Health Visitor - Newport Borough

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Newport; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking enthusiastic Health Visitors to join their Newport Health Visiting Team. This role involves delivering an Early Years Health Visiting programme to families, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for all preschool children. The successful candidate will collaborate with parents, carers, and various services, demonstrating flexibility and excellent communication skills. The organization is committed to career development and offers a range of benefits, making it an exceptional workplace for those passionate about health care. If you are motivated and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Career Development Opportunities

Extensive Training

Wellbeing Support

Qualifications

• Candidates must have relevant qualifications and clinical skills.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team working and safeguarding is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver universal, enhanced, and intensive health visiting services.
• Contribute to developing new projects and policies within the service.

Skills

Flexibility

Excellent Communication

Teamwork

Leadership

IT Skills

Motivation

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Education

SCPHN Qualification

Working Towards SCPHN Qualification

Job description

Join to apply for the Health Visitor - Newport Borough role at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If successful at interview, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email. We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time, so early applications are encouraged. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via the email provided in their application, so please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. All recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working. There is a temporary top-up for Bands 2 and 3 reflecting the incorporation of the living wage of £12.60 per hour (£24,638 per annum). This top-up will be in place until the 2025/26 pay uplift is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time if filled via internal redeployment.

Job Overview

We are seeking enthusiastic Health Visitors to join our Newport Health Visiting Team. You will work within a team delivering an Early Years Health Visiting programme to families within the City of Newport. The successful candidate will have the relevant qualifications, professionalism, and clinical skills to work independently and in partnership with parents, carers, and other services such as Early Years, Primary Care, Children Services, and School Nursing. Applications from students due to qualify are also welcomed.

Main Duties

Health Visitors contribute to developing new projects and policies within the service, involved in research, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based practice. You will provide universal, enhanced, and intensive health visiting services to children and families from diverse backgrounds. The role involves working as part of a team across local areas to ensure a safe service for all preschool children and their families.

We invite you to view our Health Visiting Recruitment Video on the ABUHB Health Visiting webpage.

Fluency in Welsh is desirable; both Welsh and English speakers are encouraged to apply.

Working for Our Organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation committed to caring. We offer an exceptional workplace with opportunities for career development, flexible working, and a range of benefits including extensive training, professional growth pathways, and wellbeing support. Our Clinical Futures strategy aims to deliver high-quality care close to home, including the new Grange University Hospital.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills: Flexibility, self-reflection, motivation, teamwork, travel capability, excellent communication, autonomy, ability to work under pressure, leadership, IT skills, and motivating others.

Desirable Skills: Welsh language skills, change management, MECC.

Experience: Delivery of HCWP, multidisciplinary team working, safeguarding experience. Desirable: understanding of HCWP.

Qualifications: SCPHN Qualification. Desirable: working towards SCPHN qualification.

Additional Information

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Health Care Provider

Industries: Hospitals and Health Care