Specialist Community Public Health Student Nurse (Health Visiting)
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Job overview
Trafford Local Care Organisation are a public sector organisation bringing together NHS Community Health and Social Care services in Trafford, driven by the aim of improving the health of local people by working across organisational boundaries. Our community healthcare teams are employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and deployed to us, linking closely with colleagues in Manchester Local Care Organisation. Our teams work as one and together we will make a massive difference to the health of people in Trafford.
TLCO seek to recruit dynamic, motivated nurses or midwives to undertake a 12-month Apprenticeship Specialist Community Public Health: Health Visiting Qualification. Salary will be at Band 5 up to mid-point. Studies will be undertaken at Manchester Metropolitan University for 50% of the course; the remaining 50% in Health Visiting practice. You will be employed on a fixed-term contract for the duration of the course. Successful candidates will complete an individualised learning programme which will be documented in their Personal Portfolio of Learning. The University award will be a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health Nursing therefore studying at Level 7. The professional qualification will be registered on the NMC Professional Register.
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Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will be expected to engage and utilise learning opportunities in community and in HEI settings. Throughout the training a named supervisor will be responsible for supervision and training whilst in practice, whilst continuing to work with the NMC Code and the local policies and procedures of the supporting Trust for legal and statutory requirements relating to clinical practice. As the course progresses successful candidates will be expected to act independently with supervision and be responsible for a structured caseload when on consolidated practice with the aim to deliver a public health service. By the end of the course the successful candidates will have developed the knowledge base, skills and competencies work of a Community Public Health Practitioner - Health Visitor. They will develop skills and competencies to enable them to have ongoing responsibility for the assessment of children and families with complex or single-care needs. They will also develop skills and competencies to ensure they can implement and evaluate a programme of care in partnership with other agencies, ensuring the delivery of prescribed high-quality care through effective leadership of the nursing team. During supervised practice they will have delegated responsibility for a selected generic caseload and, under supervision, will provide assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a designated client population.