Health Visitor Vacancy at Hartlepool Borough Council, UK

Hartlepool Borough Council has advertised a permanent, full-time SCPHN Health Visitor post at Hindpool Family Hub in Hartlepool. The work sits within the locality-based Early Help offer for children and families, with a focus on public health practice for the local population from birth to school age. It brings together professional health-visiting expertise, family-centred work and a clear commitment to reducing health inequalities.

For an established Health Visitor or a practitioner currently working towards the specialist qualification, the vacancy describes a caseload-based position in an integrated team. The advertised post calls for evidence-based interventions, sound professional judgement and the ability to work constructively with families, colleagues and community partners. The official person specification also makes current UK professional registration an essential condition.

Opportunity Details

Overview of the Vacancy

Location, Sector, and Role Context

The successful practitioner will be based at Hindpool Family Hub on Hindpool Close in Hartlepool. The team setting covers children and young people up to 19 within the locality Early Help model, while the core health-visiting remit concerns children aged 0–5 and their families. This setting matters because the position is not limited to one clinic: the post holder is expected to use public-health practice across a variety of settings and to work alongside the locality team in supporting children and families.

The advertised purpose is to help deliver a robust healthy-child programme and wider public-health agenda. Day-to-day practice includes managing an allocated caseload, assessing need, planning interventions, delivering those interventions and evaluating their effect. The Council also describes a support package involving induction, training, shadowing and a tailored preceptorship, with particular relevance to student SCPHNs approaching qualification and newly qualified Health Visitors. Its careers information places Health Visitors within early-help work that identifies children’s health needs early, works with families and seeks to prevent ill health and reduce inequalities. Flexible working and home or remote working are stated as part of the published working pattern, alongside the permanent full-time appointment. The post therefore combines an individual professional caseload with contribution to a wider local offer for young children and the adults who care for them.

About the Employer: Hartlepool Borough Council

Organization and Relevant Services

Verified Employer Overview

Hartlepool Borough Council is the local authority responsible for a broad range of public services in Hartlepool. Its official service information covers areas including children and families, adult social care, health and wellbeing, housing, schools and education, community hubs and libraries, the environment, planning and neighbourhood services. It also publishes local health-and-wellbeing information on health checks, healthy weight, sexual health and stop-smoking support. That range provides the institutional context for a public-health professional working with young children and their families. The Health Visitor post is therefore part of a council service landscape rather than a standalone clinical practice.

Within its children-and-families work, the Council identifies early help, children’s hub, safeguarding, children in care and youth offending as linked team areas. Its careers information specifically includes Health Visitors among the roles supporting children, young people and families. The Council describes Health Visitors as specialist community public health nurses and registered nurses who work with families where there is a child aged 0–5. The stated focus is to identify health needs early, improve health and wellbeing, prevent ill health and reduce inequalities.

Professional Setting and Role Context

Work Environment, Operations, and Facilities

The Council’s Family Hubs are an important setting for the advertised role. They provide free support for children, parents, carers and young people, with an age range extending to young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Services published for the hubs include health-visitor clinics, development reviews, parenting advice, infant-feeding support, early-language help and play activity. The hubs also publish support with routines, sleep, feeding, toilet training and introducing solid foods. This means the Health Visitor will be working in an environment designed to connect health advice with practical family support and wider early-help services. It also gives families access to information and activities that relate to everyday child development as well as formal clinical contacts.

The Council states that Family Hubs are bases for health visitors, midwifery nurses, community nursery nurses, family support workers and family-hub workers. It also identifies health services, family support, childcare and education as areas of support available through the hubs. Published hub activities include baby weigh-ins, story time, free play and breastfeeding support, alongside the more formal health-visitor clinics and development reviews. In the vacancy itself, the Council expects the post holder to contribute to the continuing development of the health-visiting offer within Early Help Locality Teams. That combination of a named hub base, an integrated locality team and a caseload for young children gives the post a defined community-public-health setting. It also explains why the person specification places emphasis on collaborative practice, communication and an awareness of the policy context affecting children and families.

Open Positions

Application Guidance

Prepare a Focused Application

CV, Evidence, Documents, and Interview Preparation

The following points are general preparation guidance for this type of public-health nursing application. A strong supporting statement can be easier to assess when it is organised around the essential criteria in the person specification: registration, Health Visiting SCPHN status, caseload management, communication, integrated working and understanding of health inequalities. Brief examples from practice are generally clearer when they describe the situation, the practitioner’s own contribution and the outcome without including confidential family information.

Applicants may also wish to set out how their professional development supports safe, evidence-based work with children and families. Where relevant, preparation can include confirming professional-registration details, drawing together examples of multi-agency collaboration and being ready to discuss how public-health interventions are planned and reviewed. The advert specifies a DBS disclosure process, so candidates should read the official application questions carefully and provide accurate information through the approved route.

• Map each example in the supporting statement to a named essential criterion rather than relying on broad claims about teamwork or communication.
• Describe a caseload-management example that shows prioritisation, use of resources and appropriate liaison with colleagues.
• Use anonymised examples to demonstrate family-centred work, assessment of need and action to address health inequalities.
• Keep registration and qualification information consistent across the application form, supporting statement and any documents requested by the portal.
• Prepare to explain how evidence informs intervention planning, delivery and evaluation in community settings.

How to Apply

Submit Your Application Through the Verified Route

Apply Through the Official NHS Jobs Vacancy Page

Use the official vacancy page below to review the full role information and select the displayed application control. The route opens the NHS Jobs sign-in screen, where applicants can sign in or create an account to get started. Complete the application through that official service, including the information and supporting statement requested for this Health Visitor post.