Job summary These are exciting times for our Health Visiting Service in Hampshire and we want you to be part of it.We are passionate about providing remarkable care and we are looking for people who share our mindset, here in Hampshire's Health Visiting Service.
We encourage staff to be innovative and challenge the norm.
If you are a Health Visitor and you are looking to join a thriving, diverse, innovative service which puts children, young people, and their families at the centre of all that they do, then this is the job for you.
Main duties of the job Southern Health is well known for its creative approach in supporting our communities, children and families with great innovations including ChatHealth, our Text Messaging Advice Service; the Parent Portal, an interactive web-based information hub for parents, and our partnership with Barnardo's which offers community-based public health programmes.
We are proud of having achieved BFI accreditation at gold standard.We're looking for a qualified Health Visitor (NMC registered) with an inspirational and motivational personality who is highly skilled in communication, with a strong approach to teamwork.
The individual will be someone who can lead delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, especially the 6 High Impact Areas, using evidence-based practice.
Working as a team player, your role will require excellent assessment skills and effective partnership working to develop preventative community-based approaches and personalised care to support to the local population.We are committed to ensuring that our values are the foundation of everything we do.
We offer great opportunities for learning and development through a robust induction programme, comprehensive safeguarding and clinical supervision and access to a broad suite of training for professional development.
For newly qualified practitioners we have a preceptorship programme to aid development.
If improving outcomes for children and families in a supportive working environment interests you, we look forward to receiving your application.
About us Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities.
We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve million people throughout all stages of their lives.
Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.
Job description Job responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone -- if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team -- detailed in the advert.
The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Nurse/Midwife BSc Hons Public Health Specialist Practitioner (Health Visiting) or equivalent NMC Registered Part 3 Full UK Driving Licence (and access to a car)