Health Visitor Torfaen Borough: Sponsorship Available

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Job summary

We are seeking to employ an enthusiastic Health Visitor to join our Torfaen Health visiting team. You will be working within a team of Health Visitors and skill mix staff delivering an Early Years Health visiting programme to families living within the Torfaen area.

The successful candidate will have the relevant qualification, professionalism and clinical skills necessary to work on their own initiative as well as working effectively in partnership with parents/carers and other services such as Early Years Services, , Primary Care, Children Services and School Nursing. Applications from student due to qualify are also welcomed.

Main duties of the job

The Health Visitor contributes to the development of new projects and policies within the health visiting service and is involved in the research, implementation and evaluation of evidence based practice. The post holder will be responsible for providing universal, enhanced, and intensiveHealth Visiting services to children and families from all cultural diversities on their case load. Health Visitors work as a team across locally defined areas and support the service across Gwent, to provide a safe service for all preschool children and their families.

We would like you to view our Health Visiting RecruitmentVideo at the ABUHB Health Visiting web page.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Flexible approach to unpredictable workload demands/patterns
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
  • Confident and have the ability to motivate others
  • Team player and change agent
  • Ability to travel between sites and visits in a timely manner

Desirable

  • Ability to speak Welsh

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Leadership skills
  • Competent in IT skills, completing data and writing emails

Desirable

  • MECC

Experience

Essential

  • Delivery of HCWP
  • Working with mutli disciplinary team
  • Experience of working with Safeguarding and Vulnerable families

Desirable

  • Understanding of HCWP

Qualifications

Essential

  • SCPHN Qualification

Desirable

  • Working towards SCPHN Qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 21 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.