Bank Health Visitor

Are you a Health Visitor looking for more flexibility?
Are you struggling to commit to Monday - Friday work but can assist at weekends? 
Are you looking for some extra hours?
We have opportunities across our Lancashire services including Chorley,  Preston, Ribble Valley and West Lancashire

This service is due to transfer to Wirral Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) later this year

Package DescriptionAs a Bank Health Visitor, you’ll be working as part of the NHS system in Lancashire.

As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay and out of hours enhancements you’ll benefit from:

£21.86 an hour 
Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
Opportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience
Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with the majority of our services rated overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.

Main ResponsibilitiesThere is a Healthy Family Team located within a range of districts across Lancashire and is made up of a multi-disciplinary team, including Health Visitors, School Nurses and additional colleagues who work together to provide family support.

As a Bank Health Visitor, you will be responsible for:

The delivery of the Healthy Child Programme including assessment of health needs, development, implementation and evaluation of packages of care
Using the Family Health Needs Assessment tool to plan and evidence care
Devise and implement individualized care plans for each child based on a needs assessment, within the Health Visiting Strategy, while actively involving the child/parent/carer/family in the planning and implementation of any proposed programme of care and support
Identify and assess health, growth and development in the 0-5 age range (0-19 Pathway)
Use the Early Help Assessment Tool when there is unmet need identified.
Participate in effective partnership working with other agencies and taking a lead professional role where appropriate. 
Use evidence-based practice to develop and maintain a high quality and cost-effective standard for Specialist Public Health Nurse/Health Visiting practice.

The Ideal CandidateYou will have the SCPHN Health Visitor qualification, along with a passion and drive to ensure that children in Lancashire have the best possible start in life.

You will also have a valid UK driving licence, along with access to a car for work purposes. 
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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