Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Description

Position:  Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting and School Nursing) – please state clearly what you are applying for either: SCPHN Health Visiting or SCPHN School Nursing

Tenure: Fixed Term (12 months)

Salary/Band: AFC Band 5 (inclusive of Outer London HCAS) Spine Point – 0

Location: Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield

Hours: 37.5

Responsible to: Team Lead/Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor/Practice Development lead

Accountable to: Chief Nurse

Key Working Relationships

Health Visitors, school Nurse, Early Year’s Practitioners, (Nursery Nurses), school nurses/health visitor assistants

Operational Support Team, School Nursing Team, Public Health, Safeguarding Team

Midwifery – Community and Hospital, Neonatal Unit, GP’s, Children’s Allied Health Professionals

Mental Health Services, Community Children’s Psychology Services, Children Centre’s, Children’s Social Care, Early Help Service, Early Years, Voluntary Agencies

Job Summary

To gain the standards of proficiency for entry to the NMC register/recordable for Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) - Health Visitor or School Nurses.

The Trust will provide the SCPHN Student with a learning environment which will enable them to develop knowledge, skills, and competencies to take on the role of a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse within a defined pathway (Health Visitor or School Nurse)

To gain the knowledge and skills and competence required to exercise higher levels of judgment, assessment, discretion and decision making for this role, the Practice Placement will focus on four broad areas:  

• Clinical practice
• Community Engagement
• Clinical practice development
• Leadership in clinical practice

The post of Student, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) - Health Visitor or School Nurse is a development post building on existing knowledge, skills, and competencies to achieve a higher level of practice resulting in an academic qualification as well as a recordable/registerable qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Introduction to North Mid in the community

Health Visiting along with the School Nursing Team belong to the Enfield 0-19 Children’s Community Service. The Service is commissioned by the Local Authority (Public Health) and sits within North Middlesex University NHS Trust, and is based at The Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield. There are good public transport links and Enfield is served by trains to Enfield Town (Overground) 6 minutes’ walk and Enfield Chase (Great Northern Services) 15 minutes’ walk.

There are 4 Health Visiting Teams, and one School Nurse team (covers the whole of Enfield), delivering “The Healthy Child Programme”, and the teams consist of health visitors and school nurses, early years’ practitioners, staff nurses, and health visitor/School nurse assistants. Partnership working is very important to ensure our children and young people receive the best outcomes, and we work closely with GP’s, midwives, schools, academies, other health professionals along with children’s social care, early help, early years, children centres and voluntary organisations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The fundamental responsibilities of the post holder are to attain the academic credentials and the clinical skills required to practice as a NMC registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse on a defined pathway (HV or SN). These are summarised below:

• To fulfil the requirements of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse program by attending university course dates and practice placement days in accordance with University regulations.
  
  
• To work with the Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor to develop the skills and competencies to achieve NMC Registration Standards for Specialist Community Practice.
  
  
• With the support of the Practice Assessor, Practice Supervisor, and the Professional Development Lead, to link the theoretical knowledge gained through the university program to the practice situation.
  
  
• To demonstrate an understanding of current and emerging National, Regional, and local healthcare legislation, policies, and guidelines as they pertain to chosen pathway (HV or SN).
  
  
• To develop/build on skills of managing and prioritising workload, team leadership and management
  
  
• To work within University Regulations pertaining to academic work and student conduct
• To work within employing Organisation policies as they pertain to the relevant clinical setting.
• To work within employing Organisation policies relating to employee responsibilities.