Apprentice SCPHN Health Visitor

Job overview

Location: Various locations across the geographical region- Darlington/Middlesbrough/Stockton/Durham

Contract: Fixed Term: 07-Sep-2026 to 03-Mar-2028

Hours: Full‑time

About the Role

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for motivated and compassionate nurses or midwives to train as an Apprentice Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (Health Visitors). This Band 5 Apprenticeship Health Visitor post provides a structured pathway into the Health Visiting profession, combining academic study with supervised practice in community settings.

You will join a supportive and experienced team committed to helping you develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to qualify as a Band 6 Health Visitor.

What You Can Expect

• Employment as a Band 5 Apprentice Student Health Visitor for the duration of the SCPHN (Health Visiting) programme
• A high‑quality learning experience delivered in partnership with our University provider
• Practice placements within our Health Visiting teams
• Dedicated support from practice assessors, supervisors, and the wider service
• Opportunities to develop leadership, public health, and family‑centred practice skills

Main duties of the job

Are you a Registered Nurse or Midwife with a special interest and commitment to improving the Health and Social outcomes for children and families? Harrogate District Foundation Trust is currently recruiting to full time Apprentice Health Visitor post (78 weeks). Upon successful completion of the SCPHN programme and achievement of professional registration, you will be eligible to be offered a Band 6 Health Visitor post. Band 6 posts are allocated based on available vacancies across the geographical region and may not be in the same locality where you trained.

The academic element of the course will be hosted by Teesside University.

As a Health Visitor you can make a real difference to children, families and communities. You will play a fundamental role in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, monitoring child development, safeguarding children, preventing social exclusion and deprivation and tackling important public health issues. Every day working as a Health Visitor is different, with responsibilities including home visits, running support groups for parents and working with a range of local children’s agencies and professionals

Health Visitors have the opportunity to work flexibly in the community and are a crucial part of the healthcare team. It is a diverse role which involves being part of a wider team who provide you with support as you work to improve the health of local families

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Training

Teesside University are undergoing course approval in line with the new NMC Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Standards of Proficiency (2022) and are looking to offer an apprenticeship route which leads to the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification together with the academic award of a postgraduate diploma.

To be eligible to apply you will need to be a Registered Nurse or Midwife on parts 1 or 2 of the NMC register. You must also have a degree at 2.2 or above. The training is 37.5 hours full time with fixed annual leave dates, (no prebooked leave will be honoured).

Applicants must have English and Maths at grade C or level 4 or Key Skill Level 2 in Maths and English.

Applicants also need to have been resident in the UK for 3 years prior to the course start date in September unless they are in an exempt group.

Progression to Band 6

Upon successful completion of the SCPHN programme and achievement of professional registration, you will be eligible to be offered a Band 6 Health Visitor post. Band 6 posts are allocated based on available vacancies across the geographical region and may not be in the same locality where you trained.

Further information about Band 6 opportunities will be shared with you as you approach qualification.

Important Information About the Training Contract

This is a fixed‑term training post for the duration of the SCPHN programme. You are required to complete all academic and practice‑based elements within the University’s cohort timescales. Any extensions will be managed in line with NHSE Policy for Funding Extensions and in collaboration with the Trust and the University.

If you do not successfully complete the programme within the agreed timescales (including any approved extensions), the fixed‑term contract will end at the conclusion of the training period. In these circumstances, you would not be eligible to be offered a Band 6 SCPHN post. Any future employment with the Trust would require a separate application through the standard recruitment process.

Salary: Apprenticeship salary will be in line with apprenticeship rules.  If taking apprentice route, and currently working under Agenda for Change, you would remain on your current salary and still accrue your increment.

For further information about this role, please see the Job Description & Personal Specification attached.