Professional Development Co-ordinator Health Visiting

Title: Professional Development Co-ordinator Health Visiting

Location: To be confirmed United Kingdom

Main area Health Visiting Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week Job ref 100-NMR313-1025

Site To be confirmed Town To be confirmed Salary £48,527 - £55,532 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly 

Job Description:

Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.

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Job overview

The Health Visiting service in Hywel Dda University Health Board is advertising for a Band 7 Professional Development Co-ordinator to work within the Health Visiting Team across the whole health board.

This post is permanent working 15 hours a week.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced and well-motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visitor with their qualification registered on Part 3 of the NMC register. They must have current post registration experience of working in a Health Visiting team.

In order to fulfil this role of Professional Development Co-ordinator for Health Visiting, you will need to be an enthusiastic, innovative and engaging individual who possesses the ability to work with all levels of qualified and unqualified staff, including Pre and Post registration nursing students. Also a keen interest in delivering training is essential.

Working closely with the Head of Health Visiting, Senior Nurse's for Quality Assurance, Team Leaders and staff members, you will lead on the continuing development of our current training programme for the Health Visiting workforce and contribute to the quality assurance agenda.

The base for the post will be discussed with the successful candidate.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Interviews to be held on 29/10/2025.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97
• community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Person specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Qualified Health Visitor live NMC registrant
• Extensive knowledge of Clinical Governance and NMC requirements for service
• Educated to a Master's Degree or working towards with equivalent experience
• An understanding of current strategic issues in Health Visiting
• An in-depth knowledge of the current NMC standards on delegation
• An in-depth knowledge of current health and social policies and the Public Health Agenda

Desirable criteria

• PGCE or working towards
• Qualification in Management/ Leadership

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working as a Health Visitor
• Team Working
• Experience of delivering training
• Experience in Child Protection work
• Service management and development
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• I.T. Skills

Desirable criteria

• Experience of teaching in a range of clinical/HEI contexts
• Teaching on pre and post-registration programmes
• Experience in practice development

Language skills

Desirable criteria

• Welsh speaker (Level 1)