Health Visitor- Hastings and St. Leonards Hub

ESHT; Hastings; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff development

NHS Pension

Onsite nurseries

Parking (£50/year)

Job summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Health Visitor to join the Hastings and St. Leonards Hub in a permanent NHS Band 6 role.

The post is part of the Early Help 0-19 Health Visiting service across the county and involves working in a dynamic, integrated team to deliver high quality, family–centred care. You will be a fully qualified Health Visitor with strong communication and safeguarding skills, contributing to the Public Health agenda and staff development, with opportunities for

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Midwife with active NMC registration.
• HV qualification with degree level and specialist training.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development to Masters level.
• Nurse prescriber or commitment to obtain within 2 years of joining.
• ENB 997/998 or equivalent mentorship training.
• Leadership or quality improvement training.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle to travel between sites.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Health Child programme across East Sussex.
• Provide preventative and educational support to families.
• Lead service development and quality improvement via groups and audits.
• Maintain safeguarding knowledge and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Collaborate with colleagues and partners to support families.

Skills

HV expertise

Child protection

Risk assessment

Team leadership

Education

BSc SCPHN Health Visiting

Job description

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Health Visitor- Hastings and St. Leonards Hub

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Health Visiting Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (22.5 hrs - 37.5 hrs) Job ref 374-LBCG6726

Site Hastings and St. Leonards Hub Town East Sussex Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/11/2026 23:59

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

Job overview

Are you looking for a better way of working?

Who are we?

In East Sussex our highly innovative Early Help 0-19 Service puts health visiting at the very heart of support for families with children from 0-5yrs across the county. Now, we are looking for qualified health visitors who want to be part a dynamic, committed and integrated team of highly trained, early help professionals who effectively work together ensuring the needs of families are at the centre of everything we do.

We recognise that each family is unique and the service we deliver must accommodate families’ changing needs. In order to deliver that level of service we operate a transparent culture where we encourage creative thinking and innovative practice.

Believing our workforce to be our greatest asset, we provide unparalleled levels of supervision and staff support with a strong focus on staff wellbeing

A programme of in-house clinical and professional development via conference style events, communities of practice and clinical update days

Development opportunities via delivery of clinical supervision and champion roles

Involvement in service development and quality improvement via working groups and audit.

Main duties of the job

Who are you?

You are a fully qualified Health Visitor with a BSc SCPHN degree. You may have just completed your training.

Crucially, you will be able to address sensitive issues with families in a clear and supportive way.

You can maintain good interpersonal relationships with colleagues, partners and families.

You enjoy providing preventative and educational support for families, new staff and students according to their needs.

Your work contributes directly to the Public Health Agenda in addressing the 6 high impact areas.

You share our values, demonstrate compassion and a desire to contribute the improvement and development of the service.

You will be a reflective and emotionally intelligent practitioner who understands the true value of supervision and support and acts as a professional role model at all times.

You are keen to continue developing your knowledge of safeguarding children, recognising concerns and how to elevate them appropriately.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries, staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/Midwife and hold active registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• HV qualification - Educated to degree level supplemented by diploma level specialist training or relevant equivalent training and experience
• Evidence of continued professional development to Masters or equivalent level of training and experience
• Nurse prescriber or commitment to undertake training within 2 years of joining the Trust
• ENB 997/998, Learning through Mentorship module, or commitment to undertake within one year of joining the Trust
• Management or leadership qualification or training
• Quality improvement training and qualification

Experience

• Experience of delivering all aspects of the Health Child programme
• Experience in nursing care, knowledge and expertise relevant to the clinical area within NHS or relevant health care organisation
• Experience in clinical speciality relevant to role to be able to demonstrate the required level of professional knowledge and skills at a specialist level
• Demonstrates ability to deliver appropriate HV service and lead innovative practice

Other

• Professional and personal credibility
• Able to manage the physical and emotional demands of the role, including moving and handling of patients, able to concentrate to provide clinical care, calculation of drug dosages and communication of distressing or unwelcome information
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle (for domiciliary community role) and ability to travel between sites
• Evidence that personal behaviour reflects Trust Values

Skills/Knowledge/Abilties

• Ability to provide full range of HV experience
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of child protection procedures
• Identify child abuse and risk assessments
• Ability to demonstrate the use of research based practice
• Ability to demonstrate up-to-date clinical expertise
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of current NHS legislation and policies, including the Children Act 1989
• Ability to identify own learning needs
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of primary health care team working
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of NMC guidelines
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of management of people, resources and caseload
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Leadership skills and the ability to act as an appropriate role model
• Ability to promote the understanding of the public health role of the HV
• Ability to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work on own initiative, make decisions and prioritise
• Ability to organise workload, manage time effectively and delegate as appropriate
• Ability to relate theory to practice
• Ability to assess develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
• Ability to supervise and manage a team and work as an effective team member
• Ability to teach
• Experience of dealing with emotionally upsetting situations

Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.Our vision is to be:

• The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.

Our mission is to:

• Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.

Our strategic objectives are to:

• Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
• Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients’ experiences.
• Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.

Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:

• Safe
• Effective
• Caring
• Responsive and
• Well led

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.