Student Health Visitor

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Student Health Visitor

The closing date is 18 October 2026

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Job summary

Student Health Visitor - Commencing Jan 2027

Student Health Visitors positions x 1 full time (37.5 hours / week over 1 year), we may consider a part-time offer (18.5 hours/week over 2 years)

Commencing January 2027 with Oxford Brooks University. The Student Health Visitor course is delivered online and includes a clinical, in person placement for the duration of the course. The combined course and placement takes place 50% online from home, and 50% in person in the community.

Please note that your clinical placement base can be anywhere in West Sussex and Brighton and Hove, however, we do take into consideration where you live and any caring responsibilities.

Health Visitors lead the Healthy Child Programme (0-5) in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex.

Are you an NMC registered nurse (child, adult, mental health or learning disability) or an NMC registered midwife interested in a career in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - Health Visiting?

Health Visitors work with children aged between 0 and 5 to provide key public health messages to all families; to identify and assess health or development needs and then offer targeted support where it is most needed, with the aim that every child has the best possible start to life. Health Visitors have contact with families in homes, community venues and virtually from the antenatal period up to school entry.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

As a student, and an adult learner, you are required to be self-motivated, enthusiastic, resilient and dedicated to the role. You will have a passion for public health and improving outcomes for children in West Sussex and Brighton & Hove through progressive universalism and early intervention. We are looking for a solution-focused nurse or midwife that is able to demonstrate an understanding of holistic assessment, and the wider determinants of health and capacity building. You will need to have excellent communication skills and some experience of working collaboratively with other agencies.

This is not just a set of letters but the pathway to a varied, worthwhile and rewarding career

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing


• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex


• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement


• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities


• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton


• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks


• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust


• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values

-- Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence -- guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Details

Date posted

09 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Training

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

150-KB3041-CC

Job locations

Horsham Hospital (or various other bases in West Sussex and Brighton & Hove)

Hurst Road

Horsham

RH12 2DR

United Kingdom

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Horsham Hospital (or various other bases in West Sussex and Brighton & Hove)

Hurst Road

Horsham

RH12 2DR

United Kingdom

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As a student, and an adult learner you are required to be self-motivated, enthusiastic, resilient and dedicated to the role. You will have a passion for public health and improving outcomes for children in West Sussex and Brighton & Hove through progressive universalism and early intervention. We are looking for a solution-focused nurse or midwife that is able to demonstrate an understanding of holistic assessment, and the wider determinants of health and capacity building. You will need to have excellent communication skills and some experience of working collaboratively with other agencies.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.