Health Visitor | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service in Ashton-under-Lyne is seeking a Health Visitor to provide compassionate, community-based support to children and families. The role involves leading the Healthy Child Programme and managing complex cases, including safeguarding. Ideal candidates should have a nursing qualification and an understanding of public health. The position offers benefits such as flexible working, generous leave, and an NHS Pension.

Benefits

Flexible working

27-33 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Gym discount

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Health Visitor.
• Experience working with children and families.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and public health.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to children and families in the community.
• Lead delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
• Manage complex cases including safeguarding.

Skills

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

Education

Nursing qualification

Special Educational Needs training

Job description

Are you an experienced, newly qualified, or returning Health Visitor eager to make a real difference with the children, young people, and families in Tameside?

Our Healthy Child Programme 0-19 (25 SEND) Service for Health Visiting and School Nursing has a vision to improve health outcomes for our population and influence the wider determinants of health, through collaboration with the people of Tameside and Glossop and our health and care partners. We are currently progressing through an exciting service transformation in conjunction with all of our team.

We work in neighbourhood models which align with other services to best meet the needs of the community. Our staff teams are welcoming, friendly, supportive, and innovative, encompassing and valuing all our team members. Our visible Leadership team is positive in driving service improvement in a compassionate and collaborative way, working with all teams to ensure we deliver high-quality care in a supportive team environment.

You will provide compassionate, community-based support to children, young people, and families in Tameside, Greater Manchester, helping them stay healthy and avoid unnecessary hospital visits. You will be responsible for a caseload of children and deliver the Healthy Child Programme within a team. To ensure children receive the best start in life and school readiness is promoted.

You will lead and manage the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, work with complex cases including safeguarding. Identifying at the earliest opportunity children with Special Educational Needs and Disability—signposting and supporting children, young people, and families—whilst being leaders in public health. You will work in collaboration with our neighbourhoods, communities, voluntary, and statutory agencies. We deliver the Greater Manchester Early Years Delivery Model and are committed to improving our school readiness rates.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviors which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organizations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognizing those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description provides an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Monday 1 Sep 2025.