Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Health Visitor
The closing date is 26 February 2026
Are you an SCPHN Health Visitor who is highly motivated with excellent team working and communication skills? If so, we would love you to come and join us!
It's an exciting time to be working in Milton Keynes 0-19 Universal Service. Skill mixed corporate teams, working across localities delivering the Healthy Child Programme within the framework of national and local targets, working in strong partnership with statutory and voluntary agencies.
We can offer you:
- Recruitment and Retention bonus of 6% (T&C's apply, further information given at interview)
A friendly, nurturing work environment that will support you in your practice and development.
Full local induction with an allocated mentor.
Preceptorship programme for newly qualified staff.
On‑site management support and supervision.
Opportunities for leadership and career development.
A clinical training programme to support your practice.
A strong focus on staff wellbeing.
* Opportunities to engage in decisions that affect you and the services you provide.
Embedded programme of clinical, management, and safeguarding supervision.
Main duties of the job
We would like to hear from you if you are an SCPHN Health Visitor or an SCPHN Health Visitor Student due to qualify. We actively encourage any applicants to come and meet the 0-19 team.
Our service offers:
* Undertake initial family health needs assessments.
* Identify vulnerable families and mobilise appropriate resources.
* Prioritise workload to reflect a service based on reducing health inequalities.
* Manage workload in a corporate way within the integrated team.
* Ensure effective and equitable management of workload within the team.
* Be pro‑active in multi‑agency networking and collaboration to improve life chances for all children.
* Identify actual or safeguarding concerns following Multi‑Agency Code of Practice, CNWL safeguarding and child protection policies.
* Attend safeguarding meetings as required.
* Work in partnership with vulnerable families to enable optimum health gains.
* Undertake child/family assessments and agree a programme of child health screening and health promotion activity.
* Carry out specific health and developmental screening where identified or delegate responsibility to other team members.
* Facilitate group work for agreed health promotion programmes.
Other Information:
You should have a relevant qualification in nursing, and be a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Practitioner (Health Visitor).
Our core hours of service are Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00.
About us
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Work with us in Milton Keynes Health Visiting Team :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk)
CNWL - Milton Keynes is committed to providing quality health & social care services, tailored to the needs of individuals, public & private organisations, delivered close to home. Our services are designed to increase well‑being and provide opportunities for recovery. We want our employees to feel valued, challenged & supported.
Our commitment as an employer & in accordance with the NHS constitution is to provide you with:
* Buy & Sell Annual Leave
* Employee Assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
* Physio Med: an education zone, advice line and treatment service for staff
* Staff Wellbeing Zone for free and confidential online health and wellbeing programmes
* The Recovery College: offers a range of health and wellbeing courses for staff
* A range of staff networks: The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network, Disabled Employees Network, Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network, Carers at Work Network, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BME)
* Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust Benefits
* Salary sacrifice
* Interest free season ticket loans
Job responsibilities
1. Undertake initial family health needs assessments or delegate the responsibility where appropriate to other members of the team.
2. Identify vulnerable families and mobilise appropriate resources.
3. Prioritise workload to reflect a service based on reducing health inequalities.
4. Manage workload in a corporate way within the integrated team.
5. Ensure effective and equitable management of workload within the team.
6. Be pro‑active in multi‑agency networking and collaboration to improve life chances for all children.
7. Offer Health Visitor expertise to clients within a community setting.
8. Manage and develop skill mixed staff within the integrated team.
9. Identify actual or suspected child abuse. Follow Milton Keynes Multi‑Agency Code of Practice and Community Health Services child protection policies.
10. Attend child protection conferences and core groups as required or delegate responsibility where appropriate to other members of the team.
11. Work in partnership with vulnerable families to enable optimum health gains. Undertake risk assessments prior to home visits.
12. Undertake child/family assessments and agree programme of child health screening and health promotion activity.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
* Safeguarding children and understanding of associated local and national policy, procedure and practice.
* Awareness of local and national public health initiatives.
* Awareness of frameworks for accountability and issues of confidentiality.
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt to a variety of situations.
* Confident in managing change.
* Competent in use of IT and associated programmes eg. Microsoft Teams, Systmone, Microsoft Office.
Qualifications
* Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.
* Registered Nurse/Midwife with current NMC registration.
* Qualification in teaching/assessing clinical practice.
* UNICEF Breastfeeding and Relationship Building training.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
* Evidence of caseload management and office organisational skills.
* Experience of working with families and children to improve health outcomes through the delivery of the Healthy Child programme.
* Evidence of leadership in practice.
* Experience of managing skill mix.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
£38,682 to £46,580 a year + a R&R premie of 6% *T&C’s apply (pro rata if PT)
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