Job summary
Would you like to join a health visiting team who work in an integrated Bright Start Service improving outcomes for children and families?

We have a full time permanent position available and an opportunity for you to join and experience delivering and leading the Healthy child programme and Best Start Local Plan within an integrated team.

You will be supported through a comprehensive training programme and given opportunities to work within a variety of integrated workshops as part of your professional development.

Main duties of the job
Leadership

• To support the development of a well-functioning integrated team by modelling effective teamworking.
• To support the Team Lead to develop team objectives and organise and evaluate the service delivery.
• To directly manage members of the team in line with Trust policy providing regular supervision, annual appraisal and any identified additional support or training as required.
• To actively participate in service development.
• To agree and participate in audit, quality improvement initiatives following agreed policy and protocol.

Clinical

• To support the delivery of Healthy Child Programme for a geographical area within the Bright Start locality.
• To be competent in the use of the Trust electronic clinical record system following Trust guidelines in its use (RIO).
• To be responsible to work/lead to deliver the Healthy Child Programme for a geographical area within the Bright Start locality with health and early years colleagues.
• To undertake evidence based child and family health assessments and develop child/family plans in partnership with children and carers.
• To undertake the Early Help assessment and attend professional multi agency meetings as required.

About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Details
Closing date: 02 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year Per Annum Including HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 220-WHT-8346514

Essential Person Specification
Education / Qualifications

• Health Visiting professional qualification, with entry onto the 3rd part of the NMC Register
• Evidence of continuing post registration education and training.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
• Knowledge of change management methodology and its application.
• High levels of clinical skills, with the ability to identify, respond to and evaluate health needs, including the delivery of public health programmes.

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of current legislation and NICE guidance relating to all aspects of the HCP
• Knowledge and ability to apply audit and Quality Improvement methodology.
• Understanding of the local and national safeguarding procedures and its application to the role.
• Knowledge and understanding of application of the Clinical Governance Framework.
• Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution.
• Ability to work without direct supervision, to plan, organise, review and prioritise own workload and that of others.
• Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to work and professional practice.
• Ability to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with the Islington Bright Start vision.
• Awareness of Equal Opportunities and Valuing Diversity
• Willingness to support and facilitate the learning of others in the practice environment.

How to apply
Apply through our website.

Contact
For questions about the job, contact: Pooja Shah, Bright Start Central locality manager, pooja.shah2@nhs.net, 07785954454

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.