Practice Development Nurse (0-19) - Health Visiting

Job description

Job summary

Join the CLCH Academy as a Practice Development Nurse and help shape learning, development and high-quality care across our 0-19 Children's Services.

Based in Richmond, South West London, you will work with clinical teams, the Academy and Locality Manager to create positive learning opportunities that build staff knowledge, skills and confidence. You will use your experience as an SCPHN Health Visitor to support practice development, teaching, supervision and assessment.

You will be part of a supportive, collaborative team and have opportunities to develop your own skills through undergraduate and postgraduate learning.

The role offers an opportunity to:

• Share your clinical expertise and promote high standards of care.
• Identify learning needs and deliver engaging education and development.
• Support a positive learning environment where everyone can learn and grow.
• Contribute to workforce development and evidence-based practice.
• Help staff deliver safe, effective and person-centred care.

You will be expected to provide support and cover, where required, across other CLCH divisions.

Main duties of the job

As a Practice Development Nurse, you will work closely with the Academy team and Locality Manager to plan, deliver and evaluate learning and development across designated services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Identify learning and development needs and help teams respond to them effectively.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate education and training, considering local and national priorities.
• Facilitate induction, education and continuing professional development for registered and non-registered nursing staff across community nursing teams.
• Provide teaching, supervision and assessment that supports staff to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence.
• Work alongside clinical teams to embed learning, development and evidence-based practice into everyday care.
• Promote high standards of care by sharing clinical knowledge, expertise and best practice.
• Help create an inclusive, supportive learning environment where staff feel valued and encouraged to develop.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of practice, learning and workforce capability across the service.
• Share learning and contribute to wider practice development priorities within CLCH.

About us

We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
• Relevant Post graduate Specialist Practitioner qualification (nursing roles) / Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent
• Clinical Leadership training
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development

Desirable

• Project management qualification
• Learning and Development Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience in practice development
• Experience in taking forward clinical and service change
• Experience of working in a changing and uncertain environment
• Experience of delivering on development initiatives and leading change with individuals and teams
• Experience of working and engaging with staff and stakeholders at all levels
• Experience of using evidence to inform best practice

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the national priorities relating to the Healthy Child Programme
• Ability to implement and evaluate successful change programmes
• Leadership skills, relationship building skills and influencing skills
• Ability to focus on key priorities and to sustain momentum to achieved desired results
• Integrates organisational vision and values as way of working
• Aware of the equalities and diversity agenda
• Ability to work in a pressure environment and keep calm in challenging situations.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet competing demands and priorities
• Proficient IT Skills

Key Attributes

Essential

• Passionate about work and services delivered
• Self-motivated towards own professional growth and development
• Sensitive towards needs of others
• Flexible to work patterns
• Ability to travel within and across the Trust by walking, cycling, bus, driving
• Committed to developing people

Person Specification
Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
• Relevant Post graduate Specialist Practitioner qualification (nursing roles) / Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent
• Clinical Leadership training
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development

Desirable

• Project management qualification
• Learning and Development Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience in practice development
• Experience in taking forward clinical and service change
• Experience of working in a changing and uncertain environment
• Experience of delivering on development initiatives and leading change with individuals and teams
• Experience of working and engaging with staff and stakeholders at all levels
• Experience of using evidence to inform best practice

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the national priorities relating to the Healthy Child Programme
• Ability to implement and evaluate successful change programmes
• Leadership skills, relationship building skills and influencing skills
• Ability to focus on key priorities and to sustain momentum to achieved desired results
• Integrates organisational vision and values as way of working
• Aware of the equalities and diversity agenda
• Ability to work in a pressure environment and keep calm in challenging situations.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet competing demands and priorities
• Proficient IT Skills

Key Attributes

Essential

• Passionate about work and services delivered
• Self-motivated towards own professional growth and development
• Sensitive towards needs of others
• Flexible to work patterns
• Ability to travel within and across the Trust by walking, cycling, bus, driving
• Committed to developing people

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust
Address

The Causeway

Richmond

TW11 0JR

United Kingdom

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