To provide and maintain evidence-based specialist care adapted to meet the needs of a defined community population to ensure that service users receive appropriate intervention, maintaining the standards set at local and national level. To be responsible for negotiating individual and family healthcare plans with service users, continually assessing and evaluating to ensure that agreed outcomes are adequately met. To work in partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team and statutory and voluntary agencies in planning, delivering and evaluating care to improve outcomes for service users. To work in collaboration with the Public Health Directorate to identify and analyse local health needs and areas for development. To identify and disseminate relevant research findings within health visiting practice. To base health visiting practice on accepted research findings and participate in local audit and research projects.