Main area Health Visiting Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Service open Monday - Friday 9-5pm) Job ref 040-NMR447-1125
Employer Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Chepstow Community Hospital Town Chepstow Salary £39,263 - £47,280 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2025 23:59
SCPHN Health Visitor
Band 6
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL abb.vacancyrequests@wales.nhs.uk
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Health Visiting Team in Monmouthshire. The Health Visitor will be required to manage a caseload within a defined population, with the overarching aims of increasing family resilience, improving population health outcomes and reducing health inequalities whilst safeguarding the wellbeing of children.
The post holder is required to register with the Nursing & Midwifery Council be a registered SCPHN (Health Visiting) and compliance with NMC standards and guidance is required.
Please view our Health Visiting Recruitment Video at the ABUHB Health Visiting web page.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Deliver the Universal Healthy Child Wales Programme (Welsh Government 2015) to all families with children under 5 years of age. This will include the following evidence based interventions:
Public health (for example, infant feeding, safer sleeping, perinatal mental health, immunisations)
Screening programmes (for example, Newborn Blood Spot)
Safeguarding interventions
Apply the Family Resilience Assessment Tool (FRAIT) as scheduled within the Healthy Child Wales Programme
Apply targeted interventions as directed by the FRAIT for families with low resilience, to provide more intensive support
Initiate safeguarding procedures (All Wales Child Protection Procedures 2008) and work in partnership with families and carers to implement child protection plans
Participate in statutory safeguarding functions, for example, Court and MARAC/MAPPA processes
Apply risk management processes e.g. lone working and risk assessments
Utilise the All Wales Health Visiting Acuity tool to ensure safe staffing levels and support colleagues during fluctuations in workforce and activity
To take responsibility for promoting new opportunities for integrated working and contribute to local partnership plans
Develop and maintain health profiles of an identified population in order to identify health needs and influence service plans
To share responsibility for chairing Health Visiting Forums/team meetings. · To contribute to the development of local policies and guidelines.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be responsible for providing a Health Visiting service for a defined caseload and to provide cover for other health visitors during periods of leave.
Deliver the Universal Healthy Child Wales Programme (Welsh Government 2015) to all families with children under 5 years of age. This will include the following evidence based interventions:
Public health (for example, infant feeding, safer sleeping, perinatal mental health, immunisations)
Screening programmes (for example, New born Blood Spot)
Safeguarding interventions
Apply the Family Resilience Assessment Tool (FRAIT) as scheduled within the Healthy Child Wales Programme
Apply targeted interventions as directed by the FRAIT for families with low resilience, to provide more intensive support
Initiate safeguarding procedures (All Wales Child Protection Procedures 2008) and work in partnership with families and carers to implement child protection plans.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Skills
* Current NMC Registration
Qualifications
* Nurse Prescribing
* SCPHN Degree
* Clinical Supervisor
Experience
* In-depth understanding of Public Health agenda & priorities
* Ability to apply and enact local strategy
* Understanding of Clinical Governance
* Teaching in a clinical setting
* Safeguarding
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Ability to work autonomously
* Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
* Proven skills in motivating and influencing others
* Basic IT skills to include WORD and email
* Flexible approach to unpredictable workload demands / patterns
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
* Confident and ability to motivate others
* Team player and change agent
* Ability to travel between sites and visits in a timely manner
* Level 3 Safeguarding
* Proven change management skills
* Ability to speak Welsh
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self‑assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
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.
Name Jo Jones Job title Health Visiting Operational Manager Monmouthshire Email address joanne.jones5@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number 07964123049
Senior Nurse Hayley Jones Email address hayley.jones25@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number 07795343381
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