Band 6 Health Visitor

Job summary

Main duties of the job

• To deliver Evidence Based healthcare, maintaining a high standard of professional practice.
• Lead and deliver the Healthy Child Programme, within a multi-agency team setting.
• Be responsible for the identification, assessment, and management of health care needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities, and for the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care within a range of targeted groups.
• Provide delegated management responsibility to the Healthy Child Programme Practitioners and Healthy Child Programme Nurses.
• Mentor pre and post registration students, and new members of staff as required, and support induction programmes.

You must have a full driving licence that allows you to drive in the UK and the use of a car for this role. LPT operate 2 car schemes Car Leasing and Car Salary sacrifice subject to meeting the acceptance criteria. If you already hold a lease car through another NHS employer you may be able to transfer the vehicle to LPT.

Candidates must evidence they have a SCPHN qualification in their application.

Interviews will take place on 21.05.2026 at Loughborough Hospital LE11 5JY.

If you have any questions, please contact nina.rabadia@nhs.net

Job responsibilities

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.