Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing

Job summary

Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse School Nursing - 1 year Fixed Term

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust are excited to offer the opportunity to study whilst earning for the qualification of SCPHN School Nurse (two places available). Croydon is currently recruiting for SCPHN school nurse students for the programme commencing in January 2025 and is 52 weeks in duration at University of Greenwich.

This is a fully funded training opportunity, to qualify as a registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) and is open to all registered qualified Nurses. You will be given a fixed term one-year full-time contract to undertake a BSc/PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nurse course (School Nursing), find attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Croydon School Nursing is an exciting and dynamic place to work due to our excellent partnership working with schools and agencies.

School Nurses have the opportunity to work flexibly in the community and are a crucial part of the healthcare team. It is a diverse role which provides you with support as you work to improve the health of local families.

The course is open to registered Nurses or Midwives with a special interest in public health nursing.

If you are interested in Public Health Nursing we would like to hear from you.

Telephone: 0208 274 6391; Email: ch-tr.croydonschoolnurses@nhs.net

Interviews: 26th September 2024

Main duties of the job

To contribute to the setting of caseload priorities in conjunction with other members of the Team, that reflects individual rights, equality, and diversity.

• To demonstrate the skills required by identifying own learning needs in line with the curriculum and practice experience. Undertaking activities to seek out and coordinate experiences to meet these learning needs in collaboration with the Institute of Higher Education and the Practice assessor/supervisor
• 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.

These are summarised below:

• To fulfil the requirements of the Specialist Community Practitioner programme by attending university course dates and practice placement days in accordance with the Trust and University regulations
• To work with the Specialist Community Practice assessor/supervisor to develop the skills and competencies required to achieve NMC Registration Standards for Specialist Community Practice

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.