Health Visitor - West Northants

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Health Visitors make a difference every day to the lives of families they support. We are proud of our Health Visitors who provide increasingly complex support for families to ensure they receive the care they need.

We are looking for passionate Health Visitors to work within our West Northants 0-19 Health Visiting Team based in Northampton and the Daventry & South Northants area.

The post holder is expected to manage a caseload, prioritising needs to ensure efficient service delivery. This is achieved by working within local cluster areas that enable practitioners to have an enhanced knowledge of their local community and public health needs.

Rewards and Benefits

• A welcome award of £2500 is offered for this post, payable within the first year of employment (external recruits only).
• Relocation package up to £8,000, T&Cs apply.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities to support your career growth.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Access to pension scheme, health service discounts, generous annual leave, and bank holidays.
• Discounted gym memberships.

Main duties of the job

Working life

As a Health Visitor, you'll:

• Assess healthcare needs of infants, children, and families.
• Monitor safeguarding and child protection needs of vulnerable families, ensuring the voice of the child is heard and advocated for in multi-agency planning.
• Be professionally accountable for the delivery of care.
• Utilise technology to update records efficiently.

In Northamptonshire, you'll work as part of an integrated skill mix team focused on delivering quality outcomes and improving family experiences. You'll assess and identify health needs and lead health-enhancing short-term interventions. As a leader and influencer across the health and care partnership, you'll work to create change, improve outcomes, and address health inequalities for children in the county. The team includes Practice Teachers, Specialist School Nurses, Community Nurses, Nursery Nurses, Healthy Child Practitioners, and School Nurse Assistants.

Must-have skills

You should be adaptable, resourceful, well-organised, confident, and capable of handling diverse situations to deliver high-quality, compassionate care. Leadership, management, communication, problem-solving, and good judgement are essential skills.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health, and specialty services in hospital and community settings. We focus on person-centred care that is accessible, often delivered at home, work, or in schools. We also serve prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Job responsibilities

For detailed role information, please refer to the job description under Supporting Documents. The full person specification is available in the About You section of the document.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse & Health Visitor qualification.

Skills & Abilities

• Relevant experience in a similar setting.
• Experience in managing comprehensive care systems.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to a DBS check as per the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Northampton 2 & Daventry South Northants