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Health Visitor - Specialist Public Health Practitioner

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Profession
Nurse practitioner
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
30 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
16 Jul 2025

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Public Health Practitioner (Health Visitor) to join our Integrated Healthy Families Team within the Bassetlaw Locality.

Bassetlaw Healthy Family Team, provide a quality service delivering the Healthy Child Programme to the local population.  We are an integrated service,  working with children and young people aged  0 – 19 and their families . Care will be delivered in line with the National and Local guidelines and public health priorities.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a team to deliver universal and targeted health services to the 0-19 year population and will be responsible for the day to day leadership of a defined caseload, managing and supporting a skill mix team.

You will be expected to develop excellent partnership working relationships in order to provide seamless services to Children, Young people and their families.

This post requires a knowledgeable  practitioner with excellent communication skills and a desire to develop their leadership and management skills.  You will possess the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visitor) qualification.

We offer a comprehensive induction package and a friendly, supportive working environment with excellent development opportunities.

We support agile working, when appropriate and to meet the needs of the service.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role will include services to antenatal women, completion of the Healthy Child Programme for under 5s, enhanced programmes of care within school and community settings for the 5 -19 age group, breast feeding support and a strong element of leadership to the skill mix 0-19 cluster team.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.