Health Visitor, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

About This Role

This role offers an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic Band 6 Health Visitors to contribute to an integrated 0-19 Service, supporting the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to families in Harrow. The Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) will work as part of the 0-19 team, delivering a high-quality, proactive service for children, young people, and their families. The aim is to achieve equity of health outcomes for the local population through evidence-based and needs-led services.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the identification and assessment of child and family health needs
• Deliver a universal core service, targeted interventions, and public health interventions to children and their families within a defined locality
• Work closely with local partners, particularly GPs, Children's Centres, and the local community and voluntary sector
• Be an effective role model and supervise community nursery nurses, community staff nurses, health care assistants, and students
• Contribute to the Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) programme
• Use clinical judgment and risk assessment to keep people using services as safe as possible
• Safeguard people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse
• Recognise own limits and ask for help and escalate concerns when necessary
• Escalate safety concerns and act as effective advocates for those who use services
• Be open and transparent about own practice
• Supervise the work of others
• Reflect on everyday practice to identify areas where improvement in safety or quality can be made
• Work with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
• Maintain accurate, legible, comprehensive records
• Maintain compliance with mandatory training requirements

Requirements

• Competent and motivated individual
• Dynamic approach to meeting the needs of Harrow’s large and diverse population

Benefits

• Access to a wide range of NHS benefits including discounts
• Pension
• Various learning and development opportunities

About the Company

The 0-19 service for the London Borough of Harrow offers Health Visiting and School Nursing to children and families. Harrow is a richly diverse, outer London borough in the north west of the capital bordering Hertfordshire, plus the London boroughs of Hillingdon, Ealing, and Brent. There are three 0-19 Healthy Child Programme teams in Harrow with approximately 75 staff, including Team Leaders, Community Practice Teachers, School Nurses, Public Health Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses, Health Care Assistants, and Administrative staff.