Health Visitor

NHS Jobs; Brentwood (MD); On-site; USD 43,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group pension

Free tea, coffee & milk at base

My Reward Hub discounts

Wages accessed as earned

Wellbeing support (mental/physical)

Learning and development opportunities

Open, supportive culture

Career development pathways

Job summary

NHS Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust seeks a Band 6 Health Visitor to lead the Healthy Child Programme, provide public health leadership, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.

You will work autonomously with support from a skilled team, supervise staff, and contribute to safeguarding, quality improvement and service development in your locality.

Qualifications

• Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification (Health Visiting).
• Current NMC registration (third part of the register).
• Experience leading health visiting teams.
• Experience leading safeguarding interventions for children and families.
• Proficient IT skills and use of electronic health records.

Responsibilities

• Lead Public Health Practice for a defined population and locality and deliver the Healthy Child Programme.
• Provide a comprehensive health visiting service for children 0-8 years and families.
• Identify and assess safeguarding risks and act within multi-agency safeguarding frameworks.
• Provide leadership and supervision to Health Visiting staff and develop team capability.
• Collaborate with GPs, schools and social care to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Maintain professional practice, contribute to service development and quality improvement.

Skills

SCPHN qualification

NMC registration

Team leadership

Safeguarding expertise

Public health

Job description

Package Description: Are you a passionate and motivated Health Visitor looking to make a lasting difference to children, young people and families? Do you thrive in a role where you can lead public health initiatives, safeguard vulnerable families and work collaboratively with a wide range of professionals to improve outcomes? We are looking for a Band 6 Health Visitor (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse) to join our Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service. This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a forward-thinking health visiting team, delivering the Healthy Child Programme and providing expert public health leadership within your locality. In this rewarding role, you will work autonomously while benefiting from the support of an experienced multidisciplinary team. You will develop strong relationships with families and partner agencies, influence positive health outcomes and contribute to reducing health inequalities across your community.

Benefits

• A competitive Band 6 salary in line with Agenda for Change, with access to our group pension
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases as well as cashback and voucher offers
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face support for your mental and physical wellbeing, including counselling, legal advice, debt support, career coaching and wellbeing resources
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to share and implement ideas that help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care
• Opportunities to develop specialist interests, leadership skills and public health expertise within an innovative and supportive organisation

Main Responsibilities

Leading Public Health Practice As the public health lead for a defined population and locality, you will deliver the universal Healthy Child Programme while assessing health needs and implementing personalised and targeted interventions. You will use your specialist knowledge to improve outcomes for children and families, ensuring services are responsive to local needs.

Supporting Children and Families You will provide a comprehensive health visiting service for children aged 0-8 years and their families, promoting physical, emotional and mental wellbeing.

Safeguarding and Early Intervention Safeguarding is central to this role. You will identify and assess risks, support vulnerable children and families, and work within multi-agency safeguarding frameworks to ensure timely interventions. You will contribute to early support assessments and act as Lead Professional where appropriate.

Leadership and Team Development You will provide leadership and support to Healthy Family Support Practitioners, Assistants and wider skill-mix team members. This includes delegation of work, professional supervision, caseload oversight and supporting the development of team capability through coaching and training.

Partnership Working Working collaboratively with GPs, schools, early years providers, social care teams and other community partners, you will build strong professional networks that help improve outcomes for children and families.

Professional Practice and Quality Improvement You will maintain professional registration and work in accordance with the NMC Code and evidence-based practice. You will contribute to service development, champion innovation and support the ongoing improvement of health visiting pathways and processes.

Person Specification

Essential Requirements

• Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification (Health Visiting).
• Current NMC registration on the third part of the register.
• Experience of leading and working within health visiting teams.
• Experience leading interventions to improve outcomes and safeguard children and families.
• Qualification in practice supervision and/or assessment for nurse learners.
• Working knowledge of tools and programmes used in health visiting to improve outcomes for children.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, clinical governance and public health principles.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships with families and partner agencies.
• Ability to manage a caseload independently while contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Competent IT skills and experience using electronic health record systems.

Desirable Requirements

• Qualification in leadership and innovative practice.
• Experience of line management and developing teams.
• Experience presenting policies, performance outcomes or service developments to commissioners and partners.
• Experience of setting goals and leading interventions to achieve measurable outcomes.
• Experience managing complex health needs involving safeguarding and multi-agency processes.

Additional Requirements

• Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle insured for business use.
• Ability to travel across the Essex locality to meet service needs.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.

We’re a Disability Confident Committed employer and work to ensure our recruitment processes and workplaces are inclusive and accessible for everyone.

As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance. Everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you'll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this role we'll need to process and hold information about you. For more information about how we use your data, please refer to our website privacy policy.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Salary to be discussed during confidential discussion following initial application.