Student Health Visitor | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a progressive and innovative organisation committed to delivering high‑quality health visiting services for children and families across the City of London and the London Borough of Hackney. Our 0–5 Service brings together health visitors and a skilled multidisciplinary team to deliver the Healthy Child Programme and improve public health outcomes.

We are pleased to offer sponsorship opportunities for highly motivated, qualified nurses wishing to undertake the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health and Specialist Community Nursing (Health Visiting). Applicants must be registered with the NMC as a nurse or midwife in any field of practice.

If you are passionate about public health, early intervention, and providing timely, effective support to families, Homerton Healthcare offers an excellent training environment. The programme is full‑time, fully funded, and delivered in partnership with City, University of London. It includes a 50% academic component and a 50% practical placement within community settings across Hackney and the City of London.

Applicants should hold a minimum 2:2 honours degree in a relevant subject. Experienced clinicians without a degree may be considered if they can demonstrate recent Level 7 study completed within the past five years.

The post holder will undertake the required study with the affiliated university achieving outcomes in both practice and university-based learning. They will be required to work within the community setting, facilitated by the Practice assessor/supervisor.

The post holder is expected to work towards gaining the standards of proficiency for entry to the NMC register/recordable for Specialist Community Practitioner.

To gain the knowledge and skills and competence required to exercise higher levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care focusing on four broad areas:

Clinical practice

Community Engagement

Clinical practice development

Leadership in clinical practice

Click here for further information about the programme:https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/postgraduate/public-health-and-specialist-community-nursing

Students are expected to apply via the University website for the academic component.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Jun 2026

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