Student Health Visitor - Warwickshire

To engage in training in order to complete the BSc (Hons) Degree / Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health (Specialist Practitioner award in Health Visiting).

This will involve liaising with all relevant parties within the practice area and at the assigned University in order to gain the desired 50% theory and 50% practical element of the course. In order to attain successful completion, the student will be required to work as part of a multi -disciplinary team within the primary care setting, carrying out clinical duties with clients as agreed with their Practice Teacher. The student will be accountable to the respective local manager according to local management structures, and responsible to the allocated Practice Teacher for the term of training.

We are seeking qualified degree level Nurses or Midwives with a current NMC registration, as this course is offered at Masters Level. In addition you will be able to demonstrate an awareness of evidence-based practice, government policy driving the public health agenda and collaborative working, as well as excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.

If you are interested in developing your career into health visiting and are committed to improving outcomes for children and their families, then we would love to hear from you.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.