Warning
This job advert has expired and applications have closed.
Student SCPHN HV - Harrow or Hillingdon | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 February 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,521 - £41,956 per annum including HCAS pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 March 2025 |
| Location: | Harrow, HA5 5PF |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6936301/333-G-HCS-1110 |
Summary
This training is for a nurse with relevant qualifications to undertake the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) training in order to become a health visitor. This is run as a joint programme between CNQL NHS Trust and either KCL or Brunel University. All university Tuition Fees are paid by the NHS.
Applicants must be registered Nurses or Midwives with a current NMC registration and have an interest in addressing the health needs of the children and families. During the course your time will be split between practical training within our 0-19 Teams and academic study.
Practice placements are offered in Hillingdon and Harrow.
The course commences September 2025 and it is for one year , fixed term contract.
Through out the training you will be gaining your clinical experience with The 0-19 Service (health visiting) where you will have a supervisor and an assessor.
Successful completion of the course will lead to registration on Part 3 of the NMC register, an NMC recordable qualification, and eligibility to apply for a post as a Health Visitor.
For further information on becoming a Health Visitor or School Nurse with CNWL clickHere
The post of Student Health Visitor (HV) 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 registerable qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
You will work closely with the people who use our services, their families, friends and carers and influence how people experience our services. Nurses are expected to be kind, responsive and professional, and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
• keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through sound clinical skills
• ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by utilising evidence-based policies and procedures
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership throughout the care planning process
Working for our organisation is not only exciting but also we are a diverse workforce who provide a lot of support to clients, their family and our staff. This is reflected in our values which includes:
Compassion -recognising and responding to the suffering of others. This meanswe all contribute to a compassionate environment for everyone; what we say and do helps make the lives of others better.
Respect -respect and value the diversity, rights, assets and limitationsof others, to create a respectful and inclusive environment. Thisapplies to our colleagues, partners, the individuals we care forand their families and friends.
Empowerment -we will involve, inform and empower those we care for andwork with, to take an active role in the management of theirown lives and wellbeing. We will strive to offer appropriatedirection and support, to enable others to develop and grow.
Partnership -we will work closely with others, in line with our other values,to ensure that our combined efforts are focused on achievingthe best possible outcomes. We will strive for co-production inall.
We also have a number of other supportive measures including our staff benefits, reward and wellbeing and a variety of supervision measures in place.
Your timetable for the year will be provided by the university and will demonstrate all the relevant information needed to complete your course. It will also include your clinical days/periods so you can not only gain knowledge about health visiting in our services but which is enhanced by our clinical staff who will support you in gaining the experience and knowledge to enhance your clinical skills. You will also have details of all the required assessments for the year.
You will start off as supernumerary, observing your supervisor and other members of the team, but will gradually build up your skills in order to do the work which health visitors do independently. As a student health visitor, you will be involved in the Healthy Child Programme including the 5 mandated areas, this will be achieved through group work, developmental reviews, health promotion sessions. These may be face-face or virtual but you will be supported throughout in order to gain the confidence needed to support families. You will also gain knowledge and experience in safeguarding and child protection which is another important part of our role.
We have recently introduced Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home Visiting Service (MECSH) which will further support our families especially those who are vulnerable. This is an exciting time and you will be part of this development.
Please see the attached Person Specification and Job description for more details .
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
This advert closes on Friday 28 Feb 2025
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.