# Health Visitor Jobs in the NHS > NHS health visitor job landing page from Job Clerk. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/jobs/health-visitor - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/jobs/health-visitor.md ## Live Market Snapshot - **Live vacancies:** 50 - **NHS employers:** 21 - **New vacancies this week:** 21 - **Observed salary range:** GBP 27,055 to GBP 62,652 ## Role Summary Health visitors are specialist community public health nurses (SCPHNs) who work with families from pregnancy through to a child reaching school age. The role is community-based, autonomous, and carries significant safeguarding responsibility. Most health visitor posts sit at Band 6, with team lead and specialist roles at Band 7. Health visitors hold dual NMC registration: as a nurse or midwife, plus as a specialist community public health nurse. ## Typical Responsibilities - Leading the Healthy Child Programme: antenatal contact, new birth visit, 6-8 week review, 1-year review, 2-2.5 year review - Assessing child development, maternal mental health, and family wellbeing - Safeguarding: identifying risk, making referrals, attending child protection conferences - Supporting families with infant feeding, sleep, behaviour, and parental mental health - Managing a defined caseload of families in a geographical area - Public health campaigns: immunisation uptake, injury prevention, health inequalities - Supervision and mentoring of student health visitors and community staff nurses ## Typical Requirements - Active NMC registration as a nurse or midwife - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) qualification with health visiting pathway - Evidence of ongoing CPD in child development, safeguarding, and public health - Enhanced DBS with children and adults barred list check ## Employers Hiring - HCRG Care Group (20 jobs) - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (3 jobs) - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (3 jobs) - Whittington Health NHS Trust (2 jobs) - NHS Ayrshire and Arran (2 jobs) - East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (2 jobs) - NHS Forth Valley (2 jobs) - NHS Western Isles (2 jobs) ## Locations Hiring - Surrey, South East (4 jobs) - Basildon, South East (2 jobs) - East Sussex, South East (2 jobs) - Redhill, South East (2 jobs) - Brentwood, South East (2 jobs) - Southam, South East (2 jobs) - London, London (2 jobs) - Macclesfield, North West (2 jobs) - Peterhead Health Centre, North of Scotland (1 jobs) - Springfield Medical Centre, North of Scotland (1 jobs) - Hounslow, London (1 jobs) - Stratford-upon-Avon, South East (1 jobs) ## FAQs ### How do I become an NHS health visitor? You must already be a registered nurse or midwife, then complete a postgraduate SCPHN programme with health visiting pathway (typically 52 weeks full-time or part-time equivalent). The programme includes academic study and supervised community practice placements. Many NHS trusts sponsor staff onto the programme, paying salary and course fees in exchange for a return-of-service commitment (usually two years). Places are competitive. ### How much do NHS health visitors earn? Under the 2026/27 Agenda for Change pay scales, Band 6 health visitors earn approximately £40,000 to £48,000 and Band 7 team leads or specialist health visitors earn £49,000 to £57,000. Most health visitor posts are Band 6. The role is predominantly Monday to Friday during daytime hours, which means no unsocial hours enhancements but a more predictable work pattern than hospital nursing. ### What is the difference between a health visitor and a district nurse? Health visitors focus on child and family health from pregnancy to school age, with a strong public health and prevention remit. District nurses provide clinical nursing care to adults and older people in their homes, managing long-term conditions, wounds, and end-of-life care. Both are community-based SCPHN roles requiring additional postgraduate qualifications, but the patient populations and clinical focus are different. ### Do health visitors work for the NHS or local authorities? Health visitor services were transferred from the NHS to local authority commissioning in 2015. In practice, most health visitors are still employed by NHS community trusts or social enterprises, but their service is commissioned and funded by the local council public health department. This means restructuring and budget changes at council level directly affect health visitor posts and caseload sizes. ### What is the Healthy Child Programme? The Healthy Child Programme is the national framework for health visiting services. It sets out five mandated contacts: an antenatal visit, a new birth visit within 14 days, a 6-8 week assessment, a 1-year review, and a 2-2.5 year review. Health visitors deliver these contacts alongside a universal service for all families and targeted support for those with additional needs. The programme focuses on child development, maternal wellbeing, immunisation, and early identification of safeguarding concerns. ### What does a typical health visitor caseload look like? Recommended caseloads are around 250 families per whole-time-equivalent health visitor, though many teams carry higher numbers due to vacancies. Caseloads are usually geographically defined by GP practice or neighbourhood. The work involves a mix of universal contacts (routine developmental reviews), targeted visits (families with additional needs such as post-natal depression or housing difficulties), and safeguarding cases requiring intensive involvement. Travel between home visits is a significant part of the working day. ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk SEO landing-page data as the HTML page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Live job counts change as source NHS adverts open and close.