Main area Health Visitor Band 6 Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week) Job ref 220-WHT-3998
Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Winston House Town London Salary £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 25/06/2026 23:59
Job overview
Band 6 Health Visitor
Are you a passionate Health Visitor eager to make a transformative impact on families and children during their crucial first five years? If so, we have an incredible opportunity just for you!
Join us at the Barnet 0-19 Service, now proudly a part of Whittington Health Trust, which serves vibrant communities across five North London boroughs.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Health Visitor is responsible for the delivery of the universal and targeted Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to local families. The Health Visitor will support the development of the service and work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective HCP.
* To manage a caseload of families. The Health Visitor will be the named health professional, with responsibility for the planning and delivery of the HCP.
* To be responsible for identifying need within a family or community. To use child and family centred public health approaches to address health inequalities.
* To line manage junior members of staff, ensuring the completion of annual appraisals, 1:1s, and personal development of self and junior staff. Support staff with performance, ensuring that poor performance is addressed appropriately.
* To support students and new starters. To support the retention and recruitment of staff.
* To deliver needs led evidence-based care that supports the local and national priorities and policies.
* To be the principal point of contact for allocated GP Practices and Children’s Centres in an area.
Education / Qualifications
* Health Visiting professional qualification, with entry onto the 3rd part of the NMC Register.
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Willingness to develop and support management of change
* Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
* Ability to delegate work appropriately and safely
* Ability to set personal objectives, and manage time, priorities and stressful situations
* Collect and monitor data as required
Knowledge & Experience
* Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme The ability to identify, respond to and evaluate family health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes.
* Understanding of the safeguarding process and child protection procedures, clinical governance arrangements and the ability to make decisions in these areas.
* Knowledge of infection control standards.
* Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children
* Management experience in a health service setting.
Personal Qualities
* Must have ability to build professional and personal credibility
* Must have ability to recognise own need for support and supervision
* Able to exercise initiative
* Self - motivated
* Work flexibly to address the needs of the service
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
* Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
* Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
* Participate in required training and supervision.
* Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Other important information
* You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, click here
* Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
* In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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