# Pre and Post Birth Specialist Health Visitor Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pre-and-post-birth-specialist-health-visitor-lead/a1409391-08c6-4c96-bc04-d391e8b37e91 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pre-and-post-birth-specialist-health-visitor-lead/a1409391-08c6-4c96-bc04-d391e8b37e91.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Lynton house, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1NY, United Kingdom - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Health visitor - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57528.00 to £64750.00 - **Contract type:** Fixed-Term - **Employment type:** Part-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-24T11:03:18.538Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9395-26-0475 - **Application URL:** https://jobs.careers.nelft.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=808&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.nelft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Health Visitor/midwife to take on a leadership role and join the new Pre and Post Birth Multiagency Team. The team will work jointly with Children's Social Care to offer an enhanced health visiting service throughout the antenatal period until 1yr post birth. The team will be co-located within Lynton House in Ilford to ensure good multi agency working. The post holder will be a Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visitor and Midwife. The post holder will lead the health element of the multiagency team based within Redbridge local authority to support mothers, fathers and babies during the antenatal and postnatal period up to babys first birthday. ### Main duties of the job ???????The post holder will support the development of the pre and post birth multiagency team, working with the local authority. They will be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. The post holder will work within the wider senior leadership team to deliver the vision of the Trust to provide a quality led service, which is best in class and helps Babies, Children, Young People (BCYP) and their families to live and achieve the lives they want. ### About us NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. ### Details - Date posted: 24 August 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 8a - Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year - Contract: Fixed term - Duration: 12 months - Working pattern: Part-time - Reference number: NDD-000788 - Job locations: Lynton house, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1NY, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Our Values 2025 - 2030 Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are: - We are kind. - We are respectful. - We work together with our communities. These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people. Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,1371 - per annum, pro rata for part time) . Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications. ADD CONTACT DETAILS FOR CONTACT /. INFORMAL CHATS OR VISITS NAME - Lisa London JOB TITLE - Head of Service CONTACT NUMBER - 07976743403 EMAIL - lisa.london4@nhs.net ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area - Prepared to work flexibly ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to assess babies, children and young people using the assessment framework - Attention to detail **Desirable** - Change management skills - Presentation skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - An awareness of NHS priorities - Knowledge of Working Together to Safeguard Children - Clinical knowledge of the principles underpinning effective Child Protection practice - Knowledge of commissioning **Desirable** - Expert knowledge of current practice relating to safeguarding children/child protection and think family ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 2 years post SCPHN qualification, working actively as a Health Visitor - Line management experience at band 7 or above - Experience of using a strengths based approach to care - Experience of working with families with safeguarding needs - Experience of working with babies, children, young people and their families in the community setting. - Caseload management of safeguarding – child protection - Delivery of safeguarding supervision - Experience of using trauma informed practice - Experience of interagency working - Experience of managing HR issues **Desirable** - Audit experience - Teaching experience - Experience of managing a healthcare budget or equivalent ### Qualifications **Essential** - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – Health Visitor - NMC registered Midwife - Level 4 Safeguarding - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Masters degree or equivalent - Leadership programme ### Demonstration of Trust Values **Essential** - Putting people first - Prioritising quality - Being progressive, innovative, and continually improve - Being professional and honest - Promoting what is possible, independence, opportunity, and choice ## Documents - [PPBT Health visitor/midwife 8a - JD (PDF, KB)](https://jobs.careers.nelft.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1724&JobId=808) ## 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.