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Nurse - (EOTAS) Educated Other Than At School
The closing date is 19 August 2025
Are you passionate about making a difference to children and families' lives across our diverse boroughs? Do join our skill mix school nursing team.
We are one of the London trusts that uses Chathealth and Parent Line, which are text messaging services that engage young people and parents in supporting their health needs.
The Education Other Than At School (EOTAS) is a unique post in Lambeth and Southwark. You will work as part of the School Nurse Service, being an autonomous practitioner providing strategic support for young people aged 5-19, many of whom are hard to reach and have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). You will manage a caseload focusing on vulnerable home-schooled children and those attending alternative provision or permanently excluded from school. Additionally, you will develop links with borough colleges to work with children on child protection plans, collaborating with a dedicated school nurse team who share information as part of a think family approach to working with vulnerable families. You will also forge partnerships with other professionals such as GPs, youth offending services, and the education welfare service (EWS).
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 by applying risk analysis using the assessment framework for children in need.
About us
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Find out more at www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk
Children's community services
We provide comprehensive services for the 121,000 children and young people in Lambeth and Southwark, including universal services like health visiting, family nurse partnership, school nursing, nutrition and dietetics, and newborn hearing screening. Our specialist services include community paediatrics, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, complex needs nursing, sickle cell, and audiology. We are involved in statutory services such as looked after children, child protection, safeguarding, and adoption and fostering.
We operate from two main health centres, Mary Sheridan Centre in Lambeth and Sunshine House in Southwark, with additional locations across the boroughs. We also provide services in schools, community settings, in families' homes, and occasionally in hospitals. We hold over 176,000 appointments annually through face-to-face and virtual sessions.
Job responsibilities
* Identify and mitigate risks to health and wellbeing, assess emergencies, and lead appropriate responses to safeguard children.
* Act as an advocate, providing empathetic support and transparent information to families and carers, building trust around health concerns.
* Serve 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.
* Represent the school nursing service at relevant internal and cross-agency meetings as the EOTAS nurse.
* Proactively assess and address personal professional development needs.
* Maintain confidentiality and security of all written and verbal information used in a professional capacity.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Degree in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) - School Nurse
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Evidence of Level 7 qualification
Experience
* Significant safeguarding experience
* Experience as a Specialist Practitioner School Nurse within a school nursing team
* Ability to work autonomously
* Ability to assess the health needs of children, families, and populations
* Experience of employing evidence-based practice
Knowledge
* Understanding of NMC professional practice scope
* In-depth understanding of HCP 5-19
* Knowledge of leadership and conflict resolution
* Understanding of budgetary and resource constraints
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required to ensure suitability for the role.
Salary: £56,276 to £63,176 per annum, inclusive of HCA.
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