About this role
Job summary
Are you a passionate Health Visitor looking for a role where you can truly make a difference? Join our dynamic and progressive Duty Team where, as the first point of contact into the health visiting service, you'll be at the heart of supporting families with children from 0-5 years old.
Why Join Us?
Be part of an innovative and responsive 0-19 Early Help Integrated Service that values the uniqueness of every family and is committed to delivering tailored support to meet their individual needs.
Impactful Work: Be the first point of contact for families and professionals, providing expert advice, triaging needs, and ensuring children and families receive timely support. Innovative Environment: Work in our well-equipped Duty offices, designed to deliver an efficient and responsive health visiting service.
Supportive Team: Collaborate with a skilled multi-disciplinary team within health visiting and across the integrated 0-19 Early Help Service.
Career Development: Benefit from high-quality clinical supervision, professional training, and leadership pathways.
Work-Life Balance & Wellbeing: We prioritise staff wellbeing with structured support, regular supervision, and a compassionate working environment.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the Duty skill mix team of Staff Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses and Administrators, you will rotate through a variety of work streams which include:
Co-ordination of the duty team to ensure effective and efficient allocation of work across the wider service to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
Triage and allocation of incoming enquiries to ensure families receive the right support at the right time.
Provide expert guidance to parents and carers on child development, health concerns, and family wellbeing.
Attend virtual safeguarding meetings, assess risks, and contribute to care plans.
Champion the Public Health agenda, through the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme aimed at reducing inequalities and promoting the best start in life for every child.
Who You Are
A qualified Health Visitor (SCPHN) with a passion for child and family health.A confident communicator who can support families with sensitivity and care.A team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment. Committed to continuous learning and professional growth. A positive role model who demonstrates our values of Kindness, Integrity and Inclusion in all you do.
For more information about our teams and why you should join us click here - Health visiting in East Sussex
Join us and be part of a team that puts families at the heart of everything we do!
APPLY NOW and take the next step in your Health Visiting career!
About us
We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration 1st Level registration
- HV qualification - Educated to degree level supplemented by diploma level specialist training or relevant equivalent training and experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Child protection qualification
Desirable
- ENB 997/998, Learning through Mentorship module/ Supporting Learners In Practice training
Experience
Essential
- HV practice covering all aspects of health visiting, including teaching
- Experience of working in a multi-agency environment
- Experience of delivery of innovative practice
Desirable
- Community experience
Other
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate effective problem solving approach
- The ability to work with changing scenarios and the ability to prioritise work appropriately
- Must be mobile for regular travel across a geographical area
- Evidence that personal behaviour reflects Trust Values
Skills/Knowledge/Abilties
Essential
- Ability to provide full range of HV experience
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of child protection procedures
- Identify child abuse and risk assessments
- Ability to demonstrate the use of research based practice
- Ability to demonstrate up-to-date clinical expertise
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of current NHS legislation and policies, including the Children Act 1989
- Ability to identify own learning needs
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of NMC guidelines
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of management of people, resources and caseload
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Leadership skills and the ability to act as an appropriate role model
- Ability to promote the understanding of the public health role of the HV
- Ability to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work on own initiative, make decisions and prioritise
- Ability to organise workload, manage time effectively and delegate as appropriate
- Ability to assess develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- Ability to supervise and manage a team and work as an effective team member
- Experience of dealing with emotionally upsetting situations
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Multiple vacancies across East Sussex ( Hailsham or St Leonards)
east sussex
BN27 2JZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://jobs.esht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)