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Job Summary
Health Visitors make a difference every day to the lives of families they support. We are proud of our Health Visitors who provide increasingly complex support for families to ensure that they receive the care they need.
Job Summary
Health Visitors make a difference every day to the lives of families they support. We are proud of our Health Visitors who provide increasingly complex support for families to ensure that they receive the care they need.
We are looking for Health Visitors with a passion for high quality care to work within our West Northants 0-19 Health Visiting Team based within Northampton and the Daventry & South Northants area.
The post holder is expected to manage and hold a caseload, prioritising needs to ensure efficient service delivery. This is achieved by working within local cluster areas that enable practitioners to have an enhanced knowledge of their local community and public health needs.
Rewards And Benefits
* A welcome award of £2500 is offered for this post, payable within the first year of employment (external recruits only).
* A relocation package is available up to £8,000, T&C's apply.
* Free parking on Trust Sites
* Enterprise Car Pool Scheme
* Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your Nursing Career.
* Flexible working opportunities
* You'll also have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays.
* Discounted Gym Membership
Main duties of the job
Working life
As a Health Visitor, you'll
* Assess the healthcare needs of infants, children and families
* Monitor the safeguarding and child protection needs of vulnerable families and ensure the voice of the child is hear and advocated for in multi-agency planning
* Be professionally accountable for the delivery of care
* Utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go
In Northamptonshire you will work as part of an integrated skill mix team in order to support the service and focus on delivering quality outcomes and improving the experience of the family. You'll play a vital role in assessing and identifying health needs for individuals, families and communities. Providing and leading on health enhancing short term interventions. You will be a leader and influencer across the health and care partnership to create change and improve outcomes, to tackle health inequalities for children in our county. You will be working in an integrated skill mix team that includes Practice Teachers, Specialist School Nurses, Community Nurses, Nursery Nurses, Healthy Child Practitioners and School Nurse Assistants.
Must Have Skills
You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver high quality, compassionate care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all nursing roles, communication skills,problem solving and good judgement are crucial.
About Us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Date posted
22 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
270-TG030-ACS
Job locations
Northampton 2 & Daventry South Northants
Northamptonshire
NN3 8DW
Job Description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Responsibilities
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Qualification Essential
* Registered Nurse & Health Visitor.
* Skills & Abilities
Desirable
* Further qualifications relevant to the position.
Skills & Attribute Essential
* Experience in an appropriate setting
Desirable
* Experience in management of whole systems provision of care.
Person Specification Qualification Essential
* Registered Nurse & Health Visitor.
* Skills & Abilities
Desirable
* Further qualifications relevant to the position.
Skills & Attribute Essential
* Experience in an appropriate setting
Desirable
* Experience in management of whole systems provision of care.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Northampton 2 & Daventry South Northants
Northamptonshire
NN3 8DW
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Part-time
Job function
* Job function
Health Care Provider
* Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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