Health Visitor - Loughton

HCRG Care Group; Loughton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Band 6 Health Visitor to join their team in Essex. In this role, you'll work closely with families, delivering tailored support through the Healthy Child Programme. Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team, you'll make a tangible difference in children's lives while enjoying a supportive work environment. The organization values professional growth, offering numerous benefits, including a competitive salary and NHS pension. If you're passionate about improving health outcomes and driving positive change, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Professional Growth Opportunities

Wellbeing Support

Flexible Pay Options

Learning & Development

Exclusive Rewards

Qualifications

• Qualified SCPHN with NMC registration required.
• Experience in leading interventions for children and families.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme and assess health needs.
• Create individualized care plans with families.

Skills

SCPHN (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse)

Leadership in health interventions

Communication skills

Collaboration with healthcare professionals

Education

Current NMC registration

Relevant health qualifications

Tools

Family Health Needs Assessment

Job description

Are you searching for a role that offers variety, growth, and support? As a Band 6 Health Visitor, you’ll be part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering the Healthy Child Programme.

You’ll work closely with families to create tailored support plans and collaborate with partners like paediatricians, speech and language therapists, and dietitians to achieve the best outcomes for children.

Our Essex Family Wellbeing Services are built on collaboration—with the community, for the community. You’ll find clear visibility of senior leadership, a hands-on approach from management (yes, even our Managing Director!), and a genuine platform for your voice and ideas to shine.

Working in West Essex means being part of a close-knit team with access to fantastic resources and strong professional networks. Together, we’re striving to improve health outcomes for every child and family we serve.

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme, assessing health needs and implementing care packages.
• Use tools like the Family Health Needs Assessment to plan and evidence care.
• Create individualized care plans alongside families, tailoring them to each child’s needs.
• Work closely with other professionals, taking on a lead role when appropriate.
• Support new staff and students, with guidance from our dedicated Practice Education team.

This is your chance to grow your leadership skills while making a tangible difference in the lives of families across Essex.

Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities

The Ideal Candidate

You’ll need to be:

• A qualified SCPHN (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse) with current NMC registration.
• Experienced in leading interventions to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Passionate about driving positive change and open to sharing your ideas for innovation.
• A driver with a valid UK license and access to a car for work.

Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.

Package Description

As a Band 6 Health Visitor,we value you and your wellbeing, offering a range of benefits to help you feel supported and appreciated:

• Competitive Pay & Pension: Enjoy a Band 6 Agenda for Change salary and NHS pension benefits.
• Professional Growth: Join ourStrive for Betternetworks, connecting with NHS professionals nationwide to share insights and develop leading care practices.
• Exclusive Rewards: Access discounts and premium offers at national supermarkets, well-known retailers, and indulgent treats like Virgin Experience Days through our Reward Gateway.
• Wellbeing Support: Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, offering access to counselors, career coaching, legal advice, and more.
• Flexible Pay Options: Use Wagestream to track your earnings and access your wages as you need them, without worrying about high-interest loans or overdrafts.
• Learning & Development:Advance your career with support from our Learning and Development team, who collaborate with universities and Health Education England. Access e-learning, career pathways, and funding opportunities to help you grow.
• Recognition & Involvement: Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas to improve services, and stay informed through regular updates from our leadership team.

About the Company

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. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

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.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

• Salary Band 6 AfC Terms & Conditions with NHS Pension
• Frequency Annual
• Job Reference HCRGCG/TP/25229/15264
• Contract Type Permanent - Full or Part Time
• Closing Date 18 May, 2025
• Job Category HCRG - Nursing and Midwifery Registered