Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Health Visiting service as a Specialist Health Visitor for Asylum Seekers and Families in Temporary Accommodation, delivering the Healthy Child Programme to a defined caseload of families living in refuges, hotels, and hostels. The post sits within the wider 0–19 service in Hounslow, offering the opportunity to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Health Visitor who is passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable families. The successful candidate will deliver evidence-based, culturally sensitive care, demonstrating advanced communication skills to address sensitive issues, provide counselling, and offer reassurance to families facing complex challenges.

You will consistently demonstrate excellence in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN – Health Visiting) practice, acting as a role model and mentor to colleagues. The role requires the ability to manage complex situations, using critical thinking and professional judgement to assess needs, analyse risks, and determine the most appropriate course of action from a range of options on a daily basis.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver universal, targeted, and specialist health visiting services in line with the Healthy Child Programme to children and families within the refugee and asylum-seeking community as well as families living in refuges in Hounslow.

Care will be delivered in partnership with the wider Hounslow 0–19 Service, including Health Visiting and School Nursing teams, ensuring a co-ordinated, multidisciplinary approach to meeting the needs of families.

The Health Visiting service will be provided in accordance with national and local priorities, targets, and available resources, and will be underpinned by the core principles of health visiting practice, including early intervention, health promotion, safeguarding, and reducing health inequalities.

The post holder will:

·       Maintain and continuously develop the skills, knowledge, and professional attitudes required to deliver a high-quality, responsive service that adapts to the evolving needs of the population

·       Deliver care that reflects the highest standards of practice, using evidence-based approaches to improve health and wellbeing outcomes

·       Exercise professional judgement in complex situations, ensuring safe, effective, and person-centred care

·       Contribute to service development and quality improvement within the specialist area

For further details, please refer to the full Job Description

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.