248340 Trainee Health Visitor

Job Description

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a self motivated nurse or midwife, with current NMC registration to pursue a career in Health Visiting within NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

We are looking for an experienced and passionate practitioner to undertake the Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting) at SCQF level 11, studying with a Higher Education Institute, which will enable the successful candidate to achieve the practical skills as well as the Standards of Proficiency for the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SPCHN) qualification.

Please note the academic component may be facilitated by a distance learning course.

Candidates are required to demonstrate a strong track record of leadership skills, be highly motivated, and ideally have experience of working with children and families in a community setting.

We are looking for candidates with experience and understanding of the health needs of children and families; who want to make a difference to improving the health and wellbeing of pre school children, and have knowledge of Scotland’s Public Health Agenda, including Getting it Right for Every Child, The Promise, and the Children and Young People’s Act.

Candidates must be able to work in partnership with families, local authorities, and a range of other stakeholders to deliver high quality, evidence based, trauma informed person centred care.

Candidates must

• Be an experienced, qualified Nurse or Midwife with current NMC registration.
• Have a first degree in a relevant subject.
• Be free to commence study September 2026.

We will offer

• A 12 month contract as a Trainee Health Visitor, 35 hours per week with an AfC Band 7 Annex 21 salary.
• Work Based Learning within a Health Visiting team, where you will be supported by a supervisory and assessment team, including a Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor.
• Protected Learning time facilitated.
• Funding to fully cover the tuition fees.
• A 36 hour AfC Band 7 Health Visiting post offered upon successful completion of the programme and registration on Part 3 of the NMC Register.
• Our Public Health Nursing service is aligned to NMHAP career development.
• Shortlisted candidates will be given the opportunity to spend time with a qualified HV team.

Informal enquiries to: Maggie Moodycliffe or Kayliegh Thompson – Team Leaders for Health Visiting and School Nursing –

If you require a Work Visa, please check to see if you and the vacancy you are applying for are eligible by visiting the Home Office website:

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

NHS Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

PUBLIC PROTECTION

Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES

RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

WORK VISA: If you require a Work Visa, please check to see if you and the vacancy you are applying for are eligible by visiting the Home Office website:

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or if you require a work visa that the post would be eligible to be sponsored before submitting your application form. We are unable to provide sponsorship for bank contracts.

UNITED KINGDOM REGISTRATION: NHS Dumfries & Galloway are unable to support OSCE Training for international nurses for vacancies. Vacancies requiring professional registration require full United Kingdom registration with the appropriate council (eg NMC, HCPC, GMC, GDC etc).