Job summary
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Student HV
(Barnet & Haringey)
Student Health Visitor Are you a Nurse of Midwife who would like a career in public health ?
Do you have a passion to support families?
Do you want drive down health inequalities?
If so Whittington Barnet or Haringey is the place to start.
We are recruiting for the Sept 25 intake for Health Visitor students.
The course is full time for one year and will commence in September 2025 and comprises of 50% academic and 50% clinical placement in accordance with the University and Trust regulations. It is fully funded and salaried. You will be sponsored by Whittington Health and secure a place at either King's College London University , HERTS University or City University to complete their PG level ( 7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a Health Visitor. Course requirement for entry applicants will need to show evidence of study at level 7 and have 2:2 or higher.
You will have a 12 month fixed term contract. On qualification as a Health Visitor (band 6) we request and encourage that you continue your employment with us for at least one year (subject to terms and conditions).
This post is subject to standard recruitment processes. Successful candidates must be available to commence the course in September 2025 or Jan 26 on the start date.
Main duties of the job
Whittington Health are offering an exciting opportunity to qualified nurses and midwives with NMC registration to become part of our progressive, innovative and integrated Health Visiting Service in either Barnet or Haringey.
The Health Visitor play a pivotal role in supporting the development of the child and family, with key principles in public health nursing, using the MECSH programme (Haringey).
- We are part of a wider integrated multi disciplinary service for children in the Boroughs with a focus on public health
- Delivering the healthy child programme to diverse communities.
- Developing programmes of early intervention and prevention,
- Reducing health inequalities
- Addressing health disparities
- Fostering equal access to health care
- Discussion health promotion like infant feeding topics
- Support children to reach their milestones
About us
Working for your organisation ('About Us')Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The course is full time for one year and will commence in September 2025 and comprises of 50% academic and 50% clinical placement in accordance with the University and Trust regulations. It is fully funded and salaried (Agenda for Change band 5). You will be sponsored by Whittington Health and secure a place at either Kings College London University , HERTS university, Greenwich University or City University to complete their PG Dip (level 7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a Health Visitor.
*Please indicate on your application form the University you wish to attend.
Interviews will take place June 25
Job description
Job responsibilities
The course is full time for one year and will commence in September 2025 and comprises of 50% academic and 50% clinical placement in accordance with the University and Trust regulations. It is fully funded and salaried (Agenda for Change band 5). You will be sponsored by Whittington Health and secure a place at either Kings College London University , HERTS university, Greenwich University or City University to complete their PG Dip (level 7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a Health Visitor.
*Please indicate on your application form the University you wish to attend.
Interviews will take place June 25
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration for nursing or midwifery
- Nursing / Midwifery Degree/ Post Grad Diploma/ DipHE qualification equivalent to 120 credits at level 6 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework for England) or evidence of previous education and learning to this level.
- Evidence of level 7 training/learning within last 5 years.
- Qualification 2:2 or above,
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of the Public Health role of contemporary health visiting/school nursing & working in community settings
- 1 year + post registration experience
- Knowledge of local and national policies which influence the provision of health visiting /school nursing
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level
- Good computer literacy skills e.g. Microsoft word, excel
- Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice
Desirable
- Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
- Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment
- Have a flexible approach to team and autonomous working, acknowledging own limitations
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration for nursing or midwifery
- Nursing / Midwifery Degree/ Post Grad Diploma/ DipHE qualification equivalent to 120 credits at level 6 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework for England) or evidence of previous education and learning to this level.
- Evidence of level 7 training/learning within last 5 years.
- Qualification 2:2 or above,
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of the Public Health role of contemporary health visiting/school nursing & working in community settings
- 1 year + post registration experience
- Knowledge of local and national policies which influence the provision of health visiting /school nursing
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level
- Good computer literacy skills e.g. Microsoft word, excel
- Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice
Desirable
- Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
- Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment
- Have a flexible approach to team and autonomous working, acknowledging own limitations
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).
Additional information
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).
