Health Visitor

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Runcorn; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Health Visitor to lead the Healthy Child Programme in Halton, delivering universal and targeted support to babies, young children and families from pregnancy through to school age.

You will work within an integrated 0-19 service, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to promote health and wellbeing, support safeguarding, and help reduce health inequalities in the community. Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Qualifications

• Good communicator with people across diverse groups.
• Ability to listen actively and respond sensitively.
• Self-motivation and resilience in a busy environment.
• Flexible and adaptable to service needs and locations.
• Ability to assess health needs of populations and individuals.
• Capable of working under pressure to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the Healthy Child Programme for a defined caseload.
• Provide universal, targeted and needs-led support from pregnancy to school age.
• Perform holistic assessments and deliver mandated reviews.
• Identify risks early and advise on infant feeding, development and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with Family Hubs and partner agencies to coordinate care.
• Ensure safeguarding and timely referrals within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Good communicator

Active listener

Self motivated

Flexible/adaptable

Assess health needs

Work under pressure

Education

Registered Nurse

Community Specialist Practitioner in Public Health

Health Visitor

Nurse Prescriber

Job description

Go back North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)

Health Visitor

The closing date is 06 November 2026

We are looking for a caring and committed HealthVisitor to join our integrated 019 Service in Halton and make a lastingdifference to the lives of babies, young children and their families. This is arewarding opportunity to support families at some of the most important momentsin a childs early years, helping them to thrive through compassionate,needs-led care, early intervention and strong partnership working. As part of asupportive multidisciplinary team, you will build trusted relationships, promotehealth and wellbeing, contribute to safeguarding, and help reduce healthinequalities across our communities. If you are passionate about givingchildren the best start in life and want to be part of a service that valueskindness, collaboration and positive impact, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a HealthVisitor in Halton, you will lead delivery of the Healthy Child Programme for adefined caseload, providing universal, targeted and needs led support tobabies, young children and their families from pregnancy through to school age.You will complete holistic assessments, deliver the mandated health anddevelopment reviews, identify emerging risks at the earliest opportunity, andprovide evidence based advice on infant feeding, child development, maternalemotional wellbeing, healthy lifestyles, safety and school readiness. Workingas part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will build trustedrelationships with families, contribute to safeguarding and early help, andwork closely with Family Hubs and partner agencies to ensure children receivethe right support at the right time. This is anopportunity to workin a diverse community where you can make a meaningful difference and helpimprove outcomes for local children and families.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The post holder will ensure the planning and delivery of a high quality and effective Health Visiting service within the integrated 0-19 Service to a given population of pre-school children and their families. Working on the basis of progressive universalism they will work in partnership with individuals, families and other agencies to deliver effective interventions in order to improve health outcomes for the children of Halton. The post holder will maintain a responsibility for Safeguarding and Protecting children within their area of responsibility.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Public Health

• To assess health needs at the level of the individual, community group and population in accordance with local and national priorities.
• To contribute to the development of public health strategies, needs assessment/ profiling and local policies and procedures as appropriate.
• To promote the development of local health improvement networks.

Managerial

• To manage a defined caseload of clients, working within Bridgewater and local service specific policy and guidelines and ensure Key Performance Indicators are achieved.
• To assume the role of Lead Professional where appropriate with the aim of meeting health needs and to the co-ordination of support services as appropriate.
• To ensure the Healthy Child programme is effectively implemented in line with policy and delivered to the caseload population.
• To assess the health needs of children and their families, plan appropriate health improvement interventions with individual families and evaluate outcomes.
• To develop health plans with individuals and families based on shared assessment of health need, identifying in partnership, the requirement for future Health Visiting support.
• To offer direction, support and supervision to skill mix team colleagues in relation to delegated case work
• To act upon appropriate referrals from other members of the Primary Health care team or other agencies and delegate work accordingly.
• To identify those children in need of protection, initiating Child Protection Referral when indicated and acting in accordance with Trust and Halton Local Safeguarding Board policy and procedures.
• To participate in any proceedings required with regard to Trust Safeguarding Policy and procedure e.g. Case Conferences, Core Group and Child in Need.
• To complete Court Reports as requested and adhere to time scales mandated by Court and attend/participate in any subsequent Court proceedings.
• Complete PDRs and return to work pro-forma as required to the designated named staff within the team.
• To support the Team leader with delegated responsibilities in their absence

Clinical

• Maintain active status on NMC register acting in accordance with the professional code and guiding documents in adherence with revalidation framework.
• To deliver the Healthy Child Programme using evidence based practice to actively promote the health of children and young people.
• To ensure that Health Visiting interventions are clinically effective and evidence based.
• To provide information, advice and guidance on the management of health issues in a range of appropriate settings.
• To assess the need to follow up children accessing A+E department and Walk in Centre, taking appropriate action when necessary.
• To identify those children whose health requires referral on for more specialised professional intervention taking the necessary action to progress this.
• To develop evidence based interventions/care programmes on a range of subjects, for use with clients.
• To identify at an early age, those children requiring additional support and intervention and to adhere to clinical pathways in supporting those children.
• To promote the immunisation of infants and pre-school children according to Trust policy and in epidemic situations to the wider population as determined by local need.
• To identify minor childhood illness and as a Nurse Prescriber issue a prescription for treatment when indicated, appropriate and within the Health Visitors scope of practice.
• To contribute to the development of health education literature for local distribution, ensuring that clinical governance/quality assurance requirements have been met.

Please see attached Full Job Description and Person Specification.

Skills and Knowledge

• Good communicator, both written and verbal
• Active listener
• Self Motivated
• Flexible/adaptable approach
• Able to assess health needs of a population.
• Ability to work under pressure/ to tight deadlines
• Able to work equally well alone as in a team.
• Innovative and creative approach to care

Relationships

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Sponsorship

• Please confirm your Right to Work status (share-codes will be checked where applicable).

Experience

• Experience of multi- disciplinary and multi-agency working.
• Experience of working in the Community.
• Evidence of Health Promotion role in previous work experience

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse.
• Community Specialist Practitioner in Public Health
• (Health Visitor).
• Nurse Prescriber.

Job Specific Requirements

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust.
• Ability to work weekends/evenings according to Service requirements as part of an all year round Service.
• The ability to work flexibly from a number of bases in Halton and provide cover in accordance with Service needs

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.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)