Health Visitor - Children and Families

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Health Visitor posts within the Children's Nursing Service in East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership.

The Health Visitor is an autonomous practitioner who works within the legal and ethical framework of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and national legislation. You will have overall responsibility for the supervision and management of a health visiting caseload, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care through robust assessment, referral, communication, and intervention planning.

You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams to identify, plan for, and address the wider public health needs of children and families, supporting the Health Improvement Agenda through evidence-based practice.

All roles will be assessed for sponsorship eligibility in line with current Home Office requirements. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) can only issue a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) where these are met.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

• This is a full-time (36) permanent post working Monday – Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm
• You will be based at at locations below and you must be able to travel throughout the area
  
  

Eastwood Health and Care Centre, Drumby Crescent, G76 7HN

Barrhead Council Offices, 211 Main Street, Barrhead, G781HY

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for managing and being accountable for a designated health visiting caseload, delivering high-quality, evidence-based care through comprehensive assessment, planning, referral, communication, and evaluation, providing clinical leadership by supervising, delegating, and reviewing the work of team members while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency partners to improve outcomes for children and families.

The role includes delivering specialist advice and interventions in areas such as parenting support, health promotion, health education, psychosocial interventions, and immunisation, as well as managing complex situations involving child protection, domestic abuse, addictions, perinatal mental health, and children affected by disability or life-limiting illness.

You will provide reciprocal cover for wider health visiting caseloads during periods of absence to ensure continuity of service delivery and will demonstrate a flexible, strengths-based approach, embracing innovation and responding positively to change while maintaining the highest standards of care.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

• Be a Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration.
• Hold a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) qualification in Health Visiting or Public Health Nursing.
• Have a sound understanding of public health, health promotion, safeguarding, child protection, and evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, assessment, leadership, and decision-making skills.
• Be committed to delivering person-centred care and continuous quality improvement.
  
  

What We Offer

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies
  
  

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For An Informal Discussion, Please Contact

Nicola Dooley or Jacqueline Maclean - Team Leads on 07976930147 / 07977194845 or [email protected] / [email protected]

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

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