Student SCPHN Health Visitor and School Nursing (Inner North West)
Job overview
STUDENT Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting and School Nursing) sponsorship. September 2025 intake
Location: Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs.
Children, young people, and families are our focus and passion, and we are looking for highly motivated qualified nurses and midwives committed to providing the best possible care to undertake the Post Graduate Diploma (Level 7) Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting & School Nursing) qualification commencing in September 2025.
This one-year full time course will be jointly undertaken with our partner universities: Kings College, Brunel University, and London South bank University. This is your chance to join our teams and to develop your career with the Trust. Alongside the support that you will receive from the University, you will be supported throughout your training by a passionate team of Practice Assessors/Supervisors in the 0-19 team, and the CLCH Academy.
This opportunity is being offered at pay band 5 level.
Main duties of the job
Criteria:
- You must be a qualified nurse/midwife with active registration on part one, or part two of the NMC Nursing Register (NMC PIN number should be provided within the application)
- Must hold a 2.2 or above in a Nursing Degree (UK Level 6)
- Ability to study at level 7
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Persons Specification.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Jumoke AdegbieJob title: Professional and Clinical Educator-CLCH Academy
Email address: [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our service user’s wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the Trust and local induction to introduce you to the role 0-19 services.
- Bespoke housing is available for key workers within central London: https://www.sharetobuy.com/
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support, and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Persons Specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To fulfil the requirements of the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing programme by attending university course dates and practice placement days in accordance with university regulations.
To work with the service, practice assessor/supervisors to develop the skills and competencies to achieve NMC Registration Standards for Specialist Community Practice.
With the support of the service, practice assessor / supervisor, to link the theoretical knowledge gained through the university programme to the practice situation.
To demonstrate an understanding of current and emerging national, regional and local healthcare legislation, policies and guidelines as they pertain to chosen pathway.
To develop/build on skills of caseload and team leadership and management.
**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria- Current NMC Registration for nursing or midwifery: Adult nurse, children’s nurse, mental health nurse, learning disability nurse or midwife
- 2.2 or above in a nursing degree (UK level 6)
- Evidence of continual professional development at level 6
Experience
Essential criteria- Evidence the ability to work well as part of a multi professional team
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the public health agenda, and an understanding of how this relates to communities, children, families, and young people
- Demonstrate the ability to prioritise workload and commit to the academic timetable for the course
- Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Experience of managing staff within a team
- Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload
- Relevant experience of working with children and families
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of the Public Health role of contemporary health visiting/school nursing & working in community settings
- Knowledge of local and national policies which influence the provision of health visiting/school nursing
- Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance
- 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 andverbal
- 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 ownpractice
- The ability to travel to a variety of sites within the Trust is essential
- Travel requirements are dependent on trust of choice – car driver/owner is required by some trusts (see applicationinstructions)
- Walking or cycling are acceptable forms of transport in some trusts
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)
"We work Flexibly"