What helps applications stand out?
- Personalize your application to show you’ve done your homework and are genuinely interested in the opportunity. This will show your dedication and passion for the field.
- Highlight your qualifications, experience and transferable skills for a career in public health nursing.
- Show us you understand the requirements and expectations of the training programme.
- Look at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust’s strategy and values.
- Reach out to current or former specialist nurses to check for shadowing opportunities, or come along to one of our virtual webinars to speak to current students and our education leads.
- Be yourself. Let your genuine passion for public health nursing shine through and show us why you’d be an asset to our service.
- Demonstrate your understanding of public health and the challenges families face.
- Break down your personal statement in easy to follow points, explaining how you meet each part of the personal specification.
- Finally, do a quick check for typos.
What helps people shine at interview?
- Take a breath and gather your thoughts before you answer. Make sure you include everything you wanted to say using evidence-based information to support your answers.
- Draw on your professional experience.
- Finally, be yourself, let your personality shine through.
Keep these tips in mind and you'll be one step closer to achieving your dream of becoming a specialist nurse.
Want to know more?
Come along to a webinar at 6.30 to 8pm on 15 August and 28 August – email joycemasimba@nhs.net to book your place on the webinar.
You can also email our Education Leads for an informal conversation about the training programme joycemasimba@nhs.net (Health Visiting, pictured left) or chrisbeer@nhs.net (School Health, pictured right)
Visit our careers page for more information on public health nursing.
