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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Paediatric Community Nurse Practitioner
Accepting applications until: 27-Aug-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 27-Aug-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Sunshine house Children's and Young Peoples development centre
- Cyfeiriad
- 3rd floor, Children's Community Nursing Service, 27 Peckham road
- Tref
- London
- Cod post
- SE5 8UH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Service hours 08:00-2200 hours 7 days a week including bank holidays.)
Salary
- Cyflog
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Paediatric Acute Community
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK 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 as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
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 so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
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 evidenced based clinical skills alongside digital technology to care for patients in their own home. 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.
Car driver essential.
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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 admission to hospital.
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 held to discuss the patients cared for on the Virtual Wards.
We will provide the successful candidate with the relevant in-house training and clinical supervision and further education supported by our education department. Previous experience of working in a community setting and/or working autonomously with acute nursing skills is essential for this post.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. 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 and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK 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 as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (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 so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
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 of the role is to facilitate safe early discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admissions by delivering high-quality, evidence-based care.
The post involves close collaboration with Children’s Emergency Departments at St Thomas’s and King’s College Hospitals, Paediatric Short Stay/Assessment Units, GP practices, and other community services. The NP will also contribute to the training and supervision of 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.
Main Duties and responsibilities
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Under supervision, assess children and young people with a broad range of acute conditions, including emergencies, and formulate prioritised care plans.
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Appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose, and treat patients, leading to safe management, admission avoidance, or appropriate referral.
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Undertake physical examinations, recognising deviations from normal health, including signs of a sick child or young person.
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Review all aspects of the patient’s care plan, addressing any issues that could compromise service quality.
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Deliver appropriate treatment or refer to other agencies in a timely manner.
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Improve patient and family experience by identifying and meeting individual clinical needs.
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Provide specialist care advice and written information on a range of health issues, including health promotion, illness prevention, and treatment options tailored to patient needs.
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Undertake non-medical prescribing responsibilities, maintaining professional registration, fulfilling CPD requirements, and working in accordance with Trust Medicines Policy.
See Job description and service specification for more details.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name
Laura Farnham
Job title
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Email address
Telephone number
07752563459
Additional contact information
Beth Abraham - Lead Nurse Children's Acute Community Nursing Service
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • RSCN/ RN (Child) or equivalent
- Postgraduate diploma (PGDip) in relevant Advanced Nursing Practice with relevant recent Paediatric experience or PGDip in Emergency Nurse Practitioner with relevant recent Paediatric experience
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
Meini prawf dymunol
- • MSc Advanced Clinical Practice with relevant recent Paediatric experience
- Teaching and Assessing qualification (MSPP or equivalent)
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- 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 setting
- Advanced assessment and examination skills to be able to perform a top to toe assessment including nursing clinical skills required for children in the community
- Experience of clinical governance practices, audit, service evaluation or quality improvement in clinical practice
- Demonstrates excellent interdisciplinary communication skills within and external to the Organisation.
- Experience of identifying training needs, planning and delivering training
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of complaints management, incident and accident reporting.
- Experience of service evaluation and implementation of change.
- Demonstrable evidence of research capability, or the application of research evidence to own clinical practice
Communication & relationship Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Highly advanced skills in communicating complex condition- related information to patients, relatives and carers using empathy and reassurance. • Presents complex, sensitive or contentious information to large groups with considerations to barriers of communication.
- • Ability to analyse and interpret specialist and complex conditions or situations which require further judgement in delivering a range of options.
- • Evidence of delivering educational teaching and associated evaluations, internally and/or externally to the organisation
- • Ability to appraise evidence, using analytical and problem-solving skills to inform decision-making, and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
Working within Professional Boundaries
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
- Ability to recognise own limitations, working within scope of practice, acting on feedback from clinical supervisors when required.
- • Willingness to engage in clinical supervision to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Laura Farnham
- Teitl y swydd
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07752563459
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Beth Abraham - Lead Nurse Children's Acute Community Nursing Service
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