Overview
Join to apply for the Student Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visiting role at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a fully funded training opportunity to become a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting). The role offers a fixed-term, one-year full-time contract for a BSc/PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) course at the University of Greater Manchester.
Responsibilities
* Work as part of a skill-mix team to deliver the Healthy Child Programme in community settings, including Children’s Centres and family homes.
* Split time between academic study (University of Manchester) and clinical placement across HMR, with supervision and assessment support.
* Demonstrate attainment of the course learning outcomes and meet the person specification requirements for the SCPHN Health Visiting pathway.
* Engage in informal conversations and visits to the service to understand the role and opportunities.
Details
* Start Date: January 2026
* Completion Date: January 2027
* Salary: Band 5
* Funding: Fully funded training opportunity, subject to Health Education England funding; successful participants qualify as registered SCPHN Health Visitors.
Qualifications and Eligibility
* This vacancy is open to all qualified Nurses and Midwives looking to advance in public health nursing.
* A current NMC PIN to practice as a Registered Nurse in the UK is required, or you must be enrolled on a course and expect to receive full NMC PIN within the next 3 months.
* Note: An NMC PRN PIN does not fulfill the essential criteria.
* International Nurses: the trust is pausing OSCE and will not accept applications from those yet to complete full competencies for a UK PIN; see NMC guidance for international applicants.
Application and Selection
* Provide one professional and one academic referee on the application form.
* We encourage informal conversations and visits to the service related to this post.
* Read the job description and person specification under supporting documents; additional information is available in the Candidate Information Pack or on the careers site.
Other Information
* The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to Greater Manchester, employing a large workforce across multiple sites.
* The trust may close the vacancy when sufficient applications are received.
We are committed to high standards of care and to supporting staff with a competitive benefits package, including annual leave, flexible working opportunities, and wellbeing provisions.
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