Health Visitor

Southend On Sea City Council; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruitment bonus £3,000 (pro rata)

Retention bonus £2,000 per year (pro R

37 hour week

NMC fees reimbursement

iHV membership

Local pay award

Induction

Preceptorship Programme

Dual qualification pathway

Nurse supervision

Flexible working

NHS pension

Job summary

Southend-on-Sea City Council is seeking a qualified Health Visitor to join the 0-19 Public Health Service in a fixed-term role until March 2029. You will work with Best Start Family Hubs and fellow Health Visitors to support early help pathways and improve GLD outcomes for local children.

With a reduced generic caseload, you will contribute to data collection and reporting, attend reviews, and participate in a robust preceptorship programme and NHS pension arrangements.

Qualifications

• Qualified Health Visitor.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen links between Public Health and Family Hubs.
• Plan and coordinate family support.
• Duty cover and mandated reviews as required.

Skills

Health Visitor

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Health Visitor to work closely with Best Start Family Hubs. This is a fixed term role until March 2029. Line managed within the Children Young People and Families Public Health Service you will strengthen links between Public Health and Family Hubs supporting the ambition for 75% of Southend children to achieve a Good Level of Development (GLD). You will hold a reduced generic Health Visitor caseload. The role focuses on supporting children whose development is below expectations but does not require specialist SEN intervention. This includes Communication and Language, Fine and Gross Motor, and Social and Emotional development. This developmental role will help shape Health Visiting pathways for early help. Working alongside named Health Visitors and Family Hub SEN Inclusion Practitioners, you will plan and coordinate family support. A small caseload may include children aged 2-3 years following their 2-2.5 year review and may involve some generic health visiting duties, such as duty cover and mandated reviews. You will collect, analyse and report on ASQ data, contribute to the GLD database, and support the development of Early Help pathways. The named Health Visitor will retain overall caseload responsibility. Health Visiting and School Nursing teams in Southend operate within an integrated 0-19 Children's Public Health Service model using a skill-mix approach to service delivery., Our Health Visitors lead the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 and are valued leaders for the childrens Public Health agenda. We work in close collaboration with family Centres, Early Years Providers, Education, and alongside other partner agencies to improve population outcomes and reduce health inequalities for children and young people and families in our city.

A recruitment and retention bonus of £3,000 (pro rata) is payable as follows:

• £1,500 following successful completion of the probationary period and 6 months' continuous employment.
• £1,500 upon completion of 3 years' continuous employment.
• In addition, a retention bonus of £2,000 per annum (pro rata) is payable, subject to the organisation's terms and conditions.
• 37 hour working week with option of compressed working hours
• Reimbursement of NMC fees
• Corporate membership with iHV
• A Local Authority pay award each year
• A comprehensive induction
• A robust preceptorship programme for newly qualified SCPHNs and those returning to practice
• A professional development opportunity to become a dual qualified SCPHN
• Nurse Staff support via management, safeguarding and restorative supervision
• A flexible working pattern
• Continuation of NHS pensions