# Early Years Practitioner Health Visiting > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/early-years-practitioner-health-visiting/5470a4e8-1e2c-426f-b60f-de8fb529872c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/early-years-practitioner-health-visiting/5470a4e8-1e2c-426f-b60f-de8fb529872c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust - **Town:** Hereford - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pa - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T09:12:09.469Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Herefordshire/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Surgical/Surgical-v7983288 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7983288?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you interested in an exciting role within the health visiting service? We are looking for an enthusiastic practitioner to join the health visiting service as an Early Years Practitioner. As an Early Years Practitioner you will be a key member of the health visiting team working in the North and West Team covering Leominster and Kington. The Early Years Practitioner will support the teams by undertaking clerical/clinical duties as directed to support the delivery of the health visiting service to children, young people and families. The post holder will work under the direction of the skill mix team including Practice Leads, Health Visitors and Staff Nurses using their skill and expertise to ensure the safe delivery of the service. The Early Years Practitioner is responsible for completing appropriate delegated tasks and escalating any concerns or risks. You must have a full driving licence and have access to a car for work as you will be based within the community. ### Main duties of the job - To assist as appropriate in setting up and facilitating group work for  children and parents in conjunction with the Health Visitor/Community Nursery Nurse (e.g. Antenatal workshops, Weaning Workshops). - You will be responsible for setting up and clearing up from health visiting clinics, and carrying out duties during these sessions such as weighing and measuring children. - To set up and facilitate pre planned community workshops within PCN areas (e.g.  vaping/smoking, healthy eating etc.).  This will include exploring and booking appropriate spaces within the PCN area, creating information boards and collecting resources for parents and delivering a pre-panned workshop which will include presenting information to parents in groups. - To organise promotion displays as delegated by the Health Visitor e.g. ordering, maintenance and collecting of resources. - Provide practical support to parents when caring for their child, whilst promoting safety in the home setting. - Provide evidence based support, assistance and advice to mums who are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. - Support mums who chose to artificially feed their babies in line with local and national policy. - Under instruction of the Health Visitor in the community setting visit families in their home and complete assessments of the baby (e.g. growth monitoring, feeding) and report or escalate any concerns you may have to the Health Visitor. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the job description and person specification for the Early Years Practitioner which is attached to this advert ## Job Details Are you interested in an exciting role within the health visiting service? We are looking for an enthusiastic practitioner to join the health visiting service as an Early Years Practitioner. As an Early Years Practitioner you will be a key member of the health visiting team working in the North and West Team covering Leominster and Kington. The Early Years Practitioner will support the teams by undertaking clerical/clinical duties as directed to support the delivery of the health visiting service to children, young people and families. The post holder will work under the direction of the skill mix team including Practice Leads, Health Visitors and Staff Nurses using their skill and expertise to ensure the safe delivery of the service. The Early Years Practitioner is responsible for completing appropriate delegated tasks and escalating any concerns or risks. You must have a full driving licence and have access to a car for work as you will be based within the community. ## Job Description ·       You will be responsible for setting up and clearing up from health visiting clinics, and carrying out duties during these sessions such as weighing and measuring children. ·       To set up and facilitate pre planned community workshops within PCN areas (e.g.  vaping/smoking, healthy eating etc.).  This will include exploring and booking appropriate spaces within the PCN area, creating information boards and collecting resources for parents and delivering a pre-panned workshop which will include presenting information to parents in groups. ·       To organise promotion displays as delegated by the Health Visitor e.g. ordering, maintenance and collecting of resources. ·       Provide practical support to parents when caring for their child, whilst promoting safety in the home setting. ·       Provide evidence based support, assistance and advice to mums who are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. ·       Support mums who chose to artificially feed their babies in line with local and national policy. ·       Under instruction of the Health Visitor in the community setting visit families in their home and complete assessments of the baby (e.g. growth monitoring, feeding) and report or escalate any concerns you may have to the Health Visitor. ## Responsibilities Please see the job description and person specification for the Early Years Practitioner which is attached to this advert ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Understanding of confidentiality - Experience of working with electronic patient records (e.g. Maxims, EMIS) - Experience/knowledge of administration - Experience of working with parents and children **Desirable** - Experience of working within the community ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Organisational skills - Good time management - Committed to achieving performance indicators - Caring and supportive manner with an approachable attitude - Shows empathy and sensitivity to the needs of families ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE or equivalent qualification - Relevant child care or Health and Social Care qualification (at least NVQ Level 3) - Basic numeracy and literacy skills ### Skills, Knowledge and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to work under pressure - Ability to seek support and refer issues appropriately - Computer literate able to use PowerPoint, Word and Excel effectively - Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload - Understanding of Public Health and Public Health Nursing - Ability to work unsupervised - Ability to undertake development reviews/childhood measurements following appropriate training and assessment - Understanding of the skill mix team **Desirable** - Baby Friendly / Infant Feeding experience or training ## Documents - [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985) - [229-sur-7983288 (pdf, 391.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319510) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.