About the role
Salary: £44,075 a year
3.3% National Pay Award increase to be applied in October
Health Visitors are a valued part of our Public Health
Nursing Service. They work with children and their families to make healthy
lifestyle choices. They lead the Healthy Child Programme and use their
professional skills to assess targeted and specialist work.
Role holder is a qualified and registered Nurse or Midwife
with additional postgraduate education and registration as a Specialist
Community Public Health Nurse Health Visitor. Health Visitors will provide
evidenced-based interventions to meet the health-related needs of individuals,
families, groups and communities and be able to assess and evaluate their
effectiveness. Health Visitors lead and deliver the Healthy Child Programme
(HCP), providing support from pregnancy and throughout childhood until school
age; identifying early those children and families who require
additional/specialist intervention and support.
Work as a Specialist within the Public Health Nursing team,
having continuous responsibility for a named caseload to deliver specialised
support and services to children and families and the community within defined
standards.