Health visitor, postnatal recovery

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 applying through Clarity works

1. You apply here, on this page. Your details go to Clarity Clinic, not to an agency screening list.
2. Clarity reads your application against what this opportunity actually asks for, and comes back to you either way.
3. Where it fits, Clarity introduces you to the recruiting organisation for this role.
4. The recruiting organisation confirms the next steps, the terms and any start date with you directly.

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The clinical side of this work

What the women in this caseload are actually living with, and where we send them.