Student (scphn) hv/sn

London

Whittington Health NHS Trust

Posted: 18 June

The role

Job overview

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Student HV/SN

(Barnet or Haringey)

Student Health Visitor or School Nurse

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

Do you have a passion to support families?

Do you want drive down health inequalities?

If so Whittington is the place to start.

We are recruiting for the Sept 26 and Jan 27 intake for Health Visitor and School Nurse students.

The course is full time for one year and will commence in Sept 26 or Jan 27 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 City University, Kings University or HERTS University to complete their PG level ( 7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a Health Visitor or School Nurse.

Course requirement for entry applicants will need to show evidence of study at level 7 and have 2:2 or higher.

You will have a 12 month fixed term contract.

This post is subject to standard recruitment processes. Successful candidates must be available to commence the course in Sept 26 or Jan 27 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 Barnet

The Health Visitor/ School Nurse play a pivotal role in supporting the development of the child and family, with key principles in public health nursing.

They 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.

Developing programmes of early intervention and prevention,

Reducing health inequalities

Addressing health disparities

Fostering equal access to health care

Discussion health promotion like infant feeding topics

Support children and young people to reach their developmental milestones

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 Sept 26 or Jan 27 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 City University, Kings University or HERTS University to complete their PG level ( 7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a Health Visitor or School Nurse.

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

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

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.

Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.

Participate in required training and supervision.

Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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