Job Description

Are you ready to take on a new challenge?

Do you have a passion for innovation in public health and digital service delivery?

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Health Visitor to join our newly established Digital Health Visiting Team within Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT).

This innovative team serves as the central access point for the Health Visiting Service in Kent, delivering digital and remote support to families and partner agencies in line with the Healthy Child Programme.

As a Health Visitor in this service, you will play a lead and pivotal role in delivering high-quality, remote care through triage, safeguarding, and multi-agency collaboration and be confident using digital technologies. Working within a skill-mix team, you will take responsibility for delegation, supervision, and clinical oversight, ensuring every family receives timely and effective support.

This is a hybrid role, predominantly home-based, with regular virtual engagement and one clinical practice day per month in the community to maintain professional competencies and support team cohesion.

Clinical Delivery:

Provide phone-based and digital support via Let's Chat 0-5 SMS service, Central Advice Line, and Safeguarding Hub in line with SOPs and governance frameworks.

Triage and Case Management:

Assess and action all incoming referrals, enquiries, and tasks to ensure appropriate and timely care, safeguarding and adherence to Healthy Child Programme requirements.

Safeguarding:

Review domestic abuse notifications, attend and contribute to strategy/safeguarding meetings, and work with multi-agency partners.

Team Leadership and Delegation:

Supervise and delegate work to skill-mix team members, supporting a streamlined and efficient service.

Partnership Working:

Collaborate closely with 12 District Health Visiting Teams to ensure effective communication and seamless service delivery across the county.

Remote and Onsite Working:

Participate in daily virtual check-ins, 1:1 supervision, and monthly in-person clinical practice days to maintain competence and team connection. A car driver is essential to the role



We also offer a generous NHS pension, attractive annual leave entitlement, and a competitive pay framework to help you grow in your career.

So, if you're enthusiastic, love working with families, and ready to embrace a new challenge in the digital health landscape, we'd love to hear from you!



Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent



We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences



We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission



The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work



As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both



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As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.



The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.



Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.



We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.



At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.



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Good luck! We can't wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.