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Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is seeking an aspiring Health Visitor stepping into a Team Leader role in St Albans. You will lead a skill-mixed Public Health Nursing team, drive the Healthy Child Programme delivery, and work with senior leaders to support improvements and innovative projects.
The post requires maintaining your SCPHN qualification and entails leading productivity, clinical outcomes, and partnerships within the community health framework.
Are you passionate about the value and difference that quality Health Visiting can make to children and families? Are you innovative in your thinking about reducing health inequalities and supporting children to make the best start in life? Are you, or have you recently practiced as, a Health Visitor? Are you interested in making a step into a leadership role in Public Health Nursing? We have a great opportunity for an aspiring Health Visitor to move into team leader role. You will be joining the existing Team Lead for St Albans to lead and support a skill mixed team to effectively and safely deliver the Healthy Child Programme. You will be proactive and innovative, like a challenge and enjoy working as part of a team. You will be supported by senior leadership and the wider Trust to grow and thrive in your Team Leader role. You will be joining a service that prides itself on delivering a quality, needs led service, which is able to support improvement and innovative projects Your work will continue to benefit children and families, and you will retain your SCPHN qualification, and have access the iHV for inspiration amongst other benefits.
You will contribute to the strategic direction, supporting the continued integration of pathways, and take a lead role in facilitating effective positive partnerships with key stake holders.
You will lead on productivity, efficiency and clinical outcomes across the Public Health Nursing 0-5 team and will implement improvement plans where appropriate.
HCT will prioritise recruitment of workers living in England under the new immigration rules for care workers effective from 9 April 2025. Employers must first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship. This ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so.
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Date posted: 09 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 812-CYP-HV-STATL-2026JP
Job locations: Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more details
Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer name: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Address: Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.hct.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Community Service Lead, jo preston, joanne.preston8@nhs.net, 07552289463