Health Visiting Team Leader

As of 1st September 2022, all new recruits to selected roles within Childrens Health Services shall receive a starting salary similar to the NHS. For example a newly recruited Health Visitor at Sutton would be placed at a mid range spinal point (SP 39) of Grade 9 closely matching the NHS pay scale for the same role. The current LBS figure would be £47,805 to offset the NHS entry figure of £46,836.

As part of our Recruitment and Retention Bonus, and to support our colleagues with the rising costs of living:

• New recruits within Childrens Health Services are entitled to the NHS passport scheme. This is the transfer of your continuous service from your previous employer, so you don't lose the benefit you have may have acquired due to long service.


• Staff within selected roles within Childrens Health Services will receive a Golden Hello, a one off payment of £1,500 when joining, paid in your first months salary and a Retention Bonus of £1,500 after completing 2 years service., Reporting to the Service Manager, we have a great opportunity for a Health Visiting Team Leader to contribute to the successful delivery of the 0-19 health and wellbeing service for children & families.


The Health Visiting Team Leader will provide clinical leadership to the Health Visiting workforce and deliver frontline professional and operational priorities. You will support the 0-19 Service Manager ensuring the safe, effective and person centred care of children & families across the borough.As a role model to Health visitors, the role will lead the development of the Health Visiting service within Sutton Health & Care.

About us

Childrens Health Service

Our Cheam and South Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington and Central Sutton Specialist Public Health ( 0-19) service (health visiting and school nursing) teams improve outcomes for our children, focusing in particular on improving school readiness, mental health and well-being and our SEND provision.

The service delivers the Healthy Child Programme for children aged 0 - 19 year. We work closely with the iHV and offer the exceptional benefit of annual membership for our staff. Our service prides itself in active partnership working with the iHV; staff members are encouraged to submit articles related to innovation and evidence-based practice where opportunities arise.

In addition to the above, we offer staff comprehensive training and encourage everyone to undertake personal development opportunities whether in leadership, specialist training around speech and language, children with extra needs, perinatal mental health, alongside personal preferences expressed by individuals to progress their interests and careers. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged. We pride ourselves in hearing staff voices in improving our service provision to the benefit of our resident population here in Sutton.