Health Visitor

Health Visitor – Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT.

The closing date is 16 March 2026

This is a full‑time position 37.5 hours per week based in Doncaster.

The Doncaster 0-5 Health Visiting Service is an outstanding forward‑thinking Team who are proud to have recently won the RDaSH Clinical Team of the year award 2020 and are rated as Outstanding by CQC. We pride ourselves in leading the way with care and offering our Health Visiting Team an enhanced training package of tools to support their exemplary practice. Health Visitors have the opportunity to complete evidence based training including Brazlton (New Born Observation), Promotional Guides and the Solihull Approach is embedded into our everyday practice.

We have positive partnerships with Public Health, Midwifery and local Council partners and are involved with joint innovative practice championing the First 1001 Critical Days. We have close links with the Institute of Health Visiting, Sheffield and York Universities with which we are developing research and piloting further support tools for practice.

Applications are welcomed from SCPHN – Health Visitor NMC Registered Practitioners who are proactive and enthusiastic with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and are keen to work in Doncaster.

As a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) you will work as part of an integrated team contributing to family health needs assessment. The post holder will lead the 0-5 Healthy Child Programme and work in partnership with the family, education and other agencies to develop implement and evaluate packages of care. Our service delivery model reflects the National 4, 5, 6 model with a focus on the 6 High Impact areas.

We deliver services in pathways at Community, Universal/Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus levels. This is underpinned by a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) which supports our practice by responding to unplanned care enabling the Universal team to focus on providing quality core Health Visiting care. Successful applicants will be allocated to work in one of 4 areas – North, South, East or Central area of Doncaster.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

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Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.

• A Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) with an active registration

• Evidence of continued personal/professional development and a willingness to undertake training.

• Critically examine and explain the role in relation to multi‑disciplinary practice.
• Employ the principles explicit in the children, young people and families' agenda.
• Identification and evaluation of the best evidence based practice in order to deliver effective health care intervention.
• A clear understanding of government and local health policy.
• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of practice.
• Knowledge of ethical and legal principles of Specialist Community Public Health practice.
• Critically evaluate and analyse information, concepts and process,…