Health Visitor

Job summary

As a Health Visitor, you will play a key role in reducing health inequalities for children, young people, and their families in Sutton. Through the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, you will independently assess the health needs of service users and implement tailored care packages to support them.

Reporting to the Head of Service, your work will include conducting vital assessments at key developmental stages, such as antenatal contacts, new birth visits, 6-8 week checks, and 1- and 2-year reviews. Your experience in these areas will be essential to ensuring the success of the role and the service.

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. You will work closely with childrens centre staff, GPs, social services, family support workers, school nursing teams and other partners to provide holistic support to families across Sutton.

Newly qualified Health Visitors will benefit from a 6-month preceptorship period with dedicated guidance from a senior health visitor. Beyond this, you will receive ongoing support to develop your skills, expand your knowledge, and confidently manage enhanced caseloads.

Main duties of the job

You will bring a strong commitment to empowering families, enabling them to take responsibility for their health through education, support, and community-based care. Your practice will be guided by the four principles of health visiting:

• Searching for health needs
• Raising health awareness
• Influencing health-related policies
• Facilitating health-enhancing activities

What You Will Do:

• Deliver the Healthy Child Programme to Suttons families with a focus on quality and impact.
• Identify health needs early and provide tailored interventions to help children reach their full potential.
• Ensure vulnerable children are supported with timely, effective care and interventions.

We are seeking a compassionate and adaptable professional who thrives in collaborative environments, values evidence-based practice and is eager to make a meaningful difference in the community.

To be successful in this role, we expect candidates to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Registered Nurse or Midwife with current Health Visitor registration.
• Proven experience in working collaboratively across professional boundaries to achieve positive outcomes.
• A solid understanding of safeguarding practices for children, with the ability to work autonomously while maintaining a high level of self-motivation and contributing effectively within a team.

About us

Join our Specialist Public Health (0-19) Service, covering Cheam and South Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington, and Central Sutton. Our Health Visiting and School Nursing teams are dedicated to improving outcomes for children and families, with a focus on school readiness, mental health and well-being, and enhancing SEND provision.

We proudly deliver the Healthy Child Programme for children aged 019, providing a comprehensive range of support to families in our community.

You'll find a supportive and friendly team culture here at Sutton, where collaboration and shared purpose drive everything we do.

In addition, we offer:

• Access to the NHS Employment Service Passport, which will recognise continuous service for a number of LBS contractual entitlements, such as annual leave, occupational sick pay, occupational maternity pay and other leave arrangements..

• A Golden Handshake payment of £1,500 on appointment, with an additional £1,500 after 2 years of service.

• Localised Flexitimefor improved work-life balance.