Health Visitor

Somerset Council; Chard Town; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave pro rata

Job summary

Somerset Council in Chard is recruiting a Health Visitor to lead a local Public Health Nursing team and deliver preventative services to children and families.

Based in Chard Library, the role involves coordinating staff, overseeing clinical interventions, and developing team members through supervision and appraisal. This permanent part‑time post requires safeguarding expertise and strong partnership working with health, education, social care and other agencies.

Qualifications

• Experience in Public Health leadership and safeguarding.
• Eligible for Health Visitor registration with continued professional development.
• Ability to coordinate care and supervise a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to a defined public health nursing team across a geographical caseload.
• Coordinate staffing, oversee clinical interventions and supervise professional development.
• Lead safeguarding practice and provide specialist advice to families and schools.
• Work with health, education and social care partners to plan and deliver integrated services.
• Develop and review care plans, deliver health education and promote healthy lifestyles.

Skills

Public Health Leadership

Team management

Clinical governance

Safeguarding

Communication

Education

Public Health Specialist Practitioner – Degree or Post Graduate diploma

Evidence of continued professional development

Tools

IT systems

Job description

Salary: Agenda for Change Band 6 - £31,967 to £38,943 per annum for 30 hours per week.

This role will be based in Chard Library.

Role summary

The Health Visitor plays a pivotal leadership role in managing a local Public Health Nursing team and delivering high-quality, preventative health services to children, families, and the wider community. You'll be responsible for the effective coordination of staffing, oversight of clinical interventions, and the development of team members through supervision, appraisal, and ongoing professional development.

A key part of the role is undertaking community health needs assessments, prioritising workloads, and ensuring early intervention through evidence-based programmes. You will also lead on safeguarding practice, providing specialist advice to families and professionals, responding to actual or suspected abuse, and ensuring adherence to national and local guidelines.

This role also requires strong partnership working with health services, education, social care, and other agencies to deliver integrated support for children and families. You'll be responsible for planning, implementing, and reviewing individual care plans, delivering targeted health education, and promoting healthy lifestyles.

What you’ll do - key responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring the co-ordination and delivery of skilled, effective care to promote positive health.
• Provide professional and team leadership to manage a defined team delivering care to a geographical caseload/population.
• Work with vulnerable children and families in line with national and local policies relating to safeguarding children and provide specialist support and advice to children, families and schools.
• Work in partnership with other agencies, particularly health services, education and social care, to manage and co-ordinate programmes of intervention.
• Attend professionally related working groups, as appropriate, to help develop and agree local policies and protocols, and respond to local health needs.

What we’re looking for – knowledge, experience & skills

• Demonstrate working knowledge of the Public Health and Preventative Strategy.
• Working knowledge of child protection procedures and policies.
• Proven clinical and managerial leadership ability, or prepared to take a leadership course.
• Registered Health Visitor.
• Public Health Specialist Practitioner – Degree or Post Graduate diploma (or equivalent qualification pre-1988).
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Ability to organise and deliver education on a 1-1 or group setting.
• Able to have responsibility for a caseload and delegate appropriately, with ability to organise and prioritise workload.
• Ability to lead teams – Public Health Nurses, Staff nurses and Assistant Practitioners.
• Audit and research skills, report writing skills and IT competent.
• Maintain records as per NMC Guidelines/local policy.
• Ability to speak fluent English as stated in Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016).

Additional Information

• This is a permanent part time role working 30 hours a week. The role involves frequent travel across rural areas of Somerset, and lone working on occasion.
• 30 days of annual leave (additionalto bank holidays) pro rata.
• Regretfully, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. We are only able toproceedwith candidates who already have the right to work in the UK without the need for visa sponsorship