Specialist Health Visitor - FOREST Manager

• Based in one of the Public Health Nursing bases around the county, with the ability to travel across the county, with some hybrid and flexible working arrangements to be agreed.
• Up to 33 days annual leave.
• This is a senior post within the service providing significant developmental and professional development opportunities.
• Fixed term until December 2026.

We’re working to improve the lives of babies, children and families in Somerset. The Forest programme aims to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities. It is an initiative aimed at fostering resilience, providing emotional support and targeted interventions for families.

The specialist Health Visitor is required:

• To provide strategic oversight of the delivery of the FOREST programme county wide and further embed the programme.
• Support and contribute to the development of new and existing services to ensure that standards are maintained, and any new required standards achieved.
• To provide expert guidance and support to families, addressing their specific health and emotional needs.
• To coordinate across the system between different health social care and third sector services, ensuring a seamless and comprehensive approach to family support, prevention and early intervention.

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you are able to demonstrate the following:

• Registered Nurse/Midwife with active NMC registration and additional SCPHN qualification.
• Educated to Degree level or equivalent.
• Leadership experience.
• High level of specialist knowledge and skills within clinical practice.
• Experience of working on Public health programmes.

And the key skills experiences needed to be successful are

• The Ability to work at a Strategic Level and be the Lead Professional in this field.
• An ability to understand and implement safeguarding guidelines and their importance in safeguarding children.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of the Public Health and Preventative Strategy and awareness of relevant national and local policies relating to Public Health Nursing.
• Working knowledge of child and adult protection procedures and policies
• IT Competent.
• Maintain records as per NMC Guidelines/local policy.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Sophie Jones sophie.jones@somerset.gov.uk or Rachael Parker rachael.parker@somerset.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on Monday July 21st.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.

A criminal background check via Disclosure and Barring Service is required for this role.