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Student Health Visitor
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
12 months (Fixed term)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
220-WHT-2079
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Health
Town
Haringey Islington
Salary
£34,089 - £41,498 per annum Including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/05/2024 23:59

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Student Health Visitor (SCPHN)

NHS AfC: Band 5

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Student  HV

(Islington & Haringey)

Student Health Visitor

Are you a Nurse of Midwife who would like a career in public health ?

If so Whittington is the place to start.

We are recruiting for the Sept 24 or Jan 25 intake for Health Visitor students. 

The course is full time for one year and will commence in September 2021 and comprises of 50% academic and 50% clinical placement in accordance with the University and Trust regulations. It is fully funded and salaried. You will be sponsored by Whittington Health and secure a place at either King’s College London University , Greenwich University, HERTS University  or City University to complete their PG level ( 7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a Health Visitor. Course requirement for entry applicants will need to show evidence of study at level 7.

You will have a 12 month fixed term contract. On qualification as a Health Visitor (band 6) we  request and encourage that you continue your employment with us for at least one year (subject to terms and conditions).

This post is subject to standard recruitment processes. Successful candidates must be available to commence the course in September 2024 or Jan 25 on the start date. 

Main duties of the job

Whittington Health are offering an exciting opportunity to qualified nurses and midwives with NMC registration to become part of our progressive, innovative and integrated Health Visiting Service in either Islington or Haringey.

The Health Visitor play a pivotal role in supporting the development of the child and family, with key principles in public health nursing, using the MECSH programme.

We are part of a wider integrated multi disciplinary service for children in the Boroughs with a focus on  public health  delivering the healthy child programme to diverse communities.  So, if you are interested in early intervention and prevention, tackling  health inequalities,   doing things  differently to support families and children  we would love  to hear from you 

 

Working for our organisation

Working for your organisation (‘About Us’)
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust  believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The course is full time for one year and will commence in September 2021 and comprises of 50% academic and 50% clinical placement in accordance with the University and Trust regulations. It is fully funded and salaried (Agenda for Change band 5). You will be sponsored by Whittington Health and secure a place at either King’s College London University , HERTS university, Greenwich University  or City University to complete their PG Dip (level 7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a Health Visitor.

*Please indicate on your application form the  University you wish to attend. 

Interviews will take place April or early May 24

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current NMC Registration for nursing or midwifery
  • Nursing / Midwifery Degree/ Post Grad Diploma/ DipHE qualification equivalent to 120 credits at level 6 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework for England) or evidence of previous education and learning to this level.
  • Evidence of level 7 training/learning within last 5 years.
  • Qualification 2:2 or above

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the Public Health role of contemporary health visiting/school nursing & working in community settings
  • • 1 year + post registration experience
  • Knowledge of local and national policies which influence the provision of health visiting /school nursing
  • Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
  • Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
  • Experience of managing staff within a team

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level
  • Good computer literacy skills e.g. Microsoft word, excel
  • Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
  • Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment
  • Have a flexible approach to team and autonomous working, acknowledging own limitations

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Shirley Phillips
Job title
School Nurse Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07443682802
Additional information

For further details please contact:

Shirley Phillips 

School Nurse Manager   (Islington)

[email protected] 

or

Raquel  Emmanuel- Morgan

[email protected]

07425421572

Professional Development Lead  (Haringey)

 

 

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