Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust, Leicester

Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor

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Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust, Leicester

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 24 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: ea73bb11a9dc47cd8808bfe9bcd12967

Full Job Description

The successful candidate will deliver evidence-based healthcare, maintaining a high standard of professional practice. Lead and deliver the Healthy Child Programme, within a multi-agency team setting.

Being responsible for the identification, assessment, and management of health care needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities within a defined caseload, and for the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care within a range of targeted groups and providing delegated management responsibility to the Healthy Child Programme Practitioners and Healthy Child Programme Nurses.Mentor pre and post registration students, and new members of staff as required, and support induction programmes.

You must have a full driving license that allows you to drive in the UK and the use of a car for this role. LPT operate 2 car schemes Car Leasing and Car Salary sacrifice subject to meeting the acceptance criteria.

If you already hold a lease car through another NHS employer you may be able to transfer the vehicle to LPT., working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri

If you are a highly motivated, dynamic, qualified Health Visitor then we'd love to hear from you. Our teams are full of committed and skilled people who deliver the best possible care for children and their families. Healthy Together offers a range of services to meet the varying needs of our service users.

You will need to be comfortable with change and flexible in your approach. Good IT skills will be essential. You must have a current NMC registration in any branch of nursing and a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) Health Visitor registration.

You will be able to demonstrate a warm, respectful, caring, and compassionate approach to delivering a flexible and responsive service for the specific and continually evolving health needs of our diverse population.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied