PHN 0-5 Team Lead (Health Visiting)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a leadership opportunity for an aspiring Health Visitor to become a Team Lead for Public Health Nursing 0-5. You will support a skill-mixed team in delivering the Healthy Child Programme, focusing on reducing health inequalities and supporting children's early development. The role involves contributing to strategic direction, integrating pathways, and leading on productivity and clinical outcomes. You will be supported by senior leadership to grow in this role.
Essential criteria
- RN or RM qualification
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Nurse Prescriber V100,V150
- Degree 1st level
- Skills and abilities
- Leadership/Supervisory skills
- Team player
- Clinical audit skills
- Gathering & analysing of performance data
- Experience and Knowledge
- Working in skill mix teams
- Report writing skills
- Caseload management
- Public health/Health promotion
- Inter-agency collaborative working
- Qualifications and Training
- RN or RM qualification
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Nurse Prescriber V100,V150
- Degree 1st level
- Skills and abilities
- Leadership/Supervisory skills
- Team player
- Clinical audit skills
- Gathering & analysing of performance data
- Experience and Knowledge
- Working in skill mix teams
- Report writing skills
- Caseload management
- Public health/Health promotion
- Inter-agency collaborative working
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
PHN 0-5 Team Lead (Health Visiting)
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Are you passionate about the value and difference that quality Health Visiting can make to children and families? Are you innovative in your thinking about reducing health inequalities and supporting children to make the best start in life? Are you, or have you recently practiced as, a Health Visitor? Are you interested in making a step into a leadership role in Public Health Nursing?
We have a great opportunity for an aspiring Health Visitor to move into team leader role. You will be joining the existing Team Lead for St Albans to lead and support a skill mixed team to effectively and safely deliver the Healthy Child Programme. You will be proactive and innovative, like a challenge and enjoy working as part of a team. You will be supported by senior leadership and the wider Trust to grow and thrive in your Team Leader role. You will be joining a service that prides itself on delivering a quality, needs led service, which is able to support improvement and innovative projects
Your work will continue to benefit children and families, and you will retain your SCPHN qualification, and have access the iHV for inspiration amongst other benefits.
*Proposed interview date: 28th September 2026*
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