Specialist Community Public Health Student Nurse (Health Visiting)
The closing date is 21 May 2026
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will be expected to engage and utilise learning opportunities in community and in HEI settings. Throughout the training a named supervisor will be responsible for supervision and training whilst in practice, while continuing to work with the NMC Code and the local policies and procedures of the supporting Trust for legal and statutory requirements relating to clinical practice. As the course progresses successful candidates will be expected to act independently with supervision and be responsible for a structured caseload when on consolidated practice with the aim to deliver a public health service. By the end of the course the successful candidates will have developed the knowledge base, skills and competencies work of a Community Public Health Practitioner – Health Visitor. They will develop skills and competencies to enable them to have ongoing responsibility for the assessment of children and families with complex or single‑care needs. They will also develop skills and competencies to ensure they can implement and evaluate a programme of care in partnership with other agencies, ensuring the delivery of prescribed high‑quality care through effective leadership of the nursing team. During supervised practice they will have delegated responsibility for a selected generic caseload and, under supervision, will provide assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a designated client population.
Contract and salary
Salary will be at Band 5 up to mid‑point. Studies will be undertaken at Manchester Metropolitan University for 50% of the course; the remaining 50% in Health Visiting practice. You will be employed on a fixed‑term contract for the duration of the course. Successful candidates will complete an individualised learning programme documented in their Personal Portfolio of Learning. The University award will be a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health Nursing at Level 7 and the professional qualification will be registered on the NMC Professional Register. Salary range: £32,073 to £39,043 a year, pro‑rated.
Equality and Diversity
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* First level registration on the appropriate part of the register
* 120 credits at Level 6 / Degree
* Ability to work at Level 7
* Research module and/or research awareness
* Evidence of recent study
Experience
* Multi‑Disciplinary Team working
* Can demonstrate ability to impact on quality of care
* Experience of embracing and implementing change to provide high quality patient outcomes
* Ability to work within a performance management framework
* Health promotion
* Audit/evaluation/research experience
* Change Management
* Contribution to policy/ standards/guidelines
* Inter‑agency working
Skills
* Communication and organisational skills
* Leadership potential
* Evidence of the ability to work in a changing and stressful situation
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.
Contact
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
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