Deputy Senior Nurse (Health visiting)

NHS; Mountain Ash; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Health Visitor Leader to provide strong leadership and support the management team in advancing the quality agenda. The role involves operationally managing a team and providing expert clinical advice, ensuring compliance with health programs and initiatives aimed at addressing inequalities.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational management or significant relevant clinical experience.
• Registered Health Visitor required.
• Excellent communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong visible leadership within Health Visiting.
• Support Senior Nurse in delivering strategic objectives.
• Manage a team of Health Visitors and provide clinical advice.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical Advice

Education

Postgraduate diploma level study or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

The post holder will have responsibility for the following :

Provide strong visible leadership within Health Visiting.

Support the senior management team in taking forward the quality agenda, in relation to Health Visiting and the public health agenda.

Support the Senior Nurse, Health Visiting in delivering on the Health Visiting strategic priorities incorporating activity across the public sector and the Third Sector.

Operationally line manage a skill mix team of Health Visitors, providing support and supervision as required.

Provide expert clinical advice and support as per the Healthy Child Wales Programme (HCWP).

With the Senior Nurse, take forward Health Visiting service initiatives and programmes of work ensuring effective governance underpins the same.

Support the inequality and early intervention agenda.

With the Senior Nurse progress the research and development agenda within the profession.

Work autonomously within Health Board policies and procedures.

Work closely with Senior Nurses, Head of Nursing and Deputy Head of Nursing; delivering on specific priorities.

Work is managed but indirectly.

Main duties of the job

Work is managed but indirectly.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The post holder will :

Support the Senior Nurse Health Visiting in providing strong professional leadership within the profession.

Assist the Senior Nurse to ensure the delivery of strategic objectives and performance targets with regard to all aspects of Health Visiting business eg. Healthy Child Wales programme (HCWP WG 2015) and associated activity.

Provide Health Visitors with expert clinical advice and support for their caseload management and case by case support and supervision as required.

Provide expert clinical advice, support and recommendations to the Health Visitors in relation to the delivery of the HCWP to the clinical caseload.

Support Health Visitors in the management of their caseloads, undertaking family engagement and reviews as required.

Support the development and implementation of clinical audit, ensuring compliance with HCWP pathways and protocols for practice.

With the Senior Nurse, interpret and critically analyse local and national policies, frameworks and guidance and make recommendations for new/amended practice.

Develop specific programmes of work to address health inequalities aligned with local healthneeds.

With the Senior Nurse, develop and implement strategies, policies and procedures with regard to programmes of work ensuring robust governance around the models.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Details Date posted

28 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,840 to £53,602 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

110-NMR240-0525

Job locations

Ysbyty Cwm Cynon

New Road

Mountain Ash

CF45 4BZ

Job description Job 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

Job description Job 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 Knowledge Essential

• Registrant Health Visitor.
• Postgraduate diploma level Level study or equivalent and relevant experience, skills and knowledge.

Desirable

• Ability to speak Welsh.

Experience Essential

• Experience of working at a Senior level either within operational management, strategic or practice service development role or significant relevant clinical experience with transferable skills
• Excellent communication skills.

Person Specification Knowledge Essential

• Registrant Health Visitor.
• Postgraduate diploma level Level study or equivalent and relevant experience, skills and knowledge.

Desirable

• Ability to speak Welsh.

Experience Essential

• Experience of working at a Senior level either within operational management, strategic or practice service development role or significant relevant clinical experience with transferable skills
• Excellent communication skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Ysbyty Cwm Cynon

New Road

Mountain Ash

CF45 4BZ

Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Ysbyty Cwm Cynon

New Road

Mountain Ash

CF45 4BZ

Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)