Student Health Visitor

Transformation Unit; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is seeking a Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor). The role supports families from pregnancy to age 5 and involves clinical practice, learning, and working with partner agencies to improve child health and wellbeing.

The post includes undertaking the SCPHN Post Graduate Diploma (PGDip) leading to NMC registration as a SCPHN Health Visitor, with development opportunities within a supportive NHS Trust.

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registered First Level Registered Nurse/Midwife.
• Portfolio evidence of continual professional & academic development.
• Appropriate entry level criteria for the university education programme, and at least a degree studied at level 6.
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Health Visiting practice involves planned activities aimed at improving physical, mental, emotional and the social health and wellbeing of the population, including work with families from pregnancy to age 5.
• Identify health needs, raise awareness and empower people to improve their health.
• Undertake the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) training and qualification.

Skills

Team working

Public health nursing

Travel readiness

Education

Degree level 6

Job description

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Job overview

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is an innovative and caring organisation in the heart of the Black Country. The Health Visiting service forms part of the organisation and has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC.

A great opportunity has arisen to join our organisation as a Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and thoughtful practitioners who are passionate about making a difference to children and families. You will be a caring professional with an interest in public health and a genuine desire to promote the needs of the child and ultimately provide leadership within community health. You will be motivated to learn and develop your skills and be committed to providing safe, quality and compassionate care.

The successful candidate will be supported to undertake the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Post Graduate Diploma (PGDip) leading to a qualification and NMC registration as a SCPHN Health Visitor.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited from nurses and midwives with the appropriate entry requirements and evidence of recent continued professional development. Current NMC registration and a full driving licence are essential.

If you feel you have the right qualities and the role excites you, we’d love to hear from you. There will be two parts to the recruitment process: a numeracy and literacy test and a focus group where you will have the opportunity to meet other candidates and debate a health related topic. This will be followed by a face to face interview.

For more information about the course please read our candidate information pack which is attached.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population . ” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Health Visiting practice involves planned activities aimed at improving physical, mental, emotional and the social health and wellbeing of the population, consisting of preventing disease and reducing inequalities in health. Health Visitors work with families with children from pregnancy until they age of 5.

Health Visiting’s overall purpose is to improve health and social wellbeing through identifying health needs, raising awareness and, influencing the broader context that affects health and social wellbeing by enabling and empowering people to improve their own health.

The Health Visiting contribution to public health takes into account the differing dynamics and needs if individuals, families and groups, and the community as a whole.

Health Visiting practice focus on 6 spheres, these are:

• Autonomous specialist community public health nursing practice
• Transforming specialist community public health nursing practice
• Promoting human rights and addressing health inequalities: assessment, surveillance and intervention
• Population health: enabling, supporting and improving health outcomes of people across the life course
• Advancing public health services and promoting healthy places, environments and cultures
• Leading and collaborating: from investment to action and dissemination

Health Visitors manage their own caseload within a corporate team and will see families at home and also in clinic settings. They work collaboratively with partner agencies including Sandwell Children’s Trust, GP’s, local Family Hubs, nursery and education settings to deliver a range of support services to families across the borough.

Successful candidates will undertake the Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) which is a 50% University and 50% practice course. The course will be undertaken at the Birmingham City University with practice being undertaken across the Sandwell Borough

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registered First Level Registered Nurse/Midwife
• Portfolio evidence of continual professional & academic development
• Appropriate entry level criteria for the university education programme, and at least a degree studied at level 6.
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of effective team working
• Demonstrates an awareness of working in the Community
• Experience within a HV team
• Evidence of collaborative working.
• Evidence of working within a multi professional arena.
• Evidence of involvement in Audit /evaluation/ research
• Evidence of delivering health promotion
• Experience of or ability to work independently

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing

better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond.

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

• Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
• Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
• Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly acrossthefour partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining our Green Impact programme.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.