Health Visitor

Are you ready for an exciting change? Are you a qualified Health Visitor looking for new opportunities working in an integrated health and social care service and want to live in great part of the country with both rural and seaside leisure activities? Then this is the job for you!!
We deliver our health visiting service across 6 Localities within the beautiful County of Cornwall. We work from the border with Devon covering areas such as Bude, Launceston, Liskeard down as far as Helston and Penzance.
We are specifically looking to cover Health Visitor posts in the Camborne, Redruth, Falmouth, Truro, Bodmin Areas . However If you are interested in working in another area of Cornwall please contact us as posts may become available in the future.
Most teams are based together with our Early Help and Social Care colleagues, and we all record on the same electronic record which really helps communication and coordination. We provide an evidence based, family centre public health service, which focuses on identifying health needs and vulnerability within the family and community.
We have a variety of full and part time posts across the whole County, which will be dependent of need within the Localities and the final identified posts will be discussed at interview. We are also happy to accept applications from candidates looking for casual/bank hours only.
The Role:
Children's Community Health Services in Cornwall Council deliver the commissioned Healthy Child Programme.
You will join our experienced teams in leading and delivering the Healthy Child programme to the children and families within Cornwall. This is a great opportunity to join us in our journey in developing a fully integrated service to meet the needs of the local communities and to ensure there are improved outcomes for all our children and young people.
For more information about the role, please contact Team Managers
Helen Spacey -
Alison Trebilcock -
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
What you'll need to succeed:
You need to be a qualified Health Visitor (SCPHN) who is able to lead and manage, working closely with other Children's Services colleagues and Family Hubs. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to prioritise and ensure key targets are met. You should be able to work alone and in a team with an ability to maintain electronic records.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What you'll get in return:
We are employed by Cornwall Council and can offer Agenda for Change Salary and Pension, including reimbursement of your annual NMC registration fees.
We offer a supportive supervision framework where you will be supported with your clinical caseload management, safeguarding children supervision and clinical restorative supervision.
We offer an extensive training and development programme, including a preceptorship package for those of you who are newly qualified.
We have an excellent career pathway within our service. We are keen to support and develop our own staff wishing to develop their skills and offer continued support with appropriate CPD and experience., Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year.
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 found here - .
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In 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, young people and adults at risk. It's a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

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