Health Visitor
Southend On Sea City Council
Southend-on-sea, SS2 6ERView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£40,444 to £46,579
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
29 October 2026
8 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Health Visitor to work closely with Best Start Family Hubs. This is a fixed term role until March 2...
Our Health Visitors lead the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 and are valued leaders for the childrens Public Health agenda. We work in close collaboration with family Centres, Early Years Providers, Education, and alongside other partner agencies to improve population outcomes and reduce health inequalities for children and young people and families in our city.
A recruitment and retention bonus of £3,000 (pro rata) is payable as follows:
- £1,500 following successful completion of the probationary period and 6 months' continuous employment.
- £1,500 upon completion of 3 years' continuous employment.
In addition, a retention bonus of £2,000 per annum (pro rata) is payable, subject to the organisation's terms and conditions.
37 hour working week with option of compressed working hours
Reimbursement of NMC fees
Corporate membership with iHV
A Local Authority pay award each year
A comprehensive induction
A robust preceptorship programme for newly qualified SCPHNs and those returning to practice
A professional development opportunity to become a dual qualified SCPHN Nurse
Staff support via management, safeguarding and restorative supervision
A flexible working pattern
Continuation of NHS pensions
Qualifications
Essential: - First Level Nurse Registration or midwifery.; - Specialist Community Practitioner qualification in Health Visiting.
Desirable: - Experience as a Registered Health Visitor.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Empathetic and non-judgmental
- Able to manage strong emotions, sensitive issues and undertake courageous conversations
- Confident and resilient
- Ability to inspire and motivate others
- Quick and decisive decision making
- Prioritising workload and sensitive cases
- Current Full UK Driving Licence and car
- A committed, enthusiastic person who can demonstrate good team working and autonomy
- Demonstrate good communication skills
- Skilled in managing and prioritising own caseload and workload
- Flexibility in working hours and environment
- Ability to travel extensively within acceptable time scales.
Desirable: - Experience leading in a team; - Planning schemes of work
Experience
Essential
- Effective oral / written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Skills in managing own workload through effective use of prioritisation.
- Ability to use child and family focused approach to care, which utilises enabling and facilitation skills to maximise the involvement of parents/carers.
- Ability to use evidence based, clinically effective interventions in the holistic planning and implementation of family centred care.
- Evidence of commitment to life-long learning.
- Experience of developing and managing groups.
- Computer literacy, knowledge of systmOne.
- An understanding of Strategic Direction of Childrens Services.
- An understanding of current political and local drivers for Public Health
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
15 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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