Specialist Practitioner Health Visiting

NHS; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

A public health service organization is seeking a Specialist Practitioner for Health Visiting in Bournemouth. This role involves supporting the Healthy Child Programme, working with various stakeholders, and providing leadership within the team. Candidates must be qualified health practitioners with experience in specialist care and team management. This is a part-time position with a strong focus on enhancing the health and well-being of children under five and their families.

Qualifications

• Registered Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner health Visiting degree/diploma level required.
• Experience leading and managing a team is essential.
• Evidence of recent professional development in an up to date portfolio needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, person-centred care delivery.
• Support the Healthy Child Programme and targeted interventions.
• Plan, implement, and review health improvement programmes.

Skills

Registered Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner health Visiting degree/diploma level

Membership of the relevant Professional Body

Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification

Experience in specialist working

Clinical reasoning skills

Team leadership and management

Education

Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Electronic patient/service user record systems

Job description

Specialist Practitioner Health Visiting

The closing date is 13 February 2026

Band 6 Health Visitors within the 0-19 Children and Young Persons Public Health Service (CYPPHS)

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust (DHC) highly values the contribution that the CYP Public Health Service 0 - 19 makes to improving outcomes for children, young people and their families, using evidence-based, early intervention strategies.

As a Health Visitor, you will work within the 0 - 19 Children and Young Persons Public Health Service to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. You will work in partnership with children, young people and families, the Local Authority, Early Intervention Services, Local Authority Children's Services, Early Years Providers, Schools and Education Establishments, voluntary and community sector agencies and other Health Care providers. You will be required to work closely with other members of the CYP Public Health Service 0 - 19, to provide services in response to identified needs, including safeguarding and supporting children, young people and families.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Health Visitors to join our forward-thinking Bournemouth Central and Bournemouth South teams. These are year-round posts of 22.5 hours per week in Bournemouth Central and 15r per week in Bournemouth South. The Teams main base is Seascape, 19 Beaufort Road, Bournemouth.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a high-quality person-centred approach to care delivery which always considers people's safety, privacy, and dignity.
• To work within the Children Young Person Public Health (CYP PH) Service to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and targeted interventions to children 0 to 5 and their families.
• To promote the health and wellbeing of the 0 to 5 population and their families.
• To provide specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients / service users.
• To devise specialist programmes of care for members of the 0-19 team and other professionals, to deliver and ensure they are delivered appropriately.
• To plan, implement and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings and be proactive in delivering the national and local public health agendas in response to identified health and social need.
• To work in partnership with other agencies and meet agreed standards, objectives, and statutory requirements.
• Provide supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support to students and trained practitioners.
• To provide line management and leadership within the 0-19 team

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that using AI can be a useful and supportive tool when completing your application. However, we have also seen an increase in the over-reliance of AI tools which is negatively impacting applications as they remove candidates individuality, and it becomes much harder to get a sense of who you are and your authentic experience. If you do use AI, it should be used to enhance your application and not to create your supporting statement in its entirety. If we suspect you have used AI to create your supporting statement and this does not match your experience, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [e-mail]

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and training

• Registered Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner health Visiting degree/diploma level
• Membership of the relevant Professional Body
• Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training
• Evidence of recent professional development in an up to date portfolio

Job specific experience

• Experience of specialist working
• Able to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention.
• Experience of developing specialist programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice
• Experience of leading and managing a team

Information technology/resources

• Experience of using electronic patient / service user record systems
• Able to analyse data and produce reports using Microsoft Excel and Word
• Evidence of demonstrating the Trust's values and behaviours

Business Travel

• Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust