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Paediatric Community Nurse Practitioner
The closing date is 27 August 2025
Are you a passionate and experienced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner looking to make a real impact in children's healthcare? Evelina London is seeking a dynamic and skilled Nurse Practitioner to join our Comprehensive Children's Nursing Community Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to further develop the work within our Acute Community Nursing Service, delivering high-quality, holistic, and family-centred care to children across the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
The post holder will lead on early intervention, acute case management, and coordinated discharge planning—helping children stay well at home, avoid unnecessary hospital admission, and support safe, timely discharges.
You will work as an autonomous nurse practitioner assessing patients' needs and using evidence-based clinical skills alongside digital technology to care for patients in their own homes. You will also be responsible for caseload management, handover of care, and service developments, providing specialist input when necessary.
If you enjoy caring for acutely unwell children of all ages, in a growing and dynamic team, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
Our Community Nursing service hours are 7 days a week, 0800-2200.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work in our established Children's Acute Community Nursing Service, providing evidence-based and high-quality care for children and young people living in our local boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new service development in expanding our Nurse Practitioner workforce in line with the NHS 10-year plan. This will be integral to the care closer to home agenda, enabling CYP to achieve optimal health outcomes while receiving the appropriate treatment in their own homes, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.
You will be supported by the senior clinical team, including ACPs, trust doctors/consultants, respiratory physiotherapists, and senior pharmacists. There will be daily board round meetings to discuss patients cared for on the Virtual Wards.
We will provide the successful candidate with relevant in-house training, clinical supervision, and further education supported by our education department. Previous experience working in a community setting and/or working autonomously with acute nursing skills is essential for this post.
About us
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across southeast England, including cardiac, renal, and critical care services. We lead several specialist service networks to ensure children are treated locally where possible but have access to specialist expertise when needed. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing, and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence, high-quality teaching, and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight UK accredited academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London, we have dedicated clinical research facilities, including an MHRA-accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience, along with safe, high-quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive CQC inspection in 2019, we maintained our overall rating of 'good'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers, and we aim to develop and support all our staff to deliver high-quality, safe, and efficient care.
Job responsibilities
About the Role: The post holder will work under supervision as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) within the integrated Acute Children's Community Nursing Service, supporting children with acute conditions in the community. The aim is to facilitate safe early discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admissions by delivering high-quality, evidence-based care.
The role involves close collaboration with children's Emergency Departments at St Thomas' and King's College Hospitals, Paediatric Short Stay/Assessment Units, GP practices, and other community services. The NP will contribute to training and supervising acute children's community nursing staff and junior medical staff (non-procedural supervision).
When not undertaking NP-specific responsibilities, the post holder will work within the Acute Community Nursing Service to develop a designated area of advanced clinical practice, with outcome objectives agreed individually.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* Assess children and young people with a broad range of acute conditions, including emergencies, and formulate prioritised care plans.
* Appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose, and treat patients, leading to safe management, admission avoidance, or appropriate referral.
* Perform physical examinations, recognising deviations from normal health, including signs of a sick child or young person.
* Review all aspects of the patient's care plan, addressing any issues that could compromise service quality.
* Deliver appropriate treatment or refer to other agencies in a timely manner.
* Improve patient and family experience by identifying and meeting individual clinical needs.
* Provide specialist care advice and written information on health issues, including health promotion, illness prevention, and treatment options tailored to patient needs.
* Undertake non-medical prescribing responsibilities, maintaining professional registration, fulfilling CPD requirements, and working in accordance with Trust Medicines Policy.
See the job description and service specification for more details.
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Laura Farnham
Job title: Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Email: Laura.farnham@nhs.net
Telephone: 07752563459
Additional contact: Beth Abraham - Lead Nurse, Children's Acute Community Nursing Service
Email: beth.abraham1@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
* o RSCN/RN (Child) or equivalent
* Postgraduate diploma (PGDip) in relevant Advanced Nursing Practice with recent Paediatric experience or PGDip in Emergency Nurse Practitioner with recent Paediatric experience
* o MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice with relevant recent Paediatric experience
* Teaching and Assessing qualification (MSPP or equivalent)
Knowledge, Training & Experience
* Highly developed specialist knowledge in acute childhood conditions, underpinned by theory and experience.
* Professional knowledge and clinical experience in primary care, community, or paediatric acute settings.
* Advanced assessment and examination skills, including top-to-toe assessment and nursing clinical skills for children in the community.
* Experience with clinical governance practices, audit, service evaluation, or quality improvement.
* Excellent interdisciplinary communication skills.
* Experience of training needs analysis, planning, and delivery.
* Experience managing complaints, incidents, and accidents.
* Experience of service evaluation and implementing change.
* Research capability or applying research evidence to clinical practice.
Communication & Relationship Skills
* Advanced skills in communicating complex condition-related information empathetically.
* Ability to analyse and interpret complex conditions, delivering options judiciously.
* Experience delivering educational teaching and evaluations.
* Ability to appraise evidence and respond to unexpected demands.
Working within Professional Boundaries
* Responsibility and accountability for own work, understanding scope of practice.
* Recognising own limitations and working within them, engaging in clinical supervision.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a DBS check for any previous convictions.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sunshine House Children's and Young People's Development Centre
3rd floor, Children's Community Nursing Service, 27 Peckham Road
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