Health Visitor

HCRG Care Group; Slough; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

My Reward Hub discounts

Earned wage access

Wellbeing support

CPD opportunities

Learning & development

Innovation funding

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking an experienced Health Visitor to lead public health initiatives within the Slough service area. You will deliver the Healthy Child Programme, assess health needs, and coordinate with the wider skill-mix team to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.

You will hold a SCPHN qualification with current NMC registration, lead health visiting teams, and collaborate with partners to safeguard children, supported by evidence-based tools and a strong drive for

Qualifications

• Qualified SCPHN and current NMC registration.
• Proven experience leading health visiting teams and delivering interventions to safeguard children.

Responsibilities

• Act as the public health lead for the health visiting skill-mix team.
• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme and assess health needs.
• Take responsibility for outcomes on a specialist caseload.
• Develop relationships with families and stakeholders.
• Provide holistic care for children and families, including those on protection plans.
• Promote health and wellbeing and refer to partner agencies.
• Contribute to multi‑agency assessments and lead where appropriate.
• Co‑manage a caseload within a Health Visitor team and ensure outcomes.

Skills

Public health leadership

Team leadership

Health visiting

Evidence-based tools

Driving licence

Line management

Stakeholder engagement

EHR & IT systems

Multi-agency collaboration

Safeguarding principles

Education

SCPHN (Specialist Community Public Health Nursing)

NMC registration

Tools

EHR systems

IT systems

Job description

As a Health Visitor, you will:

• Act as the public health lead for the health visiting skill-mix team within a defined population or locality area
• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme by assessing health needs, implementing targeted or specialist interventions, and delegating effectively to the wider skill-mix team in an outcomes-focused manner
• Take responsibility for the outcomes of children on a specialist caseload, working in close collaboration with key partners to address identified public health needs
• Develop and maintain strong, professional relationships with families and key stakeholders, fostering effective partnership working
• Provide holistic care that supports the physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of children and families-particularly those on child protection plans-through multi-agency collaboration
• Promote health and wellbeing through the universal reach of the Healthy Child Programme, providing advice, signposting, and making referrals to partner agencies when appropriate
• Contribute to multi-agency assessments of children and families, taking on the lead professional role where appropriate
• Co-manage a caseload as part of a team of Health Visitors, working autonomously and taking full responsibility for the assessment, intervention, and outcomes of your allocated families
• Apply a clear understanding of clinical governance and safeguarding principles to identify, assess, and support vulnerable children and families, ensuring their safety and protection
  A Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification
• Current NMC registration (third part of the register)
• Proven experience in leading and working within health visiting teams
• A strong track record in delivering interventions that improve outcomes and safeguard children and families
• A recognised qualification in supervising or assessing student nurses in practice
• Solid working knowledge of evidence-based tools and programmes used in health visiting to support children's development and wellbeing
• Confidence in using electronic health records and a range of IT systems
• A full UK driving licence and daily access to a car
• Experience in line management and team development
• The ability to present policies, outcomes, and service impact to commissioners and key stakeholders
• Skills in setting goals and managing interventions to deliver measurable outcomes
  We change lives by transforming health and care.
• Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
• Package Description As a Band 6 Health Visitor, you will be part of our valued team in our Slough Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
  • Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  • An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
  • The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission