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Bank B6 Health Visitor South west | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST

Bank B6 Health Visitor South west | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

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CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 6 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 3b40bb4860b746548624784a6d1a9f7d

Full Job Description

  • To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative health visiting service, and where appropriate,

    • delegate to other members of the Health Visiting team to ensure delivery of a quality service
  • To deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and

    • agree tailored health plans to address their parenting and health needs.
  • To actively participate in service development activities.

  • To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless

    • delivery of services for clients and communities
  • providing health advice and health education programmes

  • undertaking developmental assessments of babies and children

  • helping people come to terms with issues such as postnatal depression

  • establishing and addressing key health needs

  • referral to and liaison with other relevant organisations

  • assessing parenting skills and children's home situations, and offering parents any further support that may be needed

  • working with other professionals such as social workers, GPs and school nurses


    • CLCH NHS Trust is currently re-shaping the way Health Visitors work, looking at new and innovative practices to improve health across London. This includes agile working and provision of laptops to all staff.

    To provide a skilled, effective and evidence based health visiting service to clients in a variety
    of community settings.
  • To apply specialist skills and knowledge in the delivery of the health visiting service.

  • To consult, advise and educate individuals and families on good health care practices.

  • To develop health profiles of the defined population and local communities, identifying

    • health needs of disadvantaged groups and targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
  • To identify, prioritise and implement programmes of care that meets the public health needs

    • of the population.
  • To provide parenting skills support and information both through coordinating /participating

    • in parenting groups and one to one home visits to families, especially those children and
    families identified with complex health needs/vulnerabilities
  • To provide health assessments, advice and education to families and individuals of all ages in

    • the population group, prioritising services appropriate to local public health and population
    need.
  • To develop and implement regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and.

    Bank B6 Health Visitor South west | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust