Health visitor, postnatal recovery
Health visiting where the mother is the patient, not an afterthought to the baby check.
The short version
A permanent health visitor role paying £42,000 to £50,000, Manchester or remote. Your caseload is the mother: mood, recovery, sleep, nutrition and confidence in the first two years after birth. SCPHN registration required.
- Pay
- £42,000 to £50,000
- Location
- Manchester or remote
- Contract
- Permanent
- Working pattern
- Hybrid
- Hours
- Full-time or 0.8
- Start
- November 2026
Why this role exists
Health visiting caseloads have grown to the point where the mother's own health is checked in the margins of the baby's development review. When you invert that, you find untreated anaemia, thyroid dysfunction, pelvic floor injury and depression that has gone unnamed for months.
Who you would be looking after
Women from six weeks to two years after birth, including first-time mothers, women with previous perinatal mental illness, and women recovering from difficult births.
A day in the diary
- Five to seven contacts a day, in clinic, at home or by video
- A capped caseload, published and protected
- Structured maternal review points rather than opportunistic checks
- Weekly MDT with midwifery, psychology and physiotherapy
What the work involves
- Hold a capped caseload focused on maternal recovery and mental health
- Screen systematically for mood, anaemia, thyroid change and pelvic floor injury
- Refer internally and to NHS services with clear handover
- Support infant feeding and sleep without making the mother's health secondary
What we ask for
- NMC registration with SCPHN health visiting qualification
- Perinatal mental health confidence
- Safeguarding experience and current training
- Enhanced DBS
What you get
- A capped caseload, in writing
- Pension, paid leave and CPD budget
- An MDT you can refer into the same week
What this pays, and why
NHS health visiting sits at Band 6 to 7 (£38,682 to £52,809). Our band brackets Band 6 and reaches into Band 7, with the caseload cap being the substantive difference from an NHS post.
For the full UK picture, see the midwife salary guide, or read how to become a midwife.
How hiring works here
- You send your details. No agency screening call before anyone clinical has read them.
- A clinician from the relevant pathway calls you within five working days.
- A working conversation about how you would handle two real cases.
- Registration and references checked, then a start date that works around your existing commitments.
Questions clinicians ask about this role
What is the caseload cap?
Agreed in your contract and reviewed quarterly. We set it at roughly half typical NHS caseload levels.
Do you do statutory reviews?
No. Statutory child development reviews stay with the NHS. Our focus is maternal recovery, which complements rather than duplicates.
How much home visiting is there?
Around a third, concentrated in the first three months after birth.
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