Health Visitor (Band 6) - Health Visiting - Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Teddington; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare organization in London is seeking enthusiastic Health Visitors to lead and deliver a comprehensive Health Visiting service. The role involves planning and evaluating health services, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring high-quality care for local communities. The successful candidate will contribute to safeguarding children and improving health outcomes for families. Full-time and part-time options available, with a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training, support and development

Comprehensive induction into the community service

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/Midwife with current UK NMC registration required.
• Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training needed.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and evaluate an innovative health visiting service.
• Provide evidence-based health visiting service to clients in community settings.
• Collaborate with other health care providers for seamless service delivery.

Skills

Communication

Knowledge of recent developments in primary care

Knowledge of current health legislation

Education

Registered Nurse/Midwife with current UK NMC registration

Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)

Evidence of continuing post-registration education

Job description

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Main area Health Visiting Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full and part-time hours available) Job ref 824-SOUTH-7129192-A

Site Causeway House Town Teddington Salary £42,939 - £50,697 per annum, inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 20/05/2025 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

We are recruiting for enthusiastic Health visitors to lead, deliver and influence a comprehensive Health Visiting service in Richmond and local service specification for health visiting that meets the public health needs of the local communities of the borough of Richmond.

The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of Working Together to Safeguarding Children (2018), including improving health and life chances for children and families and safeguarding those at risk.

Please note that the base stated is The Causeway; however the vacancy may be based across the Borough and will be dependent on staffing and service need at the time of recruitment.

From April 2023 a Recruitment premia has been introduced to attract and retain qualified Health Visitors within CLCH’s Health Visiting Teams.

For registered Band 6 Health Visitors, this post is offering a premium of £2,500 payable upon commencement of employment (T&C’s apply)

Main duties of the job

• To plan, organize and evaluate an innovative health visiting service in line with the Healthy Child Programme, and where appropriate, delegate to other members of the health visiting team to ensure delivery of a high-quality service.
• To provide a skilled, effective and evidence-based health visiting service to clients in a variety of community settings.
• To work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities.
• To collaborate with team colleagues in order to deliver the Quality Strategy objectives

Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/Midwife with current UK NMC registration
• Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
• Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
• Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards

Experience

• Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
• Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
• Experience in providing practice based learning support to others
• Experience of evidence based care
• Experience of supervising staff / students

Skills

• Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
• Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
• Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children’s Plan etc.)
• Current knowledge of child protection issues
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.