are aligned to one of the eight Family Hubs in the City. As a Health Visitor you will achieve positive health outcomes for pre-school children and families in Coventry. The Post holder will be responsible for the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care which are sensitive, relevant and responsive to the diverse needs of individual and targeted patients/clients, families, groups and communities. This will involve being responsible for prioritising their own caseload management and the assessment of care needs. The service offered by the health visiting service includes Universal, Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus. The post holder will also contribute to the Public Health Agenda to meet Public Health targets to address health inequalities. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff requiring a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to be registered with the DBS Update Service. All eligible staff recruited to the Trust are expected to maintain their annual update subscription whilst employed with the Trust as a condition of employment. For further details / informal visits contact: Clinical Lead Rebecca Madden 07810156604 or Kate Hawkins on 07901867514 or email rebecca.madden@swft.nhs.uk. Employment Type: FULL_TIME