Job overview
We are inviting internal applicants for the Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse role within health visiting in Oxfordshire commencing Sept 2026.
The role is fixed term for 12 months full time and will include both academic studies ( Buckinghamshire New University ) and working alongside your Practice Supervisor and Clinical Education Lead in placement.
This includes but not limited too, delivering the Healthy Child Programme, safeguarding, supporting with maternal mental health, delivering baby clinics and supporting infant feeding in line with Unicef BFI accreditation.
Please do contact Tracy Brader or Sandy D'Amon for further information.
Main duties of the job
This offer is a fulltime paid post with both academic and placement requirements, to ensure completion of this specialist qualification.
When in placement, you will work within the 0-19 team supporting locality wide work specifically within the Health Visiting team. The role involves working in partnership with families, primary care, schools and statutory and voluntary services and other partner agencies to facilitate health-enhancing activities and improve health outcomes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand.
Within your personal statement, please demonstrate your suitability for this role, you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this advert to help you tailor your application.
We would like you to include how you see the role of a SCPHN within leadership and how you can demonstrate that within your practice.
This needs to be 1000 words using Harvard referencing.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse or Midwife
- Practice assessor/supervisor
Desirable
- Teaching skills and/or qualification
- Qualified mentor
Knoweldge & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of evidence based practice
- Experience of delivering health promotion activities
Desirable
- Community experience
- Experience of working with children and families
Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of leadership skills
- Excellent communicator with a high level of interpersonal and organisational skills
- An effective and proactive team player
- Competent knowledge and skills in IT packages e.g Microsoft word, excel
- Motivates and inspires confidence and enthusiasm in self and team
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This advert is for Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Course begins Sept 2026). The application deadline is 01 Jul 2026.
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