Health Visitor - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)
Job description
Are you a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse who can champion early intervention, holistic care, and building partnerships?
Are you passionate about delivering the best health and wellbeing outcomes?
Put community at the heart of your practice with #TeamNEL
To apply for this role, please follow this link to our NHS jobs page below:
We're looking for qualified or soon to be qualified Health Visitors to join our passionate and dedicated service. We have full time and part time opportunities available working Monday to Friday across our communities. With us you will be truly supported to develop your nursing practice, find real work-life balance and deliver lasting, meaningful change across our borough.
Our area is defined by our communities, our heritage and our potential. This is a time of local and national change reflected in our transformation journey. With passionate multi-disciplinary collaboration across services, we champion a single a shared ambition to improve health outcomes for infants, children and families.
This is a unique opportunity to bring your skills and experience in to our dedicated Public Health Team at North East Lincolnshire Council.
Write your story in this journey for our children, our future.
About the Role
As a Health Visitor, you will hold continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of children aged 0–5 years and their families, delivering high‑quality care across community, universal, targeted and specialist levels of need.
You will play a pivotal role in supporting families through evidence‑based interventions and early identification of need whilst leading the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (0–5 years). This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to children’s lives by promoting health, reducing inequalities, and supporting families at every stage of their journey.
You will contribute to the realisation of the outcomes for North East Lincolnshire, in particular to enable all people in NEL to feel safe and be safe, to have good health and wellbeing and to realise their potential through skills and learning.
This will be achieved through the effective delivery of a range of support to young people and families in the locality, in order to improve their health and wellbeing and reduce the need for statutory intervention.
Children’s Public Health Nursing Services aims to ensure that all children, young people and families in North East Lincolnshire receive the full service offer (The Healthy Child Programme 0-5 Years).
This includes universal access and early identification of additional and/or complex needs, with timely access to specialist services, to secure local services that enable Health Visiting and School Nursing teams in partnership to contribute to improve our outcomes and reduce health inequalities for children, young people and families.
About You
You are a compassionate and proactive individual with a genuine commitment to improving the lives of children, young people, and families. You bring:
1. Experience and empathy in working with diverse communities, understanding the challenges they face, and responding with sensitivity and professionalism.
2. Strong communication and collaboration skills, enabling you to work effectively with families, colleagues, and partner agencies to deliver integrated support.
3. A solution-focused mindset, using evidence-based approaches to identify needs early and contribute to positive outcomes.
4. A passion for public health and safeguarding, ensuring that every child and young person has the opportunity to thrive in a safe and nurturing environment.
5. Flexibility and resilience, adapting to changing needs and priorities while maintaining a high standard of care and support.
You believe in the power of early intervention, holistic care, and community partnership to reduce health inequalities and empower families to reach their full potential.
To apply for this role, please follow this link to our NHS jobs page below: Your Application
All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification.
If you require an informal discussion about the role please contact:
Melanie Hill – Childrens Health Specialist Lead – Health Visiting /
We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.
As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.
You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.