# Practice Development Nurse (0-19) - Health Visiting

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** Emergency/Out of Hours Dental Services
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 32.25 hours per week (Monday - Friday, Hours to be agreed in line with the needs of the service.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14T09:11:22.804Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Richmond/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Practice_Development_Nurse_Health_Visitor/Practice_Development_Nurse_Health_Visitor-v8257577
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8257577?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Join the CLCH Academy as a Practice Development Nurse and help shape learning, development and high-quality care across our 0–19 Children’s Services.

Based in Richmond, South West London, you will work with clinical teams, the Academy and Locality Manager to create positive learning opportunities that build staff knowledge, skills and confidence. You will use your experience as an SCPHN Health Visitor to support practice development, teaching, supervision and assessment.

You will be part of a supportive, collaborative team and have opportunities to develop your own skills through undergraduate and postgraduate learning.

The role offers an opportunity to:

- Share your clinical expertise and promote high standards of care.
- Identify learning needs and deliver engaging education and development.
- Support a positive learning environment where everyone can learn and grow.
- Contribute to workforce development and evidence-based practice.
- Help staff deliver safe, effective and person-centred care.

You will be expected to provide support and cover, where required, across other CLCH divisions.

### Main duties of the job

As a Practice Development Nurse, you will work closely with the Academy team and Locality Manager to plan, deliver and evaluate learning and development across designated services.

Key responsibilities include:

- Identify learning and development needs and help teams respond to them effectively.
- Plan, deliver and evaluate education and training, considering local and national priorities.
- Facilitate induction, education and continuing professional development for registered and non-registered nursing staff across community nursing teams.
- Provide teaching, supervision and assessment that supports staff to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence.
- Work alongside clinical teams to embed learning, development and evidence-based practice into everyday care.
- Promote high standards of care by sharing clinical knowledge, expertise and best practice.
- Help create an inclusive, supportive learning environment where staff feel valued and encouraged to develop.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of practice, learning and workforce capability across the service.
- Share learning and contribute to wider practice development priorities within CLCH.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience in practice development
- Experience in taking forward clinical and service change
- Experience of working in a changing and uncertain environment
- Experience of delivering on development initiatives and leading change with individuals and teams
- Experience of working and engaging with staff and stakeholders at all levels
- Experience of using evidence to inform best practice

### Key Attributes

**Essential**

- Passionate about work and services delivered
- Self-motivated towards own professional growth and development
- Sensitive towards needs of others
- Flexible to work patterns
- Ability to travel within and across the Trust by walking, cycling, bus, driving
- Committed to developing people

### Skills and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of the national priorities relating to the Healthy Child Programme
- Ability to implement and evaluate successful change programmes
- Leadership skills, relationship building skills and influencing skills
- Ability to focus on key priorities and to sustain momentum to achieved desired results
- Integrates organisational vision and values as way of working
- Aware of the equalities and diversity agenda
- Ability to work in a pressure environment and keep calm in challenging situations.
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet competing demands and priorities
- Proficient IT Skills

### Education/Qualification

**Essential**

- Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
- Relevant Post graduate Specialist Practitioner qualification (nursing roles) / Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent
- Clinical Leadership training
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development

**Desirable**

- Project management qualification
- Learning and Development Qualification

## Documents

- [clch trust values (pdf, 893.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10570829)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10570828)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 520.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10609181)

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