Public Health School Nurse - Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Health Town Haringey or Islington Salary £28,407 - £34,581 High cost area depending on area Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/2024 23:59
Student School Nurse (SCPHN)


NHS AfC:
Band 5

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.

We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.

This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Student SN
Are you a Nurse of Midwife who would like a career in public health ?
We are recruiting for the Sept 24 or Jan 24 intake for School Nurse students.

The course is full time for one year and will commence in September 2024 and comprises of 50% academic and 50% clinical placement in accordance with the University and Trust regulations.

You will be sponsored by Whittington Health and secure a place at either King's College London University , City University for September 24 and HERTS or Greenwich for Jan 25 to complete PG level (7) in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and qualify as a School Nurse.

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).

Whittington Health are offering an exciting opportunity to qualified nurses and midwives with NMC registration to become part of our progressive, innovative and integrated School Nurse Service in either Islington or Haringey.

The school Nurse plays a pivotal role in supporting young people within schools using key principles in public health nursing.

We have had to innovate quickly to deliver our services and support to communities and this adaptation and innovation continues from a student to a practitioner.

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.

So, if you are interested in early intervention and prevention, tackling health inequalities, doing things differently to support families and children we would love to hear from you

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.

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.

The course is full time for one year and will commence in September 2024 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 King's 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 School Nurse.

*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.
Knowledge of the Public Health role of contemporary health visiting/school nursing & working in community settings
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• Knowledge of local and national policies which influence the provision of health visiting /school nursing

~ Current knowledge of safeguarding issues
~ Evidence of academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level
Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
Have a flexible approach to team and autonomous working, acknowledging own limitations

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols.

All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
Participate in required training and supervision.

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.

Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.

Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns.

In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating.

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details.

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.

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