Job summary
- Main area
- BANK Health Visitor
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 824-BANK- LIT1415
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnes Children Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £22.92 pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 21/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Health Visitor - SW
Band 6
Welcome to Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH)
At CLCH, we proudly serve as a beacon of compassionate community healthcare across 14 vibrant London boroughs — Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, and Kingston — as well as Hertfordshire. We bring care closer to home, embracing the rich diversity of these communities with dedication and heart.
Recognised as a Good provider by the Care Quality Commission and celebrated among the top NHS employers, we are united by a shared passion: empowering our community health professionals to deliver care that truly makes a difference.
We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, and inspired—a place where fairness, kindness, and inclusion blossom. Our culture is rooted in the principles of the NHS People Plan, Our NHS People Promise, and our own strategic Equality values and objectives, guiding us to create a truly supportive and inclusive workplace.
Together, we build a caring community where the warmth we show one another shines through in every life we touch.
Job overview
We are recruiting for enthusiastic Bank Band 6 Health Visitor to lead, deliver and influence a comprehensive Health Visiting service in Richmond and local service specification for health visiting that meets the public health needs of the local communities of the borough of Richmond.
The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of Working Together to Safeguarding Children (2018), including improving health and life chances for children and families and safeguarding those at risk.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver the healthy child programme and work in partnership with families to develop and agree tailored health plans as required
- Utilising specialist skills and knowledge, advise and support individuals and families on evidence based health care practices.
- Understand the caseload profile including the health needs of the defined population and local communities, targeting outreach services to meet their needs.
- Initiate referrals to multi-disciplinary/agency colleagues as required to ensure adequate care and support for families and childre
- 5Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual/group programmes of care that meet the public health needs of the population
- To develop and delegate appropriately the implementation of regular health promotion initiatives on specific health issues and to specific groups and individuals.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife
- Registered Health Visitor (SCPHN)
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training
- Practice assessor/supervisor training or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Health visiting experience
- Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
- Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others
- Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care and writing care plans
- Experience in providing practice-based learning support to others
- Experience of evidence-based care
- Experience of supervising staff / students
Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of recent developments in primary care
- Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice
- Knowledge of current health legislation [including Change for Children agenda, Children’s Plan etc.)
- Current knowledge of child protection issues
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Vitey
- Job title
- Health Visiting Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919758515
- Additional information
Annette Holloway: 07917 093942
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