Overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) to join our caring and progressive Health Visiting service.
Our health visiting service provides support to families (adults) with children aged zero to five. You’ll be juggling a varied caseload and you’ll need to be confident and flexible to provide the best support for new and growing families.
You will work as part of a team to keep children safe and well by using your clinical judgment to support evidence-based care planning and make sure that children and families (adults) who use our services have a good experience.
What the role involves
* Contributing to antenatal and postnatal care programmes
* Completing HCP mandated reviews, packages of care and safeguarding
* Supporting in the supervision/ line management and development of colleagues
* Undertaking a range of competent clinical and non-clinical interventions to support the outcomes for families and the service
* Attend and contribute to team meetings
* Building relationships with colleagues to enhance the team working environment
Working pattern
We have full and part time opportunities ranging from a minimum of 22.5 hours to a maximum of 37.5 hours per week between 9am to 5pm. This role is a community-based role so the majority of your duties will be carried out between your base and community settings or client homes.
Benefits and values
We also offer a generous NHS pension, annual leave entitlement and a competitive pay framework to progress through.
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. We value compassion, aspiration, responsiveness and excellence.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves on being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission.
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.
Flexible working
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.
Drive and accessibility
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. You will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. Our team supports candidates with disabilities into employment; if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
Application process
The job description and person specification give you all the information you need about this role. Please review the criteria in the person specification and describe how you meet them in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please contact our recruitment team. All information supplied should be true and accurate to the best of your knowledge.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you; their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We encourage timely applications as a vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025
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