Job Introduction
Are you a passionate and compassionate Health Visitor looking to make a significant impact? Then come and join our Somer Valley Team at HCRG Care Group!
At HCRG care group we are dedicated to transforming healthcare. As a Health Visitor you will devise and implement personalised care plans for each child based on a needs assessment. You will cover the localities of Radstock, Midsomer Norton, Paulton and the surrounding areas.
You will join a welcoming and supportive team of Band 6 SCPHN Health Visitors, Band 5 Staff Nurses and Early Years Community Practitioners working to deliver Universal Children’s Services! We work in line with the Healthy Child Programme to improve health, reduce inequalities and safeguard children & young people.
We are dedicated to helping you improve your skills and progress in your career with great opportunities for course, apprenticeships as well as a ringfenced £100,000 a year used to implement the ideas of HCRG Care Group employees into practice to improve how we deliver healthcare!
Our Somer Valley is located across the towns of Radstock, Midsommer Norton and Paulton, with easy access to nearby shops and cafes near the base. Our service hours are typically 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday with opportunities for flexibility upon discussion.
We have both full and part time opportunities! If you are a newly qualified SCPHN Health Visitor we would also love to hear from you!
Main Responsibility
As a Health Visitor you will:
- Devise and implement individualised care plans for each child based on a needs assessment
- Identify and assess health, growth and development in the 0-5 age range (0-19 Pathway) to advise and refer appropriately
- To follow the guidance of the Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative across the organisation .
- Provide information and education in support of Childhood Immunisations.
- Participate in effective partnership working with other agencies, including Early Help Assessment (EHA) of children’s needs
- Actively involve the child / parent / carer / family in the planning and implementation of any proposed programmes.
- Identify children at risk and follow B&NES safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Provide information and education in support of Childhood Immunisations.
For a full list of responsibilities please see attached Job Description
For more information, please contact Pippa.Sparks@hcrgcareggroup.com
The Ideal Candidate
Our Ideal Candidate will:
- Hold NMC registration
- Be a qualified SCPHN Health Visitor
- Have a driving license and access to a car
- Experience working as a health visitor or in a health visiting or children’s nursing team previously
We also welcome applications from newly qualified SCPHN Health Visitor students as well as students currently not yet completed their course.
Package Description
As a Health Visitor, you’ll be part of our valued of Health Visiting Service team in BaNES at our Somer Valley Team.
You will feel valued as a Health Visitor within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £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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