Job summary
Are you passionate about the value and difference that quality Health Visiting can make to children and families? Are you innovative in your thinking about reducing health inequalities and supporting children to make the best start in life? Are you, or have you recently practiced as, a Health Visitor? Are you interested in making a step into a leadership role in Public Health Nursing?

We have a great opportunity for an aspiring Health Visitor to move into team leader role. You will be joining the existing Team Lead for Stevenage to lead and support a skill mixed team to effectively and safely deliver the Healthy Child Programme. You will be proactive and innovative, like a challenge and enjoy working as part of a team. You will be supported by senior leadership and the wider Trust to grow and thrive in your Team Leader role. You will be joining a service that prides itself on delivering a quality, needs led service, which is able to support improvement and innovative projects

Your work will continue to benefit children and families, and you will retain your SCPHN qualification, and have access the iHV for inspiration amongst other benefits.

Proposed interview date: 27th August 2026

Main duties of the job
You will contribute to the strategic direction, supporting the continued integration of pathways, and take a lead role in facilitating effective positive partnerships with key stake holders.

You will lead on productivity, efficiency and clinical outcomes across the Public Health Nursing 0-5 team and will implement improvement plans where appropriate.

About us
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

• You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
• We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
• Our staff are proud to be Caring, Pioneering and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
• We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds
• We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible.

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• You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Details
Date posted: 05 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 812-26-FP-TL-Stev
Job locations: Abel Smith House, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, SG1 2ST, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more details

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• RN or RM qualification
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
• Nurse Prescriber V100,V150
• Degree 1st level

Skills and abilities
Essential

• Leadership/Supervisory skills
• Team player
• Clinical audit skills
• Gathering & analysing of performance data

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Working in skill mix teams
• Report writing skills
• Caseload management
• Public health/Health promotion
• Inter-agency collaborative working

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Address: Abel Smith House, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, SG1 2ST, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.hct.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Community Service Lead
Fiona Petty
Fiona.petty@nhs.net
07789932861

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