Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
SCPHN Student (HV/SN)

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Have you ever considered a role as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) in Health Visiting or School Nursing?
Are you motivated to learn and develop knowledge, skills and critical abilities to provide leadership and innovation in schools and local communities? Would you enjoy the rewards and challenges of leading new ways of working and innovation in preventative health and reducing health inequalities in the community?
As a SCPHN you can make a real difference to children, young people, families and communities. You will play a fundamental role in the development of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19 across Buckinghamshire, promoting development, emotional health and well-being of the child or young person. You will support parents/carers and tackle important public health issues whilst focusing on the child or young person.
“Children and Young People's Services - Working together with our community to ensure every baby, child and young person has the best start in life and the foundations to thrive”
For the practice and placement element of this role you will be aligned to a team within one of the localities across Buckinghamshire. Whilst you will be in one of these areas for the first part of your training, you will be in another locality for the later part of the training period. This is supportive of your experiential learning and exposure to wider communities within our geography.
The Public Health Nursing (PHN) team is part of Children’s & Young People’s Service. The PHN’s deliver services to children aged from 0-5 (Health Visiting) & 5-19 (School Nursing).
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The Purpose Of This Post Is
- As part of the PHN Health Visiting team to learn how to deliver the commissioned service/Healthy Child Programme to children, young people and their families.
- To undertake training in line with current NMC Standards to extend the clinical expertise and knowledge required to attain registration as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor or School Nurse).
- To attend the SCPHN Health Visitor course at the University and complete associated educational assignments.
- To complete an assessed Practice Placement within a Buckinghamshire locality as part of the corporate Public Health Nursing team serving a local community.
This is a fixed term post for the duration of the University programme. SCPHN students are allocated a Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor for the duration of the programme and are considered supernumerary throughout. Students are employees of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and, as such, are bound by the terms and conditions of employment.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.


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Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jenny Chapman
- Job title: Service Lead for Health Visiting
- Email address: jennychapman1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07876391217
Susie Mitchell
- Job title: Service Lead for School Nursing and Children with a Learning Disability
- Telephone number: 07717 355809
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