Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
Are you an experienced Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) looking for a role where you can influence outcomes, lead public health practice and continue to grow professionally? Take the Next Step in Your Career with Our Universal Children’s Service (0-19).
Join our Universal Children’s Service (0-19) in Lambeth and Southwark, where you’ll play a key role in improving the health and wellbeing of babies, children, young people and families across diverse and vibrant communities.
As an experienced SCPHN you’ll use your specialist public health knowledge to lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, build trusted relationships with families and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary partners to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities. You’ll have the autonomy to make clinical decisions while being supported by a highly skilled and experienced team committed to delivering outstanding care.
As part of Evelina London, you’ll benefit from strong links with specialist hospital services, a culture of evidence-based practice and opportunities to contribute to service innovation, quality improvement and integrated working across the 0-19 Universal Children’s Service.
If you’re looking for a rewarding role where your expertise is valued, your development is encouraged and you can make a lasting difference to the lives of babies, children, young people and families, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: 26th July 2026
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
- To organise the delivery of 0-19 service to a defined population, including home visits, school visits and provision at other sites
- Undertake health needs assessments with children, young people and families and working in partnership with other agencies/services, to implement appropriate individual programmes of care
- Undertake family centred enhanced support with families with complex health and social needs to improve outcomes for children, young people and families
Person Specification
Skills and ability
Essential
- Ability to undertake a health needs assessment, and work in partnership with families
- Ability to communicate with clarity, effectiveness and empathy to both families and colleagues
- Knowledge of Safeguarding children
- Ability to work collaboratively with other services and partners across organisational and clinical boundaries
- Able to travel across a range of community settings with equipment and mobile devices
- Ability to manage a designated caseload Autonomously
- Provide advice and guidance with tact and sensitivity
- Ability to work in a team and delegate appropriately
- Aware of NMC Professional Codes Knowledge of NHS developments Knowledge of current health and social care policy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading on delivery of the Healthy Child Programme for children under 5 years
- Experience of working with families with safeguarding needs
- Experience of planning and delivering health promotion programmes
- Experience of managing skill mix team including; supervision and appraisal.
- Experience of working in the community
- Post registration SCPHN experience
Qualification
Essential
- Specialist Practitioner qualification, Health Visiting
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Mentor qualification
- NMC Registered
Desirable
- RSCN qualification
- Masters Degree
Values & Behaviour
Essential
- Awareness of the organisation values and behaviour
Additional Information
Essential
- Emotional Resilience
- Responsive to change and ideas; adapt to new systems; flexible working pattern
Closing Date: 26 July 2026
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