# Student Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/student-specialist-community-public-health-nurse-school-nurse/d2501f96-b295-4476-86c3-8b6d6e238149 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/student-specialist-community-public-health-nurse-school-nurse/d2501f96-b295-4476-86c3-8b6d6e238149.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birkenhead - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Secondment: 12 months (52 week programme - Internal successful candidates will be seconded from their substantive post. External successful candidates will be offered a Fixed Term 12-month contract with WCHC.) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-29T10:22:38.583Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/CHESHIRE_EAST_Locations_Crewe_Macclesfield_Wilmslow/Wirral_Community_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cheshire_East_Student_SCPHN_School_Nurse/Cheshire_East_Student_SCPHN_School_Nurse-v7963570 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7963570?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wchc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a unique opportunity to complete the Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN), starting September 2026, with pathways in Health Visiting or School Nursing. The 52‑week Level 7 programme, delivered by Liverpool John Moores University. The selection will be undertaken jointly between the Service and the University.  If you have been successfully shortlisted by the Trust, you will be offered an interview May/June. The interview will involve a 10-minute presentation.  The presentation will be in a format of your choosing. The title of the presentation will be: Please deliver a 10‑minute presentation explaining how and why you are ready to undertake the Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) starting in September 2026. In your presentation, please cover the following: - Your motivation for pursuing the SCPHN qualification and your chosen pathway (Health Visiting or School Nursing). - The skills, experience, and personal qualities you have that demonstrate your readiness for Level 7 study and specialist public health practice. - Your understanding of the SCPHN role, including the impact it has on children, young people, families, and communities. - How you will manage the demands of a 52‑week academic and clinical programme, including balancing study, placement, and personal commitments. - What you hope to contribute to the service during training and as a future SCPHN. ### Main duties of the job The course will equip you with the advanced skills and knowledge required to meet the NMC SCPHN Standards of Proficiency. You’ll gain hands on experience through high‑quality placements across our Knowsley 0–25, St Helens, Cheshire East, and Wirral 0–19 teams, supported by a dedicated Practice Assessor, Practice Supervisor, and Academic Assessor. This is an exciting development route into a specialist public health nursing career, making a real impact on children, young people, and families. Students must successfully complete the taught theory and practice elements of the programme before they can register and practice as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. Throughout the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing programme the student must experience practice in a range of different settings and areas of practice to enable them to develop understanding of the breadth of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing practice. To develop and understanding of the principles of working in partnership with others to prevent the occurrence of needs and risks related to health and well-being. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Internal successful candidates will be seconded from their substantive post.  External successful candidates will be offered a Fixed Term 12-month contract with WCHC. To enable the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing student to develop the skills and competencies to: - Provide comprehensive assessments of the health needs of clients. - Raise awareness about health and social well-being and related factors, services, and resources. - Raise awareness about the actions that groups, and individuals can take to improve their health and social well-being. - Develop, sustain, and evaluate collaborative work. - Collaborate in a multi-disciplinary environment to ensure children are safeguarded. - Develop capacity and confidence of individuals and groups, including families and communities, to influence and use available services, information and skills, acting as an advocate where appropriate - Identify and evaluate service provision and support networks for individuals, families, and groups within in the local area. - Identify individuals, families and groups who are at risk and in need of further support. - Develop and sustain relationships with groups and individuals with the aim of improving health and social well-being. - Undertake screening of individuals and populations and respond appropriately to findings. ## Job Details This is a unique opportunity to complete the Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN), starting September 2026, with pathways in Health Visiting or School Nursing. The 52‑week Level 7 programme, delivered by Liverpool John Moores University. The selection will be undertaken jointly between the Service and the University. If you have been successfully shortlisted by the Trust, you will be offered an interview May/June. The interview will involve a 10-minute presentation. The presentation will be in a format of your choosing. The title of the presentation will be: Please deliver a 10‑minute presentation explaining how and why you are ready to undertake the Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) starting in September 2026. In your presentation, please cover the following: Your motivation for pursuing the SCPHN qualification and your chosen pathway (Health Visiting or School Nursing). The skills, experience, and personal qualities you have that demonstrate your readiness for Level 7 study and specialist public health practice. Your understanding of the SCPHN role, including the impact it has on children, young people, families, and communities. How you will manage the demands of a 52‑week academic and clinical programme, including balancing study, placement, and personal commitments. What you hope to contribute to the service during training and as a future SCPHN. ## Job Description The course will equip you with the advanced skills and knowledge required to meet the NMC SCPHN Standards of Proficiency. You’ll gain hands on experience through high‑quality placements across our Knowsley 0–25, St Helens, Cheshire East, and Wirral 0–19 teams, supported by a dedicated Practice Assessor, Practice Supervisor, and Academic Assessor. This is an exciting development route into a specialist public health nursing career, making a real impact on children, young people, and families. Students must successfully complete the taught theory and practice elements of the programme before they can register and practice as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. Throughout the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing programme the student must experience practice in a range of different settings and areas of practice to enable them to develop understanding of the breadth of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing practice. To develop and understanding of the principles of working in partnership with others to prevent the occurrence of needs and risks related to health and well-being. ## Responsibilities Internal successful candidates will be seconded from their substantive post. External successful candidates will be offered a Fixed Term 12-month contract with WCHC. To enable the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing student to develop the skills and competencies to: Provide comprehensive assessments of the health needs of clients. Raise awareness about health and social well-being and related factors, services, and resources. Raise awareness about the actions that groups, and individuals can take to improve their health and social well-being. Develop, sustain, and evaluate collaborative work. Collaborate in a multi-disciplinary environment to ensure children are safeguarded. Develop capacity and confidence of individuals and groups, including families and communities, to influence and use available services, information and skills, acting as an advocate where appropriate Identify and evaluate service provision and support networks for individuals, families, and groups within in the local area. Identify individuals, families and groups who are at risk and in need of further support. Develop and sustain relationships with groups and individuals with the aim of improving health and social well-being. Undertake screening of individuals and populations and respond appropriately to findings. ## Person Specification ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - - Leadership potential - - Be able to independently travel across a defined geographical area to deliver care - - Reliable - - Innovative - - Flexible - - Good interpersonal skills - - Be able to adapt to student role / status **Desirable** - - Provide an academic reference ### Skills and Attributes **Essential** - - Understanding of the role applied for - - Sound knowledge of health policy relating to Public Health and Primary/ Community Care - - Aptitude to work cohesively within a team - - Computer literacy skills ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - - Appreciation and application of research in professional practice - - Demonstrate excellent communication skills both written and verbal - - Ability to plan and organise own work - - Ability to study independently at Level 7 **Desirable** - - Experience of supervising or assessing students ### Qualifications and professional training **Essential** - - A current first level registration - - Holds a degree in Nursing or Midwifery or is able to evidence recent successful study at level 6 or 7 - - 2 years post-registration experience of professional practice **Desirable** - - Up to date Professional Portfolio demonstrating evidence of reflective practice ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 458.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10260506) - [person specification (pdf, 316.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10245055) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.