Early Years Practitioner Health Visiting

NHS; Ledbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The Early Years Practitioner Health Visiting role at Wye Valley NHS Trust sits within the community health visiting service for Ledbury and Bromyard. You will support clinics, assist with group work for parents and children, and help deliver evidence-based guidance on child health and safety.

You must hold a relevant child care or health and social care qualification (NVQ Level 3 or equivalent) and be confident using basic IT; driving licence and car are required to cover community work across

Qualifications

• Relevant child care or Health and Social Care qualification (at least NVQ Level 3).
• Basic numeracy and literacy skills required.
• Experience with electronic patient records (e.g. Maxims, EMIS) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Set up and clear health visiting clinics and assist with weighing and measuring children.
• Assist with group work for children and parents (antenatal/workshops).
• Organise and deliver community workshops and information displays.
• Provide practical support to parents and promote home safety.
• Support breastfeeding and infant feeding in line with policy.

Skills

Ability to work under pressure

IT literacy (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

Planning and organisation

Public Health knowledge

Team working

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in child care/Health & Social Care

Basic numeracy & literacy

Tools

Maxims/EMIS experience

Job description

Early Years Practitioner Health Visiting

Band 3

Main area Surgical Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

30 hours per week Job ref 229-SUR-8396844

Site Ledbury and Bromyard Town Herefordshire Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you interested in an exciting role within the health visiting service? We are looking for an enthusiastic practitioner to join the health visiting service as an Early Years Practitioner.

As an Early Years Practitioner you will be a key member of the health visiting team working in the East Team covering Ledbury and Bromyard. The Early Years Practitioner will support the teams by undertaking clerical/clinical duties as directed to support the delivery of the health visiting service to children, young people and families.

The post holder will work under the direction of the skill mix team including Practice Leads, Health Visitors and Staff Nurses using their skill and expertise to ensure the safe delivery of the service.

The Early Years Practitioner is responsible for completing appropriate delegated tasks and escalating any concerns or risks.

You must have a full driving licence and have access to a car for work as you will be based within the community.

Main duties of the job

• You will be responsible for setting up and clearing up from health visiting clinics, and carrying out duties during these sessions such as weighing and measuring children.
• To assist as appropriate in setting up and facilitating group work for children and parents in conjunction with the Health Visitor/Community Nursery Nurse (e.g. Antenatal workshops, Weaning Workshops).
• To set up and facilitate pre planned community workshops within PCN areas (e.g. vaping/smoking, healthy eating etc.). This will include exploring and booking appropriate spaces within the PCN area, creating information boards and collecting resources for parents and delivering a pre-panned workshop which will include presenting information to parents in groups.
• To organise promotion displays as delegated by the Health Visitor e.g. ordering, maintenance and collecting of resources.
• Provide practical support to parents when caring for their child, whilst promoting safety in the home setting.
• Provide evidence based support, assistance and advice to mums who are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed.
• Support mums who chose to artificially feed their babies in line with local and national policy.
• Under instruction of the Health Visitor in the community setting visit families in their home and complete assessments of the baby (e.g. growth monitoring, feeding) and report or escape any concerns you may have to the Health Visitor.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time... all the time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification for the Early Years Practitioner which is attached to this advert

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Relevant child care or Health and Social Care qualification (at least NVQ Level 3)
• Basic numeracy and literacy skills

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to seek support and refer issues appropriately
• Computer literate able to use PowerPoint, Word and Excel effectively
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload
• Understanding of Public Health and Public Health Nursing
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Ability to undertake development reviews/childhood measurements following appropriate training and assessment
• Understanding of the skill mix team
• Baby Friendly / Infant Feeding experience or training

Experience

• Understanding of confidentiality
• Experience of working with electronic patient records (e.g. Maxims, EMIS)
• Experience/knowledge of administration
• Experience of working with parents and children
• Experience of working within the community

Personal Attributes

• Organisational skills
• Good time management
• Committed to achieving performance indicators
• Caring and supportive manner with an approachable attitude
• Shows empathy and sensitivity to the needs of families

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.