Job Introduction
Join Our Team as a Compassionate Health Visitor! Transform Lives in Bath and North East Somerset!
Are you a dedicated and empathetic Health Visitor with a passion for supporting families and communities? Are you ready to make a real difference in the lives of individuals in Bath and North East Somerset?
Look no further - an extraordinary opportunity awaits you at the HCRG Care Group with our Chew Valley team!
We are looking for a someone to join us on a part time basis working 22.5 hours across the week at our Chew Medical Practice location.
At HCRG Care Group, we take immense pride in delivering top-notch care and unwavering support to our community. We're seeking talented Health Visitors to become an integral part of our dynamic team. Together, we will positively impact the health and well-being of families throughout the region.
If you're an SCPHN Health visiting student due to qualify, we warmly invite you to apply.
Main Responsibility
Your Role:
As a Health Visitor, you will be at the forefront of providing essential healthcare services and promoting wellness. Your mission will involve:
1. Supporting Families: You will conduct home visits to offer expert advice and support to families, providing guidance on health, child development, and parenting skills. Your caring approach will be invaluable as you assist new parents with breastfeeding and infant care.
2. Community Health Promotion: Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, you will organize and participate in community health promotion programs. Your passion for public health will shine as you work to improve the well-being of individuals across the region.
3. Identifying Health Needs: Your keen observation skills will help you identify health inequalities and specific needs within the community. You will play a pivotal role in implementing strategies for improvement and making a lasting impact.
4. Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration: Working closely with healthcare professionals and support agencies, you will ensure a holistic and comprehensive approach to client care. Your teamwork will strengthen our ability to deliver exceptional services.
The Ideal Candidate
What We're Looking For:
Compassionate Care: Your genuine empathy and compassion will form the foundation of the care you provide to families and individuals.
Specialist Skills: Possession of an SCPHN qualification is essential as well as a nursing degree and registration with NMC.
Driving and Mobility: A valid driving license and access to a car are necessary to reach families in various locations across the region.
Effective Communication: Your excellent communication skills will be instrumental in building strong connections with families and multi-disciplinary teams.
Holistic Approach: Your understanding of the importance of holistic care will drive you to address both physical and emotional needs.
Package Description
As a Health Visitor, you’ll be part of our valued of Health Visiting Service team at Chew Valley receiving:
- £35,392 - £42,618 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
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.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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