Student Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visiting
A Vacancy at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
Do you want to make a difference? Have you ever thought about a career in Health Visiting?
If so this would be a perfect opportunity for you. The course timetable will be split between the University of Bolton, and the clinical placement in HMR, according to the curriculum.
An academic supervisor and assessor will be allocated, who will offer support in achieving the learning outcomes for practice. The students will be based with their supervisor and will have the opportunity to work at various sites within the organisation.Skills will be developed to enable the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme in a variety of community settings, including Children’s Centre's and the family home environment, whilst working as part of a skill mix team.
Applicants for this programme must demonstrate how they meet the attainment section of the person specification
Also please look at the University of Bolton website for additional details regarding the course and any planned open evenings.
NOTE: Please provide one professional and one academic referee on the application form
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.
We encourage informal conversations and visits to the service in relation to this post
You will be given a fixed term one-year full-time contract to undertake a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse course (Health Visiting) at Bolton University; you will be paid at band 5 salary (max. mid band 5). The course commences 20th January 2025 to be completed by January 2026.It is a full calendar year and it consists of 50% academic study and 50% in practice. The practice placements will be situated across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.
These are fully funded training opportunities; subject to funding being made available from Health Education England, to qualify as a registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) and is open to all qualified Nurses and Midwives.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months.Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/
We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Sep 2024