Student Health Visitors

An exciting opportunity to join NHS Tayside This is an opportunity for dynamic, self-motivated individuals with strong leadership skills who are keen to pursue a career in health visiting and make a difference to children's lives. We are offering the opportunity to undertake the Postgraduate Diploma in Early Years Practice (Health Visiting), at SCQF level 11, with the University of Stirling, which enables you to achieve the Standards of Proficiency for the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SPCHN) qualification. This will be fully funded by NHS Tayside. The 1-year programme is balanced between practice and theory, and as part of this post you will be required to travel to Stirling University for some teaching days and to work full time for the duration of the course. All successful candidates will be provided with a practice placement within one area of Tayside. To apply you will need to: * Be an experienced qualified Nurse or Midwife currently on part 1 of the NMC register * Have a first degree or evidence of recent study at level 9 * Be free to undertake full time study commencing October 2020 * Be required to work 37.5 hours per week over the course of the year On appointment to the programme NHS Tayside will offer successful applicants a contract as a Trainee Health Visitor for the duration of the course (Trainee Health Visitors are paid at AfC Band 7 under Annex 21), progressing to a substantive Health Visiting (AfC Band 7) post on successful completion of the programme and registration on Part 3 of the NMC register. Graduates will be expected to take up a Health Visiting post within NHS Tayside to consolidate learning and practice. New Graduate SCPHN Health Visitors will compete a period of preceptorship in their first post as part of NMC requirements. Interviews will be held jointly with Stirling University. Appointments will be subject to satisfactory references, PVG and Occupational Health checks. Informal enquiries to : Louise Wanless Senior Nurse (Dundee) Tel: 01382 647767: louisewanless@nhs.net Jackie Gibson Senior Nurse (Angus, Perth & Kinross) 01307 475200: jgibson2@nhs.net