# Healthy Child Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** West Bromwich
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum
- **Contract type:** 23 months (Secondment/Fixed Term Contract for 12 to 23 months)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T09:22:34.987Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Sandwell/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Health_Visiting_Service/Health_Visiting_Service-v8138152
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8138152?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

At Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, we have a new and exciting opportunity within our well established Health Visiting Service. We are looking for innovative Registered NMC Nurses or Midwives with an interest in health visiting to work as a Healthy Child Practitioner to deliver a core programme to children young people and families in SWB NHS Trust. This is a secondment/fixed term position to introduce the successful candidates to the role of the Health Visitor, with the opportunity to apply for the fully funded Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) Specialist Community Public Health Nurse in Health Visiting. The HCP will work within the Health Visiting Service as part of the Acute and Community Paediatric Directorate.  They will support and deliver the Universal Children’s services in line with the HCP 0-5 years.

### Main duties of the job

Day to day relationship will be with other members of Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses, Administration Officers, patients, carers and multi-agency professionals.

Training and evaluation will be provided to enable the individual to develop the competence to function effectively within this role and will have exposure to the mandated contacts of a Health Visitor in order to help them to progress onto the Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) SCPHN in Health Visiting.

Mandatory contacts include;

- Antenatal visits
- New birth visits
- 6-8 week contact
- 9-12 month development review
- 2-2.5 development review

Other duties to include;

- Baby/Child weight reviews
- Health promotion and public health advice
- Maternal mental health support
- Support babies/children and their families with concerns or medical conditions
- Safeguarding
- Multi agency working

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience relevant to post

**Desirable**

- Audit/evaluation/research
- Experience of working in the community
- Experience relevant to post working with 0-5 years
- Recent post Registered Nurse experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE grade C/4 or equivalent in Mathematics and English
- To have relevant Nursing/ Midwifery Degree
- Active registration as a nurse or midwife on the NMC register
- Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development

**Desirable**

- To have Practice Supervisor or equivalent

## Documents

- [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982)
- [healthy child practitioner jd (pdf, 189.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10436444)
- [healthy child practitioner ps (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10436445)

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