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.

Main duties of the job
Part of the main duties involves:

• 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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Comprehensive information is provided on the role and requirements within job description and person specification.

About us
We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and creating a sense of belonging for all our teams caring for children, young people and families. When you join us, you become a valued member of the Evelina London community and can access the wider Evelina and Nightingale education academies. Choosing us as your employer affords you opportunities to be part of a Trust which recognises the value of sharing expertise, research and education between community and acute services.

Working with us you will have access to numerous benefits:

• A laptop, mobile phone and personal protection device whilst in practice allowing you to work more flexibly and staff to achieve a better work/life balance.
• The opportunity to apply to the Evelina Eranda Rothschild Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship programme, which provides education, training and mentorship to nurses and midwives who have an idea for a project which will improve patientexperience. Open to all grades of nursing staff.
• A robust safeguarding supervision and managerial supervision framework.
• Access to the world class clinicians and services and education and training from the 'Outstanding' Evelina London's Children Hospital.
• Access to our Higher Education Institutes (HEI) partners for Masters level education and other continuing professional development opportunities.
• Annual season ticket loan.
• Viv-up - our excellent employee benefits service who have extensive resources.

Details
Date posted: 10 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year p.a. Inclusive of HCA
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 196-NM14002-W
Job locations: Community- Lambeth and Southwark, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further details of Duties and Responsibilities.

• Closing date: 26th July 2026
• Interview date: 12th August 2026

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

Qualifications (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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

Employer details
Employer name: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Community- Lambeth and Southwark, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: School Nursing Team Leader, Cecilia Olunuga, colunuga@nhs.net, 07825111630