# Health Visitor Band 6 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Whittington Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/health-visitor-band-6/7c607381-fbb9-477f-bdf1-20ea7da72a62 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/health-visitor-band-6/7c607381-fbb9-477f-bdf1-20ea7da72a62.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Whittington Health NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Health visitor - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-25T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-11T15:13:25.723Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Whittington_Health_NHS_Trust/Health_Visitor_Band/Health_Visitor_Band-v8045974 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8045974?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whittington.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 6 Health Visitor Are you a passionate Health Visitor eager to make a transformative impact on families and children during their crucial first five years? If so, we have an incredible opportunity just for you! Join us at the Barnet 0-19 Service, now proudly a part of Whittington Health Trust, which serves vibrant communities across five North London boroughs. Why Choose Us? Be Part of a Diverse and Dynamic Community: Barnet is a bustling, richly diverse borough where you'll find endless opportunities to collaborate with a variety of partners and make a real difference. Integrated, Supportive Team: Our 0-19 Service team is friendly, supportive, and united by a common goal – to put children and their families at the heart of everything we do. Innovative Training and Development: We believe in continuous growth. Benefit from our robust training programs and stimulating professional development opportunities designed to expand your skillset. Flexible Working: We understand the importance of work-life balance. We can support you with flexible working arrangements where suitable. Prioritising Your Wellbeing: At Whittington Health, your wellbeing is our priority. You can access a wide range of support and resources to ensure you’re always at your best. ### Main duties of the job Main duties of the job The Health Visitor is responsible for the delivery of the universal and targeted Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to local families. The Health Visitor will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective HCP. - To manage a caseload of families. The Health Visitor will be the named health professional, with responsibility for the planning and delivery of the HCP. - To be responsible for identifying need within a family or community. To use child and family centred public health approaches to address health inequalities. - To line manage junior members of staff, ensuring the completion of annual appraisals, 1:1s, and personal development of self and junior staff. Support staff with performance, ensuring that poor performance is addressed appropriately. - To support students and new starters. To support the retention and recruitment of staff. - To deliver needs led evidence-based care that supports the local and national priorities and policies. - To be the principal point of contact for allocated GP Practices and Children’s Centres in an area. - To work with local statutory, private and voluntary providers, and users to develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all sections of the local community, ensuring that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups and individuals to support social inclusion. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Main duties of the job The Health Visitor is responsible for the delivery of the universal and targeted Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to local families. The Health Visitor will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective HCP. - To manage a caseload of families. The Health Visitor will be the named health professional, with responsibility for the planning and delivery of the HCP. - To be responsible for identifying need within a family or community. To use child and family centred public health approaches to address health inequalities. - To line manage junior members of staff, ensuring the completion of annual appraisals, 1:1s, and personal development of self and junior staff. Support staff with performance, ensuring that poor performance is addressed appropriately. - To support students and new starters. To support the retention and recruitment of staff. - To deliver needs led evidence-based care that supports the local and national priorities and policies. - To be the principal point of contact for allocated GP Practices and Children’s Centres in an area. ## Job Details Band 6 Health Visitor Are you a passionate Health Visitor eager to make a transformative impact on families and children during their crucial first five years? If so, we have an incredible opportunity just for you! Join us at the Barnet 0-19 Service, now proudly a part of Whittington Health Trust, which serves vibrant communities across five North London boroughs. Why Choose Us? Be Part of a Diverse and Dynamic Community: Barnet is a bustling, richly diverse borough where you'll find endless opportunities to collaborate with a variety of partners and make a real difference. Integrated, Supportive Team: Our 0-19 Service team is friendly, supportive, and united by a common goal – to put children and their families at the heart of everything we do. Innovative Training and Development: We believe in continuous growth. Benefit from our robust training programs and stimulating professional development opportunities designed to expand your skillset. Flexible Working: We understand the importance of work-life balance. We can support you with flexible working arrangements where suitable. Prioritising Your Wellbeing: At Whittington Health, your wellbeing is our priority. You can access a wide range of support and resources to ensure you’re always at your best. ## Job Description Main duties of the job The Health Visitor is responsible for the delivery of the universal and targeted Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to local families. The Health Visitor will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective HCP. To manage a caseload of families. The Health Visitor will be the named health professional, with responsibility for the planning and delivery of the HCP. To be responsible for identifying need within a family or community. To use child and family centred public health approaches to address health inequalities. To line manage junior members of staff, ensuring the completion of annual appraisals, 1:1s, and personal development of self and junior staff. Support staff with performance, ensuring that poor performance is addressed appropriately. To support students and new starters. To support the retention and recruitment of staff. To deliver needs led evidence-based care that supports the local and national priorities and policies. To be the principal point of contact for allocated GP Practices and Children’s Centres in an area. To work with local statutory, private and voluntary providers, and users to develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all sections of the local community, ensuring that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups and individuals to support social inclusion. ## Responsibilities Main duties of the job The Health Visitor is responsible for the delivery of the universal and targeted Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to local families. The Health Visitor will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective HCP. To manage a caseload of families. The Health Visitor will be the named health professional, with responsibility for the planning and delivery of the HCP. To be responsible for identifying need within a family or community. To use child and family centred public health approaches to address health inequalities. To line manage junior members of staff, ensuring the completion of annual appraisals, 1:1s, and personal development of self and junior staff. Support staff with performance, ensuring that poor performance is addressed appropriately. To support students and new starters. To support the retention and recruitment of staff. To deliver needs led evidence-based care that supports the local and national priorities and policies. To be the principal point of contact for allocated GP Practices and Children’s Centres in an area. ## Person Specification ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Must have ability to build professional and personal credibility - Must have ability to recognise own need for support and supervision - Able to exercise initiative - Self - motivated - Work flexibly to address the needs of the service ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Ability to work as part of a team. - Willingness to develop and support management of change - Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral - Ability to delegate work appropriately and safely - Ability to set personal objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations - Collect and monitor data as required ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme The ability to identify, respond to and evaluate family health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes. - Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas. - Knowledge of infection control standards. - Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children **Desirable** - Management experience in a health service setting. ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - Health Visiting professional qualification, with entry onto the 3rd part of the NMC Register. - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development. **Desirable** - Educated to degree level or equivalent ## Documents - [functional requirement (pdf, 235.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10334776) - [whittington probationary policy (pdf, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=621) - [health visitor band 6 - job description and person specification (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10366560) ## 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.