Are you a Band 6 Health Visitor? If so, come and join a friendly and professional team in a the Maidstone District which is a beautiful part of Kent.

If you are newly qualified Health Visitor or an experienced Health Visitor you are welcome to apply. We work in partnership with local children’s centres and GPs on a rewarding caseload, and we strongly encourage creativity and new ideas.

At KCHFT we encourage support champion and link roles in areas such as: early years development, born to move, communication, haemoglobinopathy, breastfeeding, domestic abuse, Solihull, disabilities, perinatal mental health, and CONI (care of next infant). There are opportunities for you to specialise in an area that interests you.

We value our colleagues and are committed to your development – we want you, and your career, to flourish with us! To aid your development and learning we offer excellent training and support further education within our Trust.

We listen to you, value you and embrace new ideas – we want all colleagues to contribute to the direction of the service.

We are passionate about supporting children and families to have the best start in life, if you feel the same then please apply.

Our health visiting teams provide support to families with children aged 0-5. You’ll have a varied caseload and you’ll need to be confident and flexible to provide the best support for families.

You’ll work as part of a team to keep children safe and well in Maidstone. You will get to use your clinical judgment to support evidence-based care planning and make sure that children and families who use our services have a good experience.

Some of your duties will be:

• Developing integrated care programmes in partnership with senior practitioners and/or commissioners.
• Supporting in the supervision/ line management and development of all junior staff.
• Undertaking a range of competent clinical and non-clinical interventions to support the outcomes of the service.
• Acting as lead and senior practitioner to support junior staff support assessment/reassessments of service users and/or pathways with complex needs across the relevant field of health care.
• Supporting and making recommendations to senior managers in order to prioritise and focus efforts to achieve business objectives, service improvement strategies and statutory requirements.

We’re one of the largest healthcare providers in the country and we know how important it is to make sure children and families are getting the right support and care. We are committed to providing the best care for our clients and their families.

We operate a flexible working policy and welcome applications for part-time and full-time hours.

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our valuesCompassionateAspirationalResponsiveExcellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

We’ve signed up to be a real UK living wage employer. From September 2022, the minimum salary we’ll pay is £10.90 per hour (excluding apprentices). The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate voluntarily paid by 7,000+ UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a fair wage. Committing to the real UK Living Wage is one way we’re delivering our pledge to be the best employer

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Looking for professional development? We can support that too! Ourcareer pathwayswill help you achieve your aspirations

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.

All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Interviews are due to take place virtually on the 27th April 2023.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.