Overview
A Vacancy at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Public Health Practitioner (Health Visitor) to join our Integrated Healthy Families Team within the Bassetlaw Locality. Bassetlaw Healthy Family Team provides a quality service delivering the Healthy Child Programme to the local population. We are an integrated service, working with children and young people aged 0 – 19 and their families. Care will be delivered in line with National and Local guidelines and public health priorities.
Responsibilities
* You will work as part of a team to deliver universal and targeted health services to the 0-19 year population and will be responsible for the day to day leadership of a defined caseload, managing and supporting a skill mix team.
* You will be expected to develop excellent partnership working relationships in order to provide seamless services to Children, Young people and their families.
* The role includes services to antenatal women, completion of the Healthy Child Programme for under 5s, enhanced programmes of care within school and community settings for the 5-19 age group, breastfeeding support, and a strong element of leadership to the skill mix 0-19 cluster team.
Requirements / Qualifications
* Possess the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visitor) qualification.
* Excellent communication skills and a desire to develop leadership and management skills.
* A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Benefits and Working Arrangements
* We offer a comprehensive induction package and a friendly, supportive working environment with excellent development opportunities.
* We support agile working, when appropriate and to meet the needs of the service.
* We host a range of employee-led networks and provide in-house occupational health and staff counselling services supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
* The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions with an Energy and Environmental team working to achieve environmental legislation compliance and our net-zero commitment.
Important Information
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The DBS application cost is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Advert Timings
This advert closes on Sunday 19 Oct 2025.
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