Job Description

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 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).



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.



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 u niversal 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.



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.