Band 7 Health Visiting Team Leader (Yardley) | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health foundation trust based in Birmingham is seeking a Team Leader for the Health Visiting Service. The role involves managing a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care for children and families while providing clinical leadership. Ideal candidates should have a Health Visiting Degree and excellent interpersonal skills. The position offers ongoing training, an NHS pension, and the chance to significantly impact public health in a diverse community. Applications will be accepted until December 10, 2025.

Benefits

NHS pension

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Corporate iHV membership

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse with a Health Visiting Degree/Diploma/Certificate.
• Experience in clinical supervision and leading a team.
• Ability to engage effectively with partners and the community.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the clinical and professional management of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure safe and effective care for children and families.
• Provide clinical leadership and support to Health Visitors.

Skills

Ability to adapt and embrace new ways of working

Ability to work autonomously within corporate and integrated teams

Inclusive leadership with excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Knowledge of the current health and early years agenda and priorities

Education

Health Visiting Degree/Diploma/Certificate

Job description

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

About the Service

There is a newly vacant post within the BFS Health Visiting Service in the Yardley District.

Do you have passion and commitment to public health and early intervention, and want to work in one of the most diverse and thriving cities in England?

We are excited to welcome applicants who are highly skilled, enthusiastic clinical practitioners and have a good understanding of the needs of children, young people and their families and want to be part of our journey to work as part of an integrated early years, health and wellbeing service.

The post holder will be a first level registered nurse with a Health Visiting Degree/Diploma/Certificate and will work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

The Team Leader – Health Visiting will be responsible for the clinical and professional management of a designated multidisciplinary team, to ensure safe and effective care.

Overseeing the effective and efficient use of skills and resources you will ensure the integrated workforce are organised to meet the needs of local children and families in line with the Early Years Specification and other local and national standards.

You will be responsible for line managing the Health Visitor team on a daily basis to ensure the delivery of evidence‑based care and advice to children and families.

You will provide clinical leadership and support to Health Visitors through clinical supervision and by acting as an exemplar of clinical practice and quality standards.

You will engage effectively with key partners and the community to develop services that address the early year’s high‑impact areas and the individual needs of children and families.

Be Part of Our Team

BCHC has more than 5,000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

We welcome applicants to join our team with the following skills and knowledge:

• Ability to adapt and embrace new ways of working
• Ability to work autonomously within corporate and integrated teams
• Inclusive leadership with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge of the current health and early years agenda and priorities

Benefits

We provide an NHS pension, corporate iHV membership and on‑going training and development opportunities such as UNICEF training, Promotional Guidance training, and Perinatal Mental Health training.

You will be working alongside our clinical specialists, clinical team leaders, service managers and our safeguarding team.

Note: If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Dec 2025