# Health Visitor > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/health-visitor/c43e84cd-e178-4974-ae68-936c887cdec7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/health-visitor/c43e84cd-e178-4974-ae68-936c887cdec7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Stockport - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Health visitor - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term post to cover a HV back fill role for maternity leave) - **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full time and part time hours available.) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-21T13:00:38.879Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Stockport/Stockport_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Health_Visitor/Health_Visitor-v8123274 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8123274?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stockport.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Health Visiting Service in Stockport is seeking to employ a Health Visitor who is enthusiastic and committed to improving the outcomes for children and families in Stockport. The Health Visitors are a key part of our integrated Start Well Team, holding named health visitor 0-5 geographical caseloads to support children to get the best start in life. They work closely with early years providers, GPs, Midwives and Stockport Family colleagues. The service has well established skill mix teams consisting of Health Visitors, Staff Nurses, Early Years Workers and Health Visitor Assistants who together deliver the Healthy Child Programme and early years pathways. They are part of Stockport Family which is an innovative, integrated children’s service, designed to ensure strong working relationships between health, Local authority and Education providers, and working alongside colleagues in the Local Authority, Primary Care, voluntary and statutory agencies within newly established Family Hubs. ### Main duties of the job As a health visitor in a Start Well team you will lead the healthy child programme 0-5 and manage a named health visitor mixed caseload of universal, enhanced and specialised pathway families. You will provide holistic assessment using the my world triangle, and utilise planning skills to identify and address health needs in a defined local population. You will provide early help support to families when required utilising the Early Help Assessment and within a Team Around the Early Years model. You will be accountable for your work and delegate activities as required to other members of the integrated Start Well Team. You will maintain a focus on Public Health priorities, using a community strengths based approach to reduce inequalities utilising family hub networks across the neighbourhood you are working within. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See attached Job Description and person specification The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable. You will also be required to demonstrate up to date knowledge and understanding of the national agenda for children and families and how this will impact on your role as a Health Visitor About us We value our staff and are committed to their positive health and well being. There is a strong focus on personal and professional development with support of the leadership team and the wider NHS Trust resources We support staff with regular supervision, both from Team Leader and for  safeguarding caseload The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16. ## Person Specification ### Good communicator **Essential** - Written and verbal ### Education and qualification **Essential** - Registered Health Visitor - Registered HV / Specialist Community Public Health Nurse HV or student due to qualify - Nurse Prescribing qualification - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Mentorship qualification ### Knowledge of Health Visiting **Essential** - health visiting practice and evidence base **Desirable** - NBO/ NBAS knowledge and skills ### Experience in Health Visiting **Essential** - Broad based experience in nursing and health visiting ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 310.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2576) - [applicant guide (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1756) - [our behaviours - care (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1757) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 733.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10419777) ## 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.