Health Visitor

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for conscientious, motivated and innovative practitioners to work within the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Health Visiting service.

We require enthusiastic and positive practitioners who are pro-active and have a 'can do approach'. You should work well as part of a team and take ownership and responsibility for providing a safe and excellent service to the families within your care.

We expect our staff to be professional and consistent role models who lead by example and are committed to learning and improving to develop themselves and others.

If you have a natural ability to put others at ease, are patient, calm and reassuring, have the ability to communicate honestly when under pressure and work well as part of a team we would like to receive your application.

First Level Registration together with Degree/Diploma in Health Visiting is essential.

Main duties of the job

This post will be within the Cardiff and Vale Health Visiting Service.

You will be expected to deliver the Healthy Child Wales Programme, and/or Flying Start additionality to an allocated caseload, and work as a part of a team, liaise with stakeholders and managers and become familiar with the community profile of the area you will cover.

The Health Visiting service ensures that families receive a high quality of care and support as part of the Healthy Child Wales Programme.

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

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.