Job summary
Are youpassionate about making a difference to children and families lives across our diverseboroughsdo join our skill mix school nursing team.
we are one of the London trusts that uses Chathealth and Parent Line which is a text messaging service that engages young people and parents in supporting their health needs.
The Education other than at School (EOTAS) is a unique post in Lambeth and Southwark and you will work as part of the School Nurse Service. You will be an autonomous practitioner and you will provide strategic support to the School Nurse Service for the provision for young people aged 5-19 many of which are hard to reach and have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). You will have responsibility for a caseload of children with a focus on vulnerable home school children, children attending an alternative provision permanently excluded from school. Also, you will develop links with the borough college to work with children on a child protection plan, whilst working alongside a dedicated school Nurse team who will share information as part of a think family approach to working with vulnerable families. You will forge good partnership working with other professionals for example the GP, youth offending services and the education welfare service (EWS).
Closing Date: Midnight 03/11/2025
Interview Date: 18/11/2025
Main duties of the job
Conduct health assessments, planning, implementation, and evaluation for a defined client group.
Build and maintain effective partnerships with key agencies (e.g., GPs, Social Care, CAMHS, Education, YOT) to meet client needs.
Manage day-to-day caseload for young people accessing EOTAS and provide cross-cover within the Lambeth School Nurse Service to maintain a think family approach.
Deliver health promotion and prevention education to children, young people, families, and carers utilising making every contact count (MECC).
Maintain clear communication with clients, families, carers, and professionals, ensuring individualised, client-centred care for children and families on your caseload.
Empower and support clients/families in managing chronic conditions and preventing complications.
Safeguard vulnerable individuals applying risk analysis using the assessment framework for children in need.
About us
Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Find out more www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk
Children's community services
We provide a comprehensive range of services for the 121,000 children and young people that live in Lambeth and Southwark. This includes universal services - health visiting, family nurse partnership, school nursing, nutrition and dietetics, and a newborn hearing screening programme. Our specialist services cover community paediatrics, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, complex needs nursing, sickle cell and audiology. As well are part of statutory services including looked after children, child protection, safeguarding, and adoption and fostering.
We have two main health centres, Mary Sheridan Centre in Lambeth and Sunshine House in Southwark but we have many more across Lambeth and Southwark. We also provide services in schools, community buildings, in families' homes, and occasionally in hospital. Through group sessions and individual appointments, bit face-to-face and virtual, we hold over 176,000 appointments every year.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Identify and mitigate risks to health and wellbeing, assess emergencies, and lead appropriate responses to safeguard children.
Act as an advocate to provide empathetic support and transparent information to families and carers, building trust around health concerns.
Act as a role model, inspiring the team towards innovative, high-standard practice.
Offer specialist guidance to the School Nurse team on vulnerable children and young people, particularly within EOTAS, fostering confidence in service provision.
Act as the EOTAS nurse, representing the school nursing service at relevant internal and cross-agency meetings.
Proactively assess and address personal professional knowledge and skill needs to maintain your professional development.
To maintain the confidentiality and security of written and verbal information that may be used in a professional capacity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Identify and mitigate risks to health and wellbeing, assess emergencies, and lead appropriate responses to safeguard children.
Act as an advocate to provide empathetic support and transparent information to families and carers, building trust around health concerns.
Act as a role model, inspiring the team towards innovative, high-standard practice.
Offer specialist guidance to the School Nurse team on vulnerable children and young people, particularly within EOTAS, fostering confidence in service provision.
Act as the EOTAS nurse, representing the school nursing service at relevant internal and cross-agency meetings.
Proactively assess and address personal professional knowledge and skill needs to maintain your professional development.
To maintain the confidentiality and security of written and verbal information that may be used in a professional capacity.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)-School Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional and specialist skills underpinned by theory equivalent to masters level in specialist area of practice or working towards this
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- Relevant post registration course or experience in a specialist clinical area e.g. particularly related to Child/Adolescent Mental Health, Safeguarding Children, sexual health
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with child safeguarding issues.
- Significant experience as Specialist Practitioner School Nurse within a school nursing team.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- ability to assess the health needs of individual children, families and populations
- experience of employing evidence based practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of scope of NMC professional practice
- In depth understanding of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 years.
- An understanding of leadership, team dynamics and conflict resolution
- Understanding of working within budgetary and resource constraints.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN)-School Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional and specialist skills underpinned by theory equivalent to masters level in specialist area of practice or working towards this
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- Relevant post registration course or experience in a specialist clinical area e.g. particularly related to Child/Adolescent Mental Health, Safeguarding Children, sexual health
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with child safeguarding issues.
- Significant experience as Specialist Practitioner School Nurse within a school nursing team.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- ability to assess the health needs of individual children, families and populations
- experience of employing evidence based practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of scope of NMC professional practice
- In depth understanding of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 years.
- An understanding of leadership, team dynamics and conflict resolution
- Understanding of working within budgetary and resource constraints.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
