About this role
Job summary
Would you like to train as a Health Visitor in Tower Hamlets?
Come and share our ambition to make a fundamental difference in improving the health and well-being of children and their families living in our vibrant, diverse East London Borough.
These are exciting times where you will be part of a drive to provide innovative, high quality, responsive and accessible health services working together to offer families access to integrated care including health, social care and voluntary community services.
You will need to be a qualified and registered nurse or midwife. You will study at level 7 for 52 weeks with a balance of half time in practice and half with the university.
One of our current SCPHN Health visitor students reports she is having A great experience training to be a Health Visitor with the 0-5 health visiting service in Tower Hamlets. Health Visitors and the wider skill mix team are very supportive. The Infant Feeding Lead and Practice Education Facilitator offer regular learning sessions. A positive relationship between GP Care Group and City St Georges University enhances the learning experience
To be considered for this post, you will need to demonstrate in no more than 150 words each, how you meet each of our six Care Group values which are set out in the job description in your supporting statement.
Successful applicants for Tower Hamlets will study at City St Georges University of London from September 2026.
Main duties of the job
Interviews will be conducted jointly with GP Care Group and City St Georges University. To be held on week beginning 01/06/26 or 08/06/26.
Health Visitors are the leaders of the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme offering a four-level service model with community, universal, targeted and specialist services to children from pre-birth to 5 years old and their families
You will add value at every contact with a young person and/or family, addressing the main public health needs of the Borough, working closely with the local authorities, GP Practices, and other partners to improve outcomes for our children and young people.
The Care Group reserves the right to close this advert early where we have received a high number of applications, and we encourage candidates to submit their applications promptly.
About us
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.
Read up more about Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, click here: https://www.gpcaregroup.org/
The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.
Click here to know more about Tower Hamlets Together partnership- https://www.towerhamletstogether.com/
The key priorities for the Care Group are:
Innovation and support for primary care
Being a great place to work
Integrating primary and community care
Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
Influencing improvements in health outcomes
Job description Job responsibilities
To provide the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) with a learning environment which will enable the student to develop knowledge, skills, and competencies to take on the role of a qualified SCPHN within a defined pathway.
To gain the knowledge and skills and competence required in order 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
The post of the SCPHN Sponsorship Student is a development post building on existing knowledge, skills, and competencies to achieve a higher level of practice resulting in an academic qualification as well as a recordable/registerable qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The SCPHN course is studied at Level 7 for Post-Graduate Diploma. Applicants will have a second class or above (2:2 classification) honours degree in a relevant subject from an approved higher education institution. Clinically experienced, health professionals without a degree who have evidence of masters level CPPD (level 7) study undertaken within the last five years will also be considered.
The applicant must be registered with the NMC for a minimum period of 1 year prior to application. Key working relationships
Internal Colleagues:Within 0-5 services including
Health VisitorsFNP nursesCommunity staff nurses and community nursery nursesBFI Infant Feeding CoordinatorAdmin colleaguesGP practicesUTC staffSafeguarding team and Domestic Violence CoordinatorsAdvocacy and Interpreting staffCEPN teamComms and IT colleagues for EMIS and data collection.External Colleagues:Midwifery colleaguesAcute and Secondary care colleagues at the RLHBarts nursing and medical staffIntegrated Therapists and Community PaediatriciansEarly Years and Childrens centres staffEducation and Schools colleaguesSocial care staffPrimary Care Network staffLBTH Colleagues such as Early Help, Housing, Public Health Commissioning colleagues as appropriate
Key result areas
To develop/build on skills of caseload and team leadership and management To work within University Regulations pertaining to academic work and student conduct.
To work within employing organisational policies as they pertain to the relevant clinical setting .
To work within employing organisational policies relating to employee responsibilities.
Main duties and responsibilities
The fundamental responsibilities of the post holder are to attain the academic credentials and the clinical skills required to practice as a NMC registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse on a defined pathway. These are summarised below:
To fulfil the requirements of the Specialist Community Practitioner programme by attending university course dates and practice placement days in accordance with University regulations.
To work with the SSSA/supervisor and assessors to develop the skills and competencies to achieve NMC Registration Standards for Specialist Community Practice.
With the support of the SSSA/supervisor to link and apply and evidence delivery of theoretical knowledge gained through the university programme to the practice situation.
To demonstrate an understanding of current and emerging national, regional and local healthcare legislation, policies and guidelines as they pertain to the chosen pathway.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Qualified Nurse or Midwife NMC registered.
Knowledge Essential
Demonstrate knowledge of current Child Protection legislation.
Knowledge Essential
Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.
Qualifications Essential
Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience in nursing or midwifery.
Qualifications Essential
Evidence of study in the past five years at HE at or level 6 and above
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Tower Hamlets GP Care Group
Address Island Health
145 East Ferry Road
London
E14 3BQ
Employer's website https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)