# Health visitor

**Company**: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
**Location**: Barnet
**Salary**: £45953.00 to £54254.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a passionate Health Visitor to join our Barnet 0-19 Service, part of Whittington Health Trust. As a Health Visitor, you will play a crucial role in delivering the universal and targeted Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to local families.

**Job Summary:** As a Band 6 Health Visitor, you will be responsible for managing a caseload of families, providing the universal and targeted Healthy Child Programme (HCP). You will work with colleagues to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective HCP, identify needs within families and communities, and use child and family-centred public health approaches to address health inequalities.

**Main Duties:**

- Manage a caseload of families as the named health professional, responsible for planning and delivering the HCP.

- Identify needs within families and communities, using child and family-centred public health approaches to address health inequalities.

- Line manage junior staff members, ensuring annual appraisals, 1:1s, and personal development.

- Support students and new starters, contributing to staff retention and recruitment.

- Deliver needs-led, evidence-based care supporting local and national priorities and policies.

- Serve as the principal point of contact for allocated GP practices and Children's Centres.

**Benefits:**

- Flexible working arrangements.

- Robust training programs and professional development opportunities.

- Priority on employee wellbeing with access to support and resources.

**Requirements:**

- NMC registered Nurse, RNC, RNA, RM.

- Qualified SCPHN Level 6 or 7.

- Professional qualification with entry onto the 3rd part of the NMC Register.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Ability to prioritize and manage workload effectively.

- Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme and safeguarding processes.

**Salary:** £45,953 to £54,254 per annum.

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## Skills

### Required
- NMC registration
- SCPHN Level 6 or 7
- Excellent communication skills
- Prioritization and workload management
- Healthy Child Programme knowledge
- Safeguarding processes

### Nice to have
- Application of research evidence base to practice

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