Practice Teacher/Clinical Educator Health Visiting

Healthy Family Teams are part of the Healthy Families Programme, delivering an integrated 0-19 public health nursing service for children, young people and their families. Advice, care, and interventions are provided by the Specialist Public Health Practitioners (Health Visitors and School Nurses) and their multidisciplinary skill mixed teams offering a joined-up service to all families in Nottinghamshire.

There are 20 locally based Healthy Family Teams across the County who deliver the programme. The service is provided to any family living in Nottinghamshire with a child between 0-19 years old, expectant mums and for young people attending Nottinghamshire schools up to the age of 19 years. The service works 8.30am 5pm Monday to Friday but can also work out of hours if required.

Each team of practitioners and support staff have a responsibility for a geographical area and work across the whole 0-19 years age range making sure the care provided is delivered by the right team member at the right time for the child, young person and their family.

The post holder will be expected to:Manage their discipline specific team at base, working to meet the needs of the resident population including clients with continuing healthcare needs, the promotion of self-care and health and wellbeing or work in a capacity to have clinical input.

To supervise, develop and support other professional colleagues and staff

To assess and monitor competency in order to maintain quality services

To teach qualified and unqualified staff

To work with managers in the development of services to meet the changing needs of the resident population, including the response to professional issues as they arise

To work with the Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) and the organisation in the practical development of nurses undertaking Post Graduate education, assessing and facilitating learning inorder to attain professional competence through experience in practice.

Provide learning opportunities that are underpinned by evidence-based practice and linked to those of the HEI, other educational providers and the employing organisations.

To promote practice development in order to raise professional standards in line with Government policy and the changing needs of the NHS

For an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Elizabeth Henson on 07769 367161

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.