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Specialist community public health nurse (NMC 2022) (level 7)

Assessing the health needs of individuals, families, workplaces and the wider community.

Qualification level
7
Equivalent to master’s degree.
Typical duration
18 months
Apprenticeship category
Health and science
Maximum funding
£14,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training.
Also known as
  • Health visitor
  • Occupational health nurse
  • School nurse
  • Specialist community public health nurse
Skills
Skills an apprentice will learn
  • Practice with a high level of autonomy, entrepreneurship and innovation as a specialist community public health nurse.
  • Be an effective ambassador, role model and compassionate leader, and a positive influence on the profession.
  • Drive and influence their own field of SCPHN practice.
  • Select and apply relevant legal, regulatory and governance requirements, policies and ethical frameworks to their specialist community public health practice, differentiating between the devolved legislatures of the UK.
  • Lead on the application of legislation, guidance and advice regarding sustainable development goals, including environmental factors and other pollutants that affect the health and wellbeing of people now and in the future.
  • Influence and promote health as a fundamental human right and as a shared value through engagement, inclusion and participation.
  • Make professional judgements and decisions, and work in complex, unfamiliar and unpredictable environments, proactively identifying actions and solutions to problems that may have many interacting factors.
  • Lead and promote public health provision that is person-centred, anti-discriminatory, culturally competent and inclusive.
  • Demonstrate critical awareness of stigma and the potential for bias, taking action where necessary to educate others and resolve issues arising from both.
  • Recognise the need for and lead on action to provide reasonable adjustments for people, groups and communities, influencing public health policy change and best practice.
  • Demonstrate the advanced numeracy, literacy, digital and technological skills required to meet the needs of people, communities and the wider population, to ensure safe and effective specialist public health nursing practice.
  • Assess the impact and benefits of local and national health and other policies on the health and wellbeing of people, communities and populations.
  • Identify, evaluate and proficiently use multiple sources of evidence and research relevant to people, communities and populations to inform specialist community public health nursing practice.
  • Identify gaps in research, evidence and policy that impact on public health nursing practice and influence how to address these.
  • Utilise and effectively participate in new areas of research across interdisciplinary and interagency teams related to public health priorities and interventions.
  • Use reliable data, statistics and informatics to lead on and support policies and programmes that improve the health outcomes of people, communities and populations.
  • Identify where insufficient information and data is available to inform public health priorities and national intervention strategies and how this may be addressed by refining data sets or in recognising the need for further study.
  • Critically appraise epidemiological research and demonstrate its use in evidence-based specialist public health nursing practice.
  • Synthesise and apply knowledge from research, evaluation, audit and global innovation that leads to improvements in the health of people, communities and populations and addresses health inequalities.
  • Apply the evidence base theory and principles of public health and nursing practice to support innovative approaches to influence people’s motivation, choices and behaviours.
  • Share outcomes and lessons learned from audit, research and evaluation in specialist public health nursing practice locally and nationally and across sectors through professional and peer reviewed processes.

Full information on Specialist community public health nurse (NMC 2022) (level 7) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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