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This is an exciting opportunity for 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 full time programme is balanced equally between practice and theory, and each week students will have a mix of practice and theory including protected learning time. 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 UK NMC register
- Have a first degree or evidence of recent study at level 9
- Be free to undertake full time study commencing September 2023
- 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 UK 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 and NHS Tayside. Stirling University have the Post Graduate Open Day on the 29th March and it would be an opportunity for applicants to meet with Alison Hackett ,Senior Fellow or Kate Clarke to ask more information about the programme.
Appointments will be subject to satisfactory references, PVG and Occupational Health checks.
Informal enquiries regarding health visiting and/or the posts to:
Anne Matossian, Senior Nurse, Health Visiting( Dundee) tel 01382 647792 or 07814040681
Audrey Rhind, Senior Nurse, Health Visiting (Angus, Perth & Kinross) tel: 01738 564232 (Mon & Tues), mobile 07966293085 (Wed-Fri) email: audrey.rhind@nhs.scot
Informal enquiries regarding the university course to:
Alison Hackett, Lecturer-Early Years, Stirling University tel :01786 466383 (ext 6383) email: Alison.hackett@stir.ac.uk
Shortlisted Candidates will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly including junk/spam
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.