Job Introduction
As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor), you will play a leading role within Wiltshire Children’s Community Services, delivering a high-quality, proactive service to children, young people, and families across the community. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will lead and deliver the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme, providing expert health advice, assessment, and support to give every child the best possible start in life.
You will be passionate about promoting health and wellbeing, reducing health inequalities, and supporting families to achieve positive outcomes. A key part of the role will involve safeguarding children, identifying areas of need, and working collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure children and families receive the right support at the right time.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and compassionate Health Visitor who is committed to improving outcomes for children and making a meaningful difference within their local community.
Location: Greenways Business Park, Unit 1, Bellinger Close, Chippenham, SN15 1BN
Hours: 30 hours per week
As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse you will be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
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£39,959 - £48,117 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
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Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
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Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
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Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
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Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
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Lead the delivery of the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme within a defined locality, ensuring children and families receive high-quality, evidence-based support and interventions.
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Assess the health and wellbeing needs of children and families, identifying risks and implementing personalised or targeted care plans to achieve positive outcomes.
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Take responsibility for public health outcomes within the local population, working collaboratively with partner agencies to address identified needs and reduce health inequalities.
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Build and maintain strong professional relationships with families, colleagues, and multi-agency partners to provide coordinated and effective support.
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Promote the physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of children and families through health education, early intervention, signposting, and referrals to appropriate services.
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Manage and prioritise a caseload autonomously, taking accountability for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of care and support.
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Identify, assess, and respond to safeguarding concerns, ensuring vulnerable children and families are protected and supported in line with legislation and best practice.
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Act as a role model for professional practice, contributing to service development, supporting learners and colleagues, and driving innovative approaches to improve local health outcomes.
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Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification (Health Visiting).
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Current NMC registration on the third part of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.
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Experience of working within and leading Health Visiting teams.
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Proven experience of delivering interventions that improve outcomes for children and families, including safeguarding vulnerable children.
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Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor qualification, with experience supporting the development of nursing learners.
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Sound knowledge of health visiting programmes, tools, and evidence-based approaches used to improve outcomes for children and families.
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Strong understanding of safeguarding, public health, and early intervention principles.
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Competent in the use of electronic patient records and IT systems.
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Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
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Leadership qualification or additional training in leadership and service improvement.
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Experience of line management, team leadership, and workforce development.
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Experience presenting service outcomes, public health initiatives, or policy developments to commissioners and partner organisations.
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Experience setting measurable goals and leading interventions to achieve positive health outcomes.
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Experience managing complex cases involving safeguarding concerns and multi-agency working.
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Demonstrable experience leading innovative practice and contributing to service development initiatives.
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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