Pathfinder Health Visitor | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Croydon Health Services; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Health Visitor to join their team. The role revolves around leading the Health Visitor Pathfinder Project in Croydon, focusing on increasing uptake of childhood vaccinations for children aged 0-5 years. The candidate will work collaboratively with various health care providers to ensure high-quality service delivery. This position offers a chance to make a real impact in community health. Advert closes on Sunday 23 Nov 2025.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and skilled in delivering immunisation services.
• Strong evidence-based practice in community health.
• Experience in collaboration with health care providers.

Responsibilities

• Plan and organise immunisations in line with national programmes.
• Provide evidence-based immunisation services to clients.
• Collaborate with health care providers for seamless service delivery.
• Support and educate health visitors in the programme.
• Ensure clinical incidents are reported in line with policies.

Job description

We are recruiting for an enthusiastic Health visitor to lead, deliver and influence the national Health Visitor Pathfinder Project in Croydon. This project requires the post holder to deliver a local service specification of childhood immunisations that meets the public health needs of the local communities in Croydon and to work in the North Locality of the borough covering 4 PCN's which has 24 GP Practices.

The aim of the pathfinder project is to utilise the health visiting service to increase uptake of childhood vaccinations for children aged 0‑5 years in domiciliary or alternative settings.

Interview

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Responsibilities

• Plan, organise and deliver childhood immunisations in line with the national childhood immunisation programme, and where appropriate delegate to other members of the Health Visitor Pathfinder team to ensure delivery of a high‑quality service.
• Provide a skilled, effective and evidence‑based immunisation service to clients in a variety of community settings.
• Work in collaboration with other health care and service providers to ensure seamless delivery of services for clients and communities.
• Collaborate with team colleagues to deliver the contractual requirements of NHS England.
• Support the team, organisation, and company stakeholders to facilitate the smooth continuity of service delivery.
• Support, train and educate health visitors in delivery of the national immunisation programme.
• Attend sites across different locations as directed by your line manager.
• Ensure all clinical incidents, near misses and complaints are reported, monitored and processed in line with organisational policies and procedures.
• Participate in audits, make recommendations based on findings and share outcomes with the team for learning.
• Ensure record keeping is up to date and in line with company policy, procedure and guidelines.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provides hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital, is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that’s making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you’re looking for.

Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role.

This advert closes on Sunday 23 Nov 2025.