Are you a Registered Nurse or Midwife looking to gain a new qualification which will allow you to become a Heath Visitor or School Nurse? Are you looking for a rewarding role where you will continue to feel challenged?
Our Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Services are looking for dynamic nurses and midwives to train for the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Qualification, allowing you to become a Health Visitor or School Nurse. The qualities and values we are looking for are: effective communication skills to support and empower families and young people, having a professional manner at all times with partner agencies, being flexible and a reliable team player with the ability to prioritise and manage a busy workload and an approach suited to community working.
Feel Valued
At Virgin Care, we’ve created a working environment where everyone can really feel the difference.
It’s the kind of place where nothing’s too much trouble. Where our service is seamless. Where you’ll feel empowered, listened to, valued and where we’ll support you to bring your best self to work every day. And that’s just the beginning.
Our colleagues are our most precious commodity and it’s important that we take good care of everyone within our organisation. As part of this, we offer a number of services which help us to ensure that everyone is fit and healthy at work, this includes access to our wellness platform, complimentary eye tests and complimentary annual flu vaccines.
Since 2017, Virgin Care in partnership with Barnardos working together as The Essex Child and Family Wellbeing service have delivered innovative and refreshing health and social care pre-birth to 19 years services to Essex Families. We have developed our own unique approach where our families are at the centre of everything we do and right now, we’re looking for a Healthy Family Team Leader to lead in ensuring the development and effectiveness of their specific multi-disciplinary integrated care teams.
Feel Proud
Successful applicants will take part in a full time training course (50% theory & 50% practice) combining study and clinical learning in both university and practice placements delivered by Anglia Ruskin University. The university will provide the theoretical knowledge and skills to ensure high quality, evidence based assessment, delivery and evaluation of care in relation to child/family need and will include the protection of children. Practice placements are across Essex and facilitated by practice teachers and mentors within the 0-19 Child & Family Wellbeing Service, who work closely with the universities to ensure seamless links between the theory and practice of these specialist roles.
Entry requirements include current nursing/midwifery registration and/or a nursing/midwifery degree or diploma (a minimum of 120 Level 2 CAT points Diploma); the ability to travel extensively across Essex and the surrounding areas to meet both the educational and clinical requirements of the course, along with having access to your own vehicle.
On successful completion of the course the post holder will be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a specialist community public health nurse (Health Visitor/School Nurse)
Feel Inspired
Here is a recent comment from one of our current SCPHN students:
“Although I had done a little research into the structure, Virgin Care appeared a little confusing to me. That was until I attended the induction day with some of the practice CPT’s and education leads and every day since I can honestly say that I feel I have a better understanding of Virgin Cares structure and have a better idea where I fit in as a student and ultimately, as a SCPHN Health Visitor.
I have been made to feel welcome and feel confident that I will be supported throughout the course and feel very excited about what’s to come.”
Feel the difference
Interviews will be held from 31st August 2021
Virgin Care is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply. We reserve the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications. Virgin Care Limited, its subsidiary companies and the Virgin Care LLPs are part of the Virgin Group and provide NHS and social care services. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website’s privacy policy.
As a Disability Confident Committed company, we work in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to make our business an inclusive place for all.
If you’d like to discuss the role further, please contact Hannah Latchfield, Learning Environment Lead/Clincal Trainer - TLE Hannah.Latchfield@virgincare.co.uk
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