Health Visitor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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 role is for a dedicated and motivated Health Visitor to join the High Peaks, North Dales and Glossop 0-19 Team. The successful candidate will deliver the Healthy Child Programme, manage a defined caseload, and take responsibility for safeguarding children. The position requires travel across a rural locality and involves working with communities and partner agencies to develop public health initiatives. Applicants must hold the SCPHN qualification in Health Visiting and the V100/V150.
Essential criteria
- RN or RM (NMC registered)
- SCPHN Qualification - Degree, Diploma or Cert
- Nurse Prescribing
- Evidence of on-going professional development
Desirable criteria
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Post registration study
- Experience and Knowledge
- Knowledge of national + local priorities
- Evidence-based practice initiatives
- Public health activities
- Working in partnership with clients and carers
- Experience of mentoring students in practice
- Skills and Attributes
- Management + organisational skills
- Clinical Leadership & Supervision
- Innovator + forward-thinker
- Reflective practitioner
- IT Skills
- Immunisation and vaccination
- Aptitude & Personal Qualities
- Good team player
- Values, Drivers and Motivators
- Able to travel
- Willing to work flexible hours to cover
- Education, Quals & Training
- RN or RM (NMC registered)
- SCPHN Qualification - Degree, Diploma or Cert
- Nurse Prescribing
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Post registration study
- Experience and Knowledge
- Knowledge of national + local priorities
- Evidence-based practice initiatives
- Public health activities
- Working in partnership with clients and carers
- Experience of mentoring students in practice
- Skills and Attributes
- Management + organisational skills
- Clinical Leadership & Supervision
- Innovator + forward-thinker
- Reflective practitioner
- IT Skills
- Immunisation and vaccination
- Aptitude & Personal Qualities
- Good team player
- Values, Drivers and Motivators
- Able to travel
- Willing to work flexible hours to cover
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
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Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Health Visitor
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
We are seeking to appoint dedicated and motivated Health Visitors to work within the High Peaks, North Dales and Glossop locality. The High Peaks, North Dales and Glossop 0-19 Team have been awarded Gold accreditation for their work with Families and Communities.
DCHS is a forward-thinking, supportive Trust, who are a UNICEF Baby-Friendly accredited organisation and achieved Outstanding CQC status in 2019. Working in a rural community you will find that there are lots of opportunities for developing public health work with communities and partner agencies, as well as delivering the core contacts within the Healthy Child Programme.
The right candidates will hold the SCPHN qualification in Health Visiting and the V100/V150 and be innovative and dynamic team players who are looking for a new challenge.
The base for this post is in New Mills however the team covers the whole of the North High Peak area. This is a rural location and requires travelling across the locality. Training days and meetings are sometimes in other parts of Derbyshire.
Main duties of the job
- To provide Health Visiting services to families in the community team caseload by delivering the Healthy Child Programme.
- To manage a defined active caseload and take responsibility for Sa
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