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Assistant Practitioner – Health Visiting

Band 4

Main area – Health Visiting
Grade – Band 4
Contract – Permanent
 Hours – 37.5 hours per week (Full time 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref – 040-ACS175-0424
Site – (Monmouth Team) Ty Bryn
Town – Abergavenny
Salary – £25,524 – £28,010 per annum
Salary period – Yearly
Closing – 14/05/2024 23:59
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the  living wage of £12 per hour – £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until  the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed

Job overview

Assistant Practitioner, Band 4, working for the Health Visiting Service, undertaking delegated tasks by a Registered Practitioner / SCPHN HV.

The ABUHB, Monmouthshire Health Visiting Team are enthusiastic, motivated and forward thinking in delivering care to children and their families. You will be supported in your role by other professionals to become a valued member of the team.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an  Assistant Practitioner to work with the Health Visiting team in Monmouthshire, delivering services to Children and Young People providing a preventative service as identified in the needs assessment carried out by the Registered Practitioner. The aim is to achieve equity of health and wellbeing outcomes following the Health Child Wales Programme (HCWP), The Social Services and Wellbeing Act and Childcare, Play and Early Years Workforce plan. The post holder will contribute to the overall healthcare/social care offered to individuals, families and communities, including delivering care packages for families and groups in the community.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 or above in Childcare
Desirable criteria
  • Community experience

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to engage members of the public
Desirable criteria
  • Able to demonstrate situations where effective organisational skills have been used, such as organising groups

Values

Essential criteria
  • Able to work in a multi-disciplinary/multi agency team
  • A high level of interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrates a committed and caring attitude

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