SCPHN - Student Health Visitors inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 23 MAY 2024

Band 5: £34,089 to £41,498 a year p.a. inc.  FIXED TERM 
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 full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

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 brings together health visitors together with the skill mix, to deliver the Healthy Child Programme and improve 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 hoping to access this programme 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, early intervention and offering the right help at the right time? Homerton Healthcare is the right choice for you .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. It comprises of an academic component (50% of the course) at University and Practical Placement (50% of the course) anywhere within the Community (Hackney and City of London)

Students will be expected to apply via the University website for the academic component. Further contact details have been added to the bottom of the page.

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.

To gain the knowledge and skills and competence required to exercise higher levels of judgment, discretion and decision making in clinical care focusing on four broad areas:


  • Clinical practice

  • Community Engagement

  • Clinical practice development

  • Leadership in clinical practice

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

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 brings together health visitors together with the skill mix, to deliver the Healthy Child Programme and improve 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 hoping to access this programme 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, early intervention and offering the right help at the right time? Homerton Healthcare is the right choice for you .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. It comprises of an academic component (50% of the course) at University and Practical Placement (50% of the course) anywhere within the Community (Hackney and City of London)

Students will be expected to apply via the University website for the academic component. Further contact details have been added to the bottom of the page.

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.

To gain the knowledge and skills and competence required to exercise higher levels of judgment, discretion and decision making in clinical care focusing on four broad areas:


  • Clinical practice

  • Community Engagement

  • Clinical practice development

  • Leadership in clinical practice



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