Health Visitor (0-19 Health Advice Line)

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Health Visitor to join the 0-19 Health Advice Line team 5 days per week (1.0 wte). This role offers a unique and rewarding professional opportunity for a dedicated and dynamic individual. 

The Responsibilities Include:

• supporting our Health Visiting and School Nurse teams in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
• working towards national and local strategies and development plans
• providing a robust, responsive service by giving evidenced based health advice and information on a wide range of topics via text, telephone, and email. 

0-19 Health Advice Line 

The 0-19 Health Advice Line is a key part of the Best Start, Community Health and Wellbeing service, offering health and wellbeing support to children, young people and families across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Building on the success of the Health Visitor and School Nurse Advice Line, we have developed this as a stand-alone service run by our dedicated team of nurses using innovative digital platforms to ensure high quality care for families and young people. In January 2024, we introduced ChatHealth; a 0-19 text messaging service which supports parents and carers and young people with expert advice from Health Visitors, School Nurses and Community Nurses about a wide range of children's health and wellbeing issues including sleep, feeding, continence, development, behaviour and more. As well as giving advice, the team signpost to appropriate online resources, face-to-face services, and offer a range of support. You can find out more on the ChatHealth website

Role Responsibilities

As a Health Visitor, you will be working as part of a skill mixed group, supporting in delivering expert advice, guidance and troubleshooting whilst working closely with colleagues across the integrated service.

The role holder will support the day-to-day delivery of the 0-19 Health Advice Line service to ensure the team delivers the Healthy Child Programme including the six high impact areas, in order to improve health outcomes for children. 

The role holder will be expected to be confident and competent in the use of digital platforms and reporting systems, enabling families to access self-help through both internal and external digital resources.

The role holder will be expected to undertake line management, supervision, and mentoring of skill mix staff in the team.

The role is a hybrid position, where the majority of work will be carried out from home, with the expectation that you will attend a face-to-face monthly team meeting and any required face-to-face training.

Essential Requirements

The role holder will be expected to have strong communication skills and be confident and competent in the use of digital platforms and reporting systems, enabling families to access self-help through both internal and external digital resources.

You will need to be a qualified Health Visitor (SCPHN) with current NMC registration.

You will be forward thinking, proactive, and committed to improving the health outcomes of children, families and communities.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you will get in return

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave
• a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here 

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact the Team Manager Sara Jones at sara.jones@cornwall.gov.uk 

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.