Opportunity to make a direct impact on families and reduce health inequalities through early interventions.
Work as part of a supportive and skilled Intensive Support Team within an established Health Board.
Flexible working arrangements that promote a healthy work-life balance.
Access to a robust benefits package including paid training and professional development opportunities.
Potential to innovate and implement new practices based on personal analysis and audit of care.
Inclusive culture encouraging applications from diverse backgrounds, including the Armed Forces Community.
The role of Specialist Health Visitor - INTERNAL at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board focuses on supporting families within the Caerphilly Intensive Support Team. The selected candidate will deliver a specialized health visiting service as part of pre-birth assessments, providing timely interventions and support to families starting from 13 weeks of pregnancy. Responsibilities include managing a caseload of individuals with complex needs, developing care and support plans, conducting practice audits, and implementing necessary changes to improve service delivery.
This is a fixed-term position until March 31, 2026, and applicants must currently be employed by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. The role encourages Welsh language skills but is open to both English and Welsh speakers. The Health Board is committed to fostering a supportive work environment, offering flexible working options, extensive training and development opportunities, and promoting a healthy work-life balance for its staff.
This is a fixed-term position until March 31, 2026, and applicants must currently be employed by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. The role encourages Welsh language skills but is open to both English and Welsh speakers. The Health Board is committed to fostering a supportive work environment, offering flexible working options, extensive training and development opportunities, and promoting a healthy work-life balance for its staff.
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
Specialist Health Visitor – Caerphilly Intensive Support Team
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health Visitor within ABUHB who will work alongside Caerphilly's Intensive Support Team. The post holder will plan and deliver a specialist health visiting service to families as part of the pre-birth assessment process in Caerphilly Children’s Services.
The Specialist Health Visitor will offer timely interventions, intensive support and assessments as early as 13 weeks of pregnancy. This intervention has been proven to not only reduce the number of children becoming looked after but also to reduce health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
Take responsibility for managing a caseload of individuals/families with complex needs.
Use negotiation skills to develop individual Care & Support Plans with individuals/families; continually assessing and evaluating care needs.
Analyse own practice, identify new ways of working and implement change
Undertake audit of practice, identify excellence and areas of poor performance, and be able to design programmes to meet any required needs identified.
This post is fixed term/secondment until 31st March 2026 due to funding. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job Overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
Specialist Health Visitor – Caerphilly Intensive Support Team
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health Visitor within ABUHB who will work alongside Caerphilly's Intensive Support Team. The post holder will plan and deliver a specialist health visiting service to families as part of the pre-birth assessment process in Caerphilly Children’s Services.
The Specialist Health Visitor will offer timely interventions, intensive support and assessments as early as 13 weeks of pregnancy. This intervention has been proven to not only reduce the number of children becoming looked after but also to reduce health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
Take responsibility for managing a caseload of individuals/families with complex needs.
Use negotiation skills to develop individual Care & Support Plans with individuals/families; continually assessing and evaluating care needs.
Analyse own practice, identify new ways of working and implement change
Undertake audit of practice, identify excellence and areas of poor performance, and be able to design programmes to meet any required needs identified.
This post is fixed term/secondment until 31st March 2026 due to funding. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Specialist Community Practitioner Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)
- Assessing module
Essential criteria
- Leadership and Safeguarding experience
- Experience in audit and monitoring processes
Essential criteria
- Expertise in working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency framework
- Ability to present complex information.
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