A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
CNWL (Milton Keynes) is delighted to offer suitable applicants, an exciting opportunity to develop their career by undertaking the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) Health Visiting Course. This is run as a joint programme with Northampton University. The course is split between clinical practice and University attendance. Mileage for practice days and university attendance will be covered from the Milton Keynes 0-19 Team base.
This is an exciting time for Health Visiting in Milton Keynes as we look to the future and develop services designed to meet the needs of our diverse and growing population. We work as an integrated 0-19 service implementing new ways of working to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to families in MK.
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You must be a Registered Nurses or Midwives with a current NMC registration and have an interest in addressing the health needs of children and families. The course is run at Post Graduate Diploma (Level 7), see person specification for application requirements. Applicants must also be holders of a valid driving licence and have access and use of a car for the duration of the training.
Consideration to be paid at Band 6 during the training can be given depending on previous relevant experience, subject to an Inter Authority Transfer confirmation.
For any further information regarding the course or pay, please call 01908 725100 and ask to speak to one of our Practice Educators.
The course commences in September 2025 and is offered on a full-time basis. Please ensure that you indicate on your application if you have commenced the course previously in another university and the reason you did not complete.
The post of Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) is a development post building on existing knowledge, skills and competencies as a qualified nurse/midwife to achieve a higher level of practice resulting in an academic qualification as well as a recordable/registerable qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
NOTE The application is in two parts:
1. Application form including your personal statement
2. Separate submission of additional statements – see supporting documents
PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE SUBMITTED THE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS STATING YOUR APPLICATION NUMBER TOchildrensuniversal.healthservices@nhs.netBY THE CLOSING DATE.
Interviews to be held on 18thMarch 2025. An additional date of 24thMarch 2025 may be set subject to number of applications. If you are successful for interview there are elements of the selection process that requires reviewing, reporting and writing information, if you have any additional needs that may impact on this, please contact us prior to interview so that reasonable adjustments can be made.
Information about the academic part of the course can be found at:
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing PGDip (northampton.ac.uk)
The programme will enable SCPHN students to learn and work towards gaining the standards of proficiency for entry into the NMC register as Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN). In collaboration with Northampton University the Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor, ensures suitable learning environments and create opportunities which will enable the student to develop knowledge, skills and competencies to take on the role of a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse within the discipline of Health Visiting by the end of the programme.
Once qualified, there is an expectation that you will work for CNWL in a substantive post. We currently offer a 6% recruitment and retention premia for substantive Health Visitors (T&C's apply, further information given at interview).
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.
The fundamental responsibilities of the post holder are to attain the academic credentials and the clinical skills required to practice as a NMC registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. The following summarises core responsibilities, but is not an exhaustive list
• 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 and successful completion of the course
• With the support of the Practice Assessor & Practice 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 individual caseload management and leadership/management skills within a team, taking into consideration the abilities of skill mix
• To work within University regulations pertaining to academic work and student conduct
• To work within employing organisation policies as they pertain to the relevant clinical setting
• To work within employing organisation policies relating to employee responsibilities.
• To proactively seek for learning opportunities and be creative adaptable and innovative in response to complex and challenging situations
This advert closes on Friday 28 Feb 2025
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