Health Visitor

We are seeking experienced and motivated Health Visitors to join our dedicated Public Health Nursing Service supporting children and families across Cornwall. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team you will deliver the Healthy Child Programme providing early intervention safeguarding support and health promotion. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of families while working within a supportive and collaborative team.

You will be employed by Cornwall Council on Agenda for Change terms and conditions which will acknowledge your NHS continuous service and allow you to continue an NHS pension.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and delivering on the Healthy Child Programme to families with children aged 0-5.
• Assess family needs and provide early intervention and targeted support.
• Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns working closely with partner agencies.
• Promote child development maternal mental health infant feeding and healthy lifestyles
• Work collaboratively with Integrated Neighbourhood teams and wider childrens services.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to service improvement and quality outcomes.

The role is subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and is an equal opportunities employer

What youll need to succeed:

You will need to be a Community Specialist Practitioner in Public Health (BSc Hons) or equivalent in Health Visiting with active professional registration with the NMC. Candidates should have substantial experience as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) supported by ongoing professional development. Comprehensive and current knowledge of commissioned services safeguarding practices and family-centred public health approaches is essential as is experience in leading and managing multidisciplinary teams. Advanced IT proficiency including expertise in clinical record keeping systems is also expected. The ability to lead and contribute effectively to service and organisational change initiatives combined with a strong capacity to perform under pressure manage multiple priorities and consistently meet deadlines is crucial.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What youll get in return:

Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

The full role profile is attached here.

For further information about the role please contact Emma-Louise Hicks at

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application you can add your education and qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstratewhy you are suitable against each of the points marked as Application on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted please contactif you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

About Us

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year.Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be foundhere -flexible working options.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for order to best serve our communities we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds cultures and identities e.g. race disability sex gender age religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children youngpeopleand adults at vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.