Job Summary
Are you enthusiastic, resilient, excited to embrace change and passionate about providing an excellent service to families in our localities?
If so, Cambridgeshire Community Services 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (Health Visiting) would welcome you to join our team!
We have a vacancy for a Health Visitor within Peterborough.
Cambridgeshire Community Service offers:
* A dedicated child and family focused service delivery that makes Every Contact Count
* The opportunity to work within an integrated 0-19 HCP skill mix team
* A holistic approach to offering support and guidance via management, safeguarding and restorative supervision
* Continuous staff development identified via our supervision and appraisal system in order to support and develop leadership skills
* Working for an NHS organisation with Agenda for Change terms and conditions
* An opportunity to build great relationships with our partner agencies, ensuring the best outcomes for children and families
Why not click on the link to the Job Description and find out more about the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 5 February 2026.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To work as part of a team leading the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme. The role of the Health Visitor is to promote good health and prevent ill health in children, families and communities.
Health Visitors do this through raising awareness of and identifying unmet health needs, and initiating, developing, implementing and evaluating plans of care.
They work in partnership with families, primary care, statutory & voluntary services and other partner agencies, in order to facilitate health‑enhancing activities. Health Visitors use and establish networks within the community in order to inform, influence and implement policies which affect health outcomes.
They are a named Health Visitor within a zone of a corporate caseload and the link Health Visitor for identified GP practices. The service is delivered within the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire area.
* Identify health needs within a corporate caseload/community.
* Clinically triage the Single Point of Access (SPA) as required.
* Promote local and national public health priorities.
* Refer to other professionals and statutory agencies as required.
* Support vulnerable or at risk children, young people and families; participate in safeguarding processes.
* Undertake programmes of care in partnership with parents, foster parents and agencies.
* Act as key worker where indicated, ensuring effective care plans.
* Provide cover for colleagues as requested.
* Plan evidence‑based health promotion programmes and evaluate sessions.
* Promote community participation and capacity building within multi‑agency context.
* Act as a health link for other agencies.
* Demonstrate reflective and evidence‑based practice.
* Maintain NMC registration and competencies if holding non‑medical prescriber qualification.
* Hold a special interest role and support staff.
* Link practice to local and national targets and deliver public health programmes.
* Contribute to local policy development.
* Maintain clinical practice under NMC code of conduct and attend supervision.
* Maintain live mentor status and support learning environment for newer staff.
* Communicate complex information to parents/carers and young people effectively.
* Model effective teamwork and communication skills.
* Develop links with children’s centres, schools and other agencies.
* Respond to complaints and contribute to training of students.
* Maintain stock control and use resources responsibly.
* Ensure health monitoring equipment is maintained.
* Delegate work to team members properly.
* Contribute to clinical audit and research activities.
* Observe confidentiality, data protection and information governance.
* Adhere to trust risk assessment and infection control policies.
* Participate in clinical and safeguarding audits and emergency preparedness.
* Write records in a concise, accurate manner as per record keeping policy.
* Participate in clinical pathway developments and service improvements.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training (Essential)
* Community Specialist Practitioner in Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) – Health Visitor at Honours Degree, Diploma or Masters Level
* Registered Nurse with UK NMC (RGN/RMN/RSCN/RN‑LD)
* Mentor/998 or equivalent teaching qualification (course to be undertaken within 1 year of commencement of post if no qualification)
* Registered midwife
Qualifications and Training (Desirable)
* Management and leadership qualification
Experience (Essential)
* Working with people within clinic/home and community settings
* Partnership and interagency working
* Experience with children and their families
* Experience of working in the community
* Experience of safeguarding
Experience (Desirable)
* Leadership and management of staff
* Experience of mentoring
* Work with different communities including minority and ethnic groups.
* Working with groups
Knowledge and Skills (Essential)
* High level of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs.
* Knowledge and effective skills in using evidence based models of intervention to deliver successful outcomes and the ability to bring research into practice.
* Current knowledge of local and national policies informing Health Visiting practice.
* Ability to communicate effectively with children, parents and early years settings and other health organisations.
* Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
* Current driving licence.
Knowledge and Skills (Desirable)
* Initiating and managing change.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer Details
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
2 Phorpres Close, Hampton, Peterborough, PE7 8FZ
Website: https://www.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/careers
Pay & Contract
Pay Scheme: Agenda for change
Band: 6
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum, pro‑rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full‑time, Flexible working
Reference Number: 448‑CCYP‑7764207‑A
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