Student Health Visitor

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a one-year, full-time contract for a BSc/PGDip Specialist Community Public Health Nurse course (Health Visiting) starting September 2026. It includes university fee sponsorship and a Band 5 salary with a local government pension. Completion leads to an NMC recordable qualification and eligibility for a Health Visitor post.

You'll work as a Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse within the community, under daily support from a practice supervisor and oversight from a practice assessor and a university link tutor. The role involves working in accordance with Achieving for Children's policies and collaboration with the University Academic Tutor.

Your responsibilities include attending university classes, practice placements, engaging in web-basedlearning, and regular supervision. You'll assess child protection concerns, participate in child protection supervision, and comply with RBWM Safeguarding Partnership policies. Adherence to the NMC Code of learning, and regular supervision. You'll assess child protection concerns, participate in child protection supervision, and comply with RBWM Safeguarding Partnership policies. Adherence to the NMC Code of professional practice and maintaining accurate records is required.

You're expected to actively engage in learning opportunities, identify your own learning needs, complete a Proficiency Based Portfolio, and achieve a BSc/Postgraduate Diploma. Participation in staff training, clinical supervision, and maintaining an electronic diary of work and mileage is also part of the role, along with effective communication with team members, clients, and carers, and responding to diverse communication needs.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme and relevant theory that informs practice delivery.
• Experience in building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families, advocating the voices of those we are working with.
• Proven ability to effectively use an online database and is computer literate with a range of software applications (including Google)
• Experience in keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy and the NMC Code), as well as producing accurate reports, presentations, and written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people).
• Post-registration experience and evidence of recent continuing professional development and behaviour in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct (e.g. evidenced in your revalidation portfolio)
• Ability to study at degree level or higher as a self-directed learner and deliver evidence-based advice and guidance under supervision of CPT
• Community experience or other experience relevant to Health Visiting / School Nursing
• Hold a current valid full driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes.

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN / RMH / RM / RNC / RMNH / Dip HE (Child/Adult/Learning Disabilities)
• Current active NMC membership and evidence of continuing professional development.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
• Strong organisational abilities including: time management, creative-thinking, pro-active care planning, problem-solving and multitasking.
• Able to work flexibly and independently with a focus on ensuring evidence based practice.
• Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to overcome obstacles, achieve challenging objectives, celebrate success and deliver excellent outcomes for children. Taking a strength based approach to managing situations.
• Commitment to resource-sharing and collaborative working within Achieving for Children and
• across organisational boundaries in the best interests of children and families.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic, including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

Riverside Children's Centre

Maidenhead

SL6 7JB

Employer's website

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)