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The Role
The purpose of Public Health is to improve health and social wellbeing through taking a population wide perspective for Public Health improvement, focusing on tackling inequalities. This is achieved through the responsibility of working with individuals/families/groups/partner agencies to identify health needs, raise awareness of health and social wellbeing and through enabling/empowering people to improve their own health.
Within the Health Visiting function of this role the postholder will be accountable for a caseload, a clinical expert, provide Public Health expertise, and be a key member of the integrated Primary Care team and other multi-disciplinary groups as required.
The team leader role within this post encompasses leadership and management of the practice attached/aligned community nursing team and other nursing staff groups, where applicable, linking into the management structure of the locality.
The Health Visitor Team Lead will provide effective leadership, professional and operational management, expert clinical and professional supervision and support for Health Visitor/ Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) and staff within the HV team, for ex, caseload management, child protection support/advice and management, professional practice, child development, maternal health, infant feeding and infant mental health.
As a Registered Health Visitor/SCPHN required to be accountable for the effective and efficient professional and operational management of the implementation and delivery of the full Universal Pathway by Health Visitors/Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN).
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- Registered Nurse with demonstrable post registration experience
- Registered Health Visitor/ Specialist Practitioner Qualification in Public Health Nursing
- Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level
- Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge / CPD in relation to Public Protection, trauma informed practice eg Adverse Childhood Events (ACES)
- Highly developed specialist and expert knowledge of health visiting practise and complex child protection risk assessment underpinned by theory and experience.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, understanding and interpretation of child protection guidance, policies and national legislation to protect children and staff.
- Specialist knowledge and application of QI methodology, relating to staff supervision supporting in the development of QI and training e.g. orthoptic/financial inclusion/psychologically informed environments.
- The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative
- Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills
- Effective time management skills
- Full UK/EU/EEA Driving licence.
It would be great if you also have
- Management knowledge gained through experience and continuous professional development.
- Working knowledge of basic information technology.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
Contract type
Permanent
Full time
37.5 hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based within Rutherglen Primary Care Centre
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Allena Cushley, 01698754242 or email: allena.cushley@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Marion Bisset, Recruitment Administrator on marion.bisset@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this, must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at www.gov.uk