Job summary
About the Job/Training
Health Visiting Training (Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - SCPHN) £25,681 - £33,057 inclusive of the high cost area supplement.
Please note this job is fixed term for 12 months
Health Visiting services in Newham are directly
provided by The London Borough of Newham. The local authority is working in
partnership with City University to select a September 2024 cohort of
students to undertake the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)
Health Visiting.
Fully funded and salaried (APTC equivalent to AfC
band 5) training places are available now. The Health Visitor career path
offers lots of opportunities for progression, with salaries equivalent to LBN
P03-P07 (AfC bands 6 to 8).
Please apply for this post timely, as the job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
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 University regulations
To work with the Specialist Community Practice Teacher to develop the skills and competencies to achieve NMC Registration Standards for Specialist Community Practice
Please refer to the JD for further information.
About You
Candidates applying for sponsorship must;
Candidates must be available to start this role and the training in September 2024.
About us
Newham is an incredibly diverse borough with a very young population and is experiencing considerable regeneration as part of the Olympic legacy. There are over 86,000 children and young people in Newham and we want each of them to have the same life chances as young people in other parts of London.
This post is directly employed by the London Borough of Newham, who was the first London borough to offer a fully integrated 0-19 health and social care service as it also assumed direct responsibility for providing School Nursing services, Health Visiting and Family Nurse Partnership in 2017, therefore our CYPS Directorate will be delivering the 0-19 Healthy Child programme through the Children's Health Service.
The 0-19 Children's Health service had their CQC inspection in 2021 and rated Good in all areas.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Training Allowance: The actual amount received by students is determined by local employers according to location of training posts. This will be agreed with candidates on successful appointment but is likely to be at the bottom spinal point of a Band 5.
Job Summary: To work towards gaining the standards of proficiency for entry to the NMC register/recordable for (SCPHN)
To provide the SCPHN with a learning environment which will enable the student to develop knowledge, skills and competencies to take on the role of a qualified SCPHN within a defined pathway.
To gain the knowledge and skills and competence required in order to exercise higher levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care focusing on four broad areas:
- Clinical practice
- Community Engagement
- Clinical practice development
- Leadership in clinical practice
The post of the SCPHN Sponsorship Student 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Training Allowance: The actual amount received by students is determined by local employers according to location of training posts. This will be agreed with candidates on successful appointment but is likely to be at the bottom spinal point of a Band 5.
Job Summary: To work towards gaining the standards of proficiency for entry to the NMC register/recordable for (SCPHN)
To provide the SCPHN with a learning environment which will enable the student to develop knowledge, skills and competencies to take on the role of a qualified SCPHN within a defined pathway.
To gain the knowledge and skills and competence required in order to exercise higher levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care focusing on four broad areas:
- Clinical practice
- Community Engagement
- Clinical practice development
- Leadership in clinical practice
The post of the SCPHN Sponsorship Student 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration for nursing or midwifery or
- Evidence of application for NMC registration and confirmed NMC registration within 2 months of the start date
- DipHE (or above) qualification equivalent to 120 credits at level 5 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework for England) 2 or evidence of previous education and learning to this level. 3
- Literacy and Numeracy at the level of the National Qualifications Framework at level 1-2 for Numeracy (equivalent of GCSE) and 3-4 for Literacy (equivalent of A level)
Desirable
- Evidence of continual professional development at level 6 Degree
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of the Public Health role of contemporary health visiting & working in community settings
- Knowledge of local and national policies which influence the provision of health visiting
- Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level
- Good computer literacy skills e.g. Microsoft word, excel
- Excellent, adaptable communication skills both written and verbal
- Numeracy and Literacy skills
- Ability to support children and families to make informed decisions in relation to their health and well-being
- Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment
- Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice
- Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
- The ability to travel to a variety of sites within the borough is essential
Desirable
- Experience of managing staff within a team
- Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration for nursing or midwifery or
- Evidence of application for NMC registration and confirmed NMC registration within 2 months of the start date
- DipHE (or above) qualification equivalent to 120 credits at level 5 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework for England) 2 or evidence of previous education and learning to this level. 3
- Literacy and Numeracy at the level of the National Qualifications Framework at level 1-2 for Numeracy (equivalent of GCSE) and 3-4 for Literacy (equivalent of A level)
Desirable
- Evidence of continual professional development at level 6 Degree
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of the Public Health role of contemporary health visiting & working in community settings
- Knowledge of local and national policies which influence the provision of health visiting
- Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level
- Good computer literacy skills e.g. Microsoft word, excel
- Excellent, adaptable communication skills both written and verbal
- Numeracy and Literacy skills
- Ability to support children and families to make informed decisions in relation to their health and well-being
- Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment
- Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice
- Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
- The ability to travel to a variety of sites within the borough is essential
Desirable
- Experience of managing staff within a team
- Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
