Assistant Practitioner - Health Visiting

Job Overview

This is a Fixed Term/Secondment vacancy until 31/3/2027

If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as an Assistant Practitioner within the Generic Health Visiting team in Carmarthenshire.

The successful applicant will:

• Undertake home visits to children / families and implement a planned programme of care, report progress / changes to the delegating Registered Practitioner.
• Prepare information packs, making appointments and participating in child health clinics under supervision.
• Give appropriate advice to families regarding childcare e.g. nutrition, sleep problems, and behaviour.
• Follow-up parents / children who default appointments.
• Reinforce key public health messages to children and parents/carers provided by the relevant practitioner.
• Give advice on issues of safety in the home and the local community.
• Facilitate a range of group work.

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals:
  Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth;
  Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen;
  Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals:
  Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire;
  Tregaron Hospital in Cerdigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres:
  Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 99 community pharmacies;
• 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

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

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