Are you a NMC Registrant with a post graduate diploma in Person Centred Practice and/or equivalent recognised academic qualification as a Health Visitor?
Are you interested in working at the heart of a community delivering a person centred approach to ensure children and families achieve their full potential?
Are you motivated to prioritise the safety of children, improve health and wellbeing outcomes for families in Fife?
Are you equipped with the essential skills, knowledge and experience to undertake assessment of wellbeing, health and development of children from pre-birth to pre-school age, as part of the delivery of Scottish Government Universal Health Visiting Pathway?
Does the thought of being part of a dynamic, innovative team who are committed to deliver the equitable health visiting service to all children and families across Fife excite you?
If you have answered “YES” to all of the above NHS Fife invites you to make an application to join our Health Visiting Service today.
Essential for this post: You will be a NMC Registrant and have a recognised post graduate academic qualification as a Health Visitor, and have a proven track record of continuous professional development and innovative practice. You will have the ability and willingness to travel throughout the area to delivery service to children and families in their own homes.
In your role as Health Visitor you will provide an accessible, high quality, culturally sensitive and effective Health Visiting Service to the children and families in NHS Fife. Work in partnership with Social Work teams, Education, health services, other partner agencies and voluntary services. Have the ability to work as part of a team, and as an autonomous practitioner, using your clinical judgement and decision making skills on a daily basis, to maintain the safety, health and wellbeing of children and families in Fife. Organise your own diary and be responsible for caseload management to ensure workload is completed in a timely manner. Have a duty of care to respond to, report and escalate Child Protection concerns with minimal delay to safeguard children and families. You will be responsible for record keeping, data collection, updating child health records with your assessment and plan for the child. Attend and/or chair child wellbeing meetings, child protection and children’s hearings to advocate for the child, submitting reports prior to attendance. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Embrace skill mix team working and delegate work accordingly, whilst continuing to have overall responsibility for the caseload.
Health Visiting can be extremely challenging at times, therefore you should be passionate and committed to working in partnership with children and families with complex health and social issues. To support you as a Health Visitor, you are encouraged to attend Child Protection Supervision sessions regularly, and access caseload supervision with your Team Leader. In return, working as a Health Visitor offers you the opportunity to contribute towards making a difference to the health and wellbeing outcomes of children and families in Fife, whilst having access to learning and development opportunities in a supportive work environment.
YOU’RE FUTURE, OUR FUTURE, FIFE’S FUTURE
With its vibrant fishing villages, magnificent beaches and miles of peaceful countryside, Fife is the perfect place to develop your career with the NHS. Steeped in history and buzzing with local restaurants and shops, Fife has something to offer everyone and its excellent transport links means you’re never far from Scotland’s major cities.
We are passionate about improving our service and actively encourage support and involvement from local people to allow them the chance to help shape their NHS. We’re looking for Health Visitors who share that passion to provide client-centred care that’s safe and clinically effective for the children and families of Fife.
Informal Enquiries: Katherine Evans 07790353590 or Fiona McLean 07890025864
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be foundhere.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.
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