Student Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visiting

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 Bury, 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
Candidates will have to undertake a literacy and numeracy test.
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

Main duties of the job

You will be given a fixed term one-year full-time contract to undertake a BSc/PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nurse course (Health Visiting) at Bolton University; you will be paid at band 5 salary. The course commences 11th September 2023 to be completed by September 2024. It is a full calendar year and it consists of 50% academic study and 50% in practice. The practice placements will be situated across Bury
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.