Health visitors | Medway Community Healthcare CIC

We work closely with our children's centres developing services and supporting families to empower them with the knowledge, confidence and life skills they need to raise healthy happy children. We also offer all our new parents access to an award‑winning five‑week post‑natal education course.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver and evaluate an efficient and cost‑effective Health Visiting service for an identified population.
• Provide leadership within the Health Visiting Team and be proactive in delivering the national and local public health agendas in response to identified health and social need.
• Work in partnership with other agencies and meet agreed standards, objectives and statutory requirements; including child protection and adult safeguarding.
• Act as a public health resource and be responsible for developing, organising, implementing and evaluating specialist public health programmes to ensure evidence‑based health education and promotion to clients.
• Provide independent responsibility for managing and providing an advisory Health Visiting service, diagnosing and prescribing treatment for a range of childhood conditions and minor ailments on completion of appropriate training.
• Safeguard the client group by adhering to child and adult guidelines and procedures; key participant in child protection/children in need proceedings when appropriate.
• Ensure close collaboration with other agencies to enable robust pathway planning and service delivery in line with the client's needs.
• Participate in clinical supervision as per organisation policy and support the development of evidence‑based practice and clinical audit.
• Participate in service or practice initiatives to improve client care standards and outcomes.
• Record and submit accurate and timely data to inform service planning, community profiling and aid local development plans.
• Maintain professional registration by adhering to NMC requirements.
• Provide leadership, day‑to‑day supervision or coordination of other grades within the team.
• Ensure all records are updated and safeguard client's confidentiality within legal and ethical principles (Caldicott).
• Actively participate in research and development, evidence‑based practice and clinical audit in collaboration with managers and lead clinicians.
• Work independently as an autonomous practitioner; professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.

Benefits

• Opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
• Well‑established in‑service training, one‑to‑one supervision, and regular appraisal with supportive feedback.
• Flexible working arrangements to maintain work‑life balance.
• Access to NHS and Scottish Widows Group pension schemes.
• Support for professional development and service design involvement.
• Comprehension preceptor programme for newly qualified staff and mentor support.
• Practice placements to pre‑registrations and SCPHN students.
• Whole‑service meetings with up‑to‑date training on latest research and policy.
• Availability of posts for new, experienced health visitors and those returning to practice.

Qualifications

• First‑level Registered General Nurse (NMC).
• Qualified Community Public Health Practitioner (Part 11 NMC Register).
• Specialist knowledge of safeguarding of children and adults.
• Specialist knowledge of child development and family and public health issues.
• Nurse Prescribing qualification.
• Specialist Mentor qualification.
• Statutory and mandatory training kept up to date.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including with multidisciplinary teams and clients facing barriers (e.g., child protection, bereavement, domestic violence, non‑English speakers).
• Proven ability to undertake community and client health need assessment and critique research and apply to practice.
• Complex organisational skills including caseload management.
• Keyboard and use of growth monitoring equipment (e.g., scales, height/length measuring tools).

Additional Information

MCH is considering merging with Kent Community Health Foundation Trust (KCHFT). If the merger goes ahead, the proposed transfer date is 30 September 2026 and this role will be subject to TUPE transfer to KCHFT.

OSCE training is required for this role; if you need this training, please do not apply.

Informal visits can be arranged on request.

EEO Statement

MCH is a Disability Confident employer. We will offer an interview to any applicant who declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job. Our recruitment process may limit the number of interviews offered during high‑volume periods. For more details, please visit our website.