SCPHN Health Visitor Training (12 Month Course)

As a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing student, you will have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and gain practical experience in a variety of community health settings. You will learn how to assess and plan the health needs of your local community and implement strategies to improve health outcomes., Explaining, in no more than 500 words, why you are interested in becoming a Health Visitor or School Nurse and what skills/qualities you have that you feel are relevant to the role of the Health Visitor or school Nurse.

You will join our team as a full time Band 5 Student Health Visitor or School Nurse with AFC terms and conditions including the NHS pension, then once you have completed the 12-month training, you will become a fully qualified Health Visitor or school Nurse with the ability to apply for band 6 health visitor/School Nurse role., Effective communication skills to support and empower families and young people, while being professional at all times with partner agencies
A flexible and reliable team player with the ability to prioritise and manage a busy workload and an approach suited to community working., Current nursing/midwifery registration and/or a nursing/midwifery degree (a minimum of 120 Level credits). If educated to diploma level, evidence is required to demonstrate study at level 6/7.
At least 1 year's post registration experience and the ability to travel extensively across Lancashire and the surrounding areas to meet both the educational and clinical requirements of the course.
As this course/role plays a huge part within the community it is essential to be a car owner and driver., List your current nursing/midwifery qualification and if not studied at degree level, please detail what study has been achieved at level 6/7 (ie separate module)

We at HCRG Care Group in Lancashire are looking to support the future of Health Visiting and School Nursing by offering the Specialist Community Public Health (SCPHN) course to passionate registered nurses or midwives looking to expand their knowledge and skills in public health., About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

We are offering an education pathway in the form of SCPHN pathway with UCLAN (traditional pathway).

This service is due to transfer to Wirral Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) later this year
Package DescriptionAs a SCPHN Health Visitor /school Nurse Student you'll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group

You will feel valued as a SCPHN Health Visitor/School Nurse Student within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions

Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Main ResponsibilitiesThe training is a one year full time course (50% theory & 50% practice) combining study and clinical learning in both university and practice placements. The course is at level 7, and commences on 1st September 2024 - 31st August 2025.

The university will provide the theoretical knowledge and skills to ensure high quality, evidence-based assessment, delivery and evaluation of care in relation to child/family needs and will include the protection of children. Practice placements are across Lancashire and facilitated by clinical practice leads and practice supervisors within the 0-19 Service, who work closely with the universities to ensure seamless links between the theory and practice of these specialist roles.

The course runs for 52 weeks with 7 weeks of annual leave built into the course. The annual leave is set by the university and is non-negotiable.
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