Health Visitor

We are looking for a enthusiastic Health Visitor to join our friendly team based in Woking and covering the Woking Borough of Surrey.

The post holder will be a member of the 0-19 public health team delivering an evidenced based and needs led service for children, young people and their families in line with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP). Supported by the clinical team lead, the post holder will carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of health needs, including the development, implementation and evaluation/audit of evidence based interventions.

Golden Hello eligible!A Golden Hello payment of £2000 ( £1000 upon commencement and a further £1000 following successful completion of a six month probation period) will be made, provided that the eligibility terms are met.

UK Visa and Immigration Sponsorship: Please note that we do not offer UKVI sponsorship for these posts, and so all applicants require a current right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

Work collaboratively with the skill mixed health visiting team to ensure equity of service provision, promoting good practice and the sharing of resources.

Prioritise own work in line with areas of highest risk or client groups with greatest health need, delegating other work to the wider skill mixed team whilst providing the team with supervision and support

Facilitate good team working, through effective leadership skills delegating and supervising the work of a skill mixed team to ensure efficient delivery of the 0-5 HCP

Assist in meeting public health targets e.g. teenage sexual health, accident prevention, breast feeding, immunisation, smoking cessation and obesity

Undertake continued responsibility for the management of a caseload

Build and develop good working relationships with childrens centres, midwifery, GP practices and the wider multi-disciplinary team.

Work collaboratively with all relevant agencies to influence/develop policies which will enhance health

Make Every Contact Countwith children, and their families in a variety of community settings e.g home, children centres, nurseries

Identify and support children and families who have unmet health needs, providing support and targeted interventions and where necessary referring to specialist services

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.