Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Health Visiting service as a Specialist Health Visitor for Asylum Seekers and Families in Temporary Accommodation, delivering the Healthy Child Programme to a defined caseload of families living in refuges, hotels, and hostels. The post sits within the wider 0-19 service in Hounslow, offering the opportunity to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Health Visitor who is passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable families. The successful candidate will deliver evidence-based, culturally sensitive care, demonstrating advanced communication skills to address sensitive issues, provide counselling, and offer reassurance to families facing complex challenges.

You will consistently demonstrate excellence in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN - Health Visiting) practice, acting as a role model and mentor to colleagues. The role requires the ability to manage complex situations, using critical thinking and professional judgement to assess needs, analyse risks, and determine the most appropriate course of action from a range of options on a daily basis.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver universal, targeted, and specialist health visiting services in line with the Healthy Child Programme to children and families within the refugee and asylum-seeking community as well as families living in refuges in Hounslow.

Care will be delivered in partnership with the wider Hounslow 0-19 Service, including Health Visiting and School Nursing teams, ensuring a co-ordinated, multidisciplinary approach to meeting the needs of families.

The Health Visiting service will be provided in accordance with national and local priorities, targets, and available resources, and will be underpinned by the core principles of health visiting practice, including early intervention, health promotion, safeguarding, and reducing health inequalities.

The post holder will:

• Maintain and continuously develop the skills, knowledge, and professional attitudes required to deliver a high-quality, responsive service that adapts to the evolving needs of the population
• Deliver care that reflects the highest standards of practice, using evidence-based approaches to improve health and wellbeing outcomes
• Exercise professional judgement in complex situations, ensuring safe, effective, and person-centred care
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement within the specialist area

For further details, please refer to the full Job Description

About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Details
Date posted: 07 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £55,524 to £62,652 a year
per annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 222-HCH-024
Job locations:
Heart of Hounslow Health Centre
92 Bath Road
Hounslow
TW3 3LN
United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• First level Registered General Nurse or Midwife
• BSC(Hons)Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) or equivalent level qualifications
• Evidence of post registration education

Desirable

• Master's Level Advanced Practice qualification or equivalent
• ENB 997/Mentor Assessor/Practice Assessor

Experience/ Knowledge
Essential

• 3 Years post SCPHN experience and delivering Healthy Child Programme.
• Safeguarding children knowledge and experience
• Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding Procedures
• Evidence of continual professional development
• Experience of working with other agencies, especially social services and commitment to inter-agency working
• Experience of working with children, adolescents and their families in a wide range of health settings
• Awareness of High Impact Areas
• Experience of planning and delivering training and health promotion.
• Experience of child protection and special needs
• Working knowledge of the public health agenda and influencing factors

Skills
Essential

• Ability to prioritise own work.
• Computer literacy and familiarity with using clinical systems.
• To be able to work with a culturally/racially diverse population and recognise issues of equal opportunity and access to services.
• Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to professionals of all levels and across organisations.
• Ability to draw upon appropriate resources to be an advocate for children and support staff
• Proactively interested in public health, prevention and early intervention
• Ability to audit, monitor and evaluate systems
• Ability to prepare and produce concise and insightful communication, including presentations, for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required

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.

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