Bright Start Islington Health Visitor

Bright Start Islington Health Visitor - Band 6

We are looking for newly qualified and experienced health visitors to join our Bright Start Islington teams.

Health visitors in Islington deliver theHealthy Child Programmefrom parent's homes, children's centre's and Health centre's.

We work closely with our key partners to provide an integrated service to all families in Islington.Would you like to work within an integrated service?

Working for us means you would be providing The Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years as part of the Islington Bright Start Early Childhood Offer.

You will be part of a skill mix team, working a geographical area designed to support the Bright Start agenda for children and families.

This is a quote from one of our newly qualified Health Visitors. "The reason I like working in Islington is the diversity of client population, the facilities available for families e.g, groups and activities and the ability to walk to and from my visits (this gives me time to reflect)!"

You will be expected to work across organisational and professional boundaries delivering innovative and engaging services which impact on outcomes for families and children. This work will be undertaken in a variety of settings including health centres, children centres and community centres and will be delivered as home visits and group sessions.

You will be supported through a comprehensive training programme and be given opportunities to work within a variety of integrated workshops as part of your professional development.

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Medical services have been delivered on the Whittington Hospital site for over 500 years. On 1st April 2011, Whittington Health was launched as a new Integrated Care Organisation (ICO) comprising The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, NHS Islington and NHS Haringey. The Whittington and the community health services in Islington and Haringey are award winning organisations, delivering acute and community based health services to a population of 443,000 people.

The organisation is the biggest employer in the area, with over 4,500 staff; delivering healthcare not only on the acute hospital site which has 420 beds, but also from a variety of other community based health centres and through visits to patients homes across the boroughs to address the health needs of the local population. Whittington Health also works with other health, social care and voluntary sector partners to support patients and service users from their initial appointment whether it be with a community health team or at the hospital, all the way through to treatment and tailored after care.

We are one of the three main teaching campuses for the Royal Free and University College Medical School.

Our ICARE (Innovation, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence) Values not only help us shape what we do, but also how we do it and why. They are fundamental to the way we do business and care for our patients.

For more information, please access the following link: https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/

We provide a robust induction programme and a comprehensive preceptorship framework programme to support newly qualified staff. We provide regular management and clinical supervision. We also offer regular Perinatal consultations , Safeguarding supervision, Clinical Professional Development forums and Integrated meetings.

You will be supported by a Team Leader who works closely with you in a small team . You will also have Clinical Specialist guidance from the Infant feeding and Relationship Building team who are there to support your practice. This team consists of support from Infant Feeding, Perinatal Mental Health and other Clinical Leads within the service.

We are very proud that we have achieved Baby Friendly Status in Bright Start Islington and if successful you would have the experience of working in a service which delivers care at this high standard.

We are interested in your aspirations and supporting your career development. We offer a wide variety of training and development opportunities as part of our appraisal process.