Development Community Staff Nurse for Health Visiting

Are you a registered Nurse interested in pursuing a career as a Health Visitor?

We’re recruiting a Development Community Staff Nurse, a role offering a fast-tracked pathway to the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) course to qualify as a Health Visitor.

You’ll work as a staff nurse and be supported through a competency framework, which will prepare you to undertake the SCPHN course.

An enthusiastic member of our team, passionate about helping young children & families, you’ll work with health visitors to deliver high-quality care as part of the Healthy Child Programme. You’ll support the Community Nursery Nurses and shadow Health Visitors to gain insight into the role.

You’ll be based at West Berkshire Community Hospital, but much of your work will be in the community, including in family homes and well baby clinics.

You’ll enjoy using your strong communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with your team, service users and a range of agencies & professionals.

Having gained a strong foundation of knowledge, you’ll have opportunity to begin the full time, funded SCPHN course at Oxford Brookes or Bucks New University whilst on a paid student contract with the Trust.

This part time role will be for 22.5 hours per week. Our service operates Mon- Fri from 9am-5pm.

Applications for this role will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early.

The  “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:

Being a Registered Nurse active on the NMC register

Committed to professional development

Having a genuine interest and understanding of the Health Visiting Service

Having a valid UK driver’s license with access to a vehicle

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Fiona Howell on 07768 987992 or email  [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.