Health Visitor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Health Visitor to join an expanding team across South Bedfordshire and Luton, with both full-time and part-time positions available. The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing health visiting care for children, young people, and their families within a defined caseload. The trust is rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC and offers a robust induction, preceptorship, and personal development support. The role involves working in partnership with families and other agencies to improve health outcomes and provide high-quality, innovative services.
Essential criteria
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visiting - BSc or equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Willingness to undertake additional training in line with service development.
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship and Support in Professional Practice (MSPP); ENB 997/998 or equivalent mentorship/teaching qualification.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team setting.
- Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme, and a working knowledge of current best practice in health.
- Evidence of assessment of care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans
- Evidence of involvement in project development work
- Significant post qualification experience as a Health Visitor
- Skills and Knowledge
- Ability to demonstrate excellent caseload management skills, prioritising need when necessary and delegating relevant tasks to skill mixed members of the team/system to meet the needs of the child/family.
- Ability to work with a wide range of clients in diverse settings
- Evidence of leadership in service change/redesign
- Audit and evaluation skills
- Qualifications and Training
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visiting - BSc or equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Willingness to undertake additional training in line with service development.
- Mentorship and Support in Professional Practice (MSPP); ENB 997/998 or equivalent mentorship/teaching qualification.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team setting.
- Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme, and a working knowledge of current best practice in health.
- Evidence of assessment of care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans
- Evidence of involvement in project development work
- Significant post qualification experience as a Health Visitor
- Skills and Knowledge
- Ability to demonstrate excellent caseload management skills, prioritising need when necessary and delegating relevant tasks to skill mixed members of the team/system to meet the needs of the child/family.
- Ability to work with a wide range of clients in diverse settings
- Evidence of leadership in service change/redesign
- Audit and evaluation skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 12d ago · Closes in 7d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)
Health Visitor
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
The role is in various locations across** South** Bedfordshire and Luton. Full time and part time positions available.
"The most rewarding part of my role is working with families, going into their homes with the support and integrated services we can offer them."
"There are so many diverse opportunities for training and career development and so much support."
Would you like to be able say this about your job?
We are expanding our team and looking for Practitioners who want to be part of our drive to improve the health outcomes for the children, young people and their families who live in this community. We work in partnership with families, making co-production a top priority.
Subject to a Recruitment and Retention Premia of 6% for practitioners who have been qualified for over 12 months and 4% for those qualified for under 12 months.
Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 03/09/2026.
Main duties of the job
We welcome applications from experienced and newly qualified Health Visitors and are able to offer:
An excellent, robust induction programme
A first class preceptorship and buddy system
Personal development support
You will join highly skilled pr
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