Specialist School Nurse for Vulnerable Children and Young People

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Band 7 Specialist School Nurse for Vulnerable Children and Young People to join our 5-19 School Health Service at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. This specialist role focuses on improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities for vulnerable children and young people outside mainstream education, including those attending Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), missing education, electively home educated or not in education, employment or training (NEET). The successful candidate will provide specialist safeguarding expertise, clinical leadership and targeted health interventions, working collaboratively with families and multi-agency partners. Building trusting relationships with young people who have experienced trauma, disadvantage or difficulties engaging with services is central to this role. The postholder will manage complex safeguarding caseloads, undertake holistic health assessments, coordinate care and contribute to child protection processes while supporting the wider School Health Team. We seek a compassionate, experienced practitioner committed to improving access to healthcare and making a meaningful difference to vulnerable children and young people., The postholder will provide specialist clinical leadership and targeted health and safeguarding interventions for vulnerable children and young people (CYP), particularly those outside mainstream education.,

• Manage complex caseloads of vulnerable CYP, including those attending Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), children missing education (CME), electively home-educated children and those not in education, employment or training (NEET).
• Undertake holistic health assessments, identify unmet needs and develop individualised care plans.
• Provide specialist safeguarding interventions, prepare child protection reports and attend conferences and multi-agency meetings.
• Build trusting relationships with vulnerable CYP who may have experienced trauma, disadvantage or disengagement from services.
• Work collaboratively with Social Care, education, Youth Justice and mental health services.
• Follow up A&E attendances, ensuring timely safeguarding interventions and referrals.
• Deliver targeted health promotion and early intervention.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and guidance to School Health practitioners.
• Support service development, clinical audit and monitoring of commissioned KPIs.
The role is essential in reducing health inequalities, improving engagement and ensuring safe, accessible care for vulnerable CYP.

Please refer to the Applicant Guide via the link below for key information:- Applying to LGT Guide - Key Information for Applicants Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations: 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development 2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability 3. Improving the experience of staff with disability 4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development 5. Making equalities mainstream