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Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a progressive, innovative organisation - committed to delivering a high standard of health visiting to children and families who live in the City of London and the London Borough of Hackney.
The Children's 0-5 Service delivers the Healthy Child Programme and improves public health outcomes. An exciting opportunity has arisen to sponsor highly motivated qualified nurses interested in undertaking the MSc/PGDip Public Health HV -SCPHN Programme (Health Visitor- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse programme).
Students must be currently registered with the NMC as a Midwife or Nurse in any field of nursing including adult, child, learning disability or mental health. Are you passionate about public health and early intervention? At Homerton Healthcare we offer excellent training and support throughout the programme. This course is full time and fully funded. We work in partnership with City of London University to deliver this training which is 50% academic and 50% Practical Placement within the Community (Hackney and City of London).
Applicants will have a second or above (2:2) classification honours degree in a relevant subject from an approved higher education institution. Clinically experienced health professionals without a degree who have evidence of master’s level CPPD (Level 7) Study undertaken within the last 5 years will also be considered. Please apply via the University website for the academic component.
The post holder will undertake the required study with the affiliated university achieving outcomes in both practice and university-based learning. They will be required to work within the community setting, facilitated by the Practice assessor/supervisor. The postholder is expected to work towards gaining the standards of proficiency for entry to the NMC register/recordable for Specialist Community Practitioner.
Required
To gain the knowledge and skills and competence required to exercise higher levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care focusing on four broad areas:
1. Clinical practice
2. Community Engagement
3. Clinical practice development
4. Leadership in clinical practice
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond. We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly. Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Bemba-Sempa Job title: Education and Practice Development lead Email address: helen.bemba-sempa@nhs.net Telephone number: 07766362715.
Melissa Johnson: Education and Practice Development Health visitor: melissa.johnson8@nhs.net: 07968868626.
City University of London: Louise Mullins: Lecturer in Public Health: Louise.Mullins@city.ac.uk.
For any administrative enquiries for the Public Health Programme, please contact Course Officer Tarquin Au at tarquin.au@city.ac.uk.
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