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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
23 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of leading on delivery of the Healthy Child Programme for children under 5 years
- Experience
Experience of working with families with safeguarding needs
- Experience
Experience of planning and delivering health promotion programmes
- Experience
Experience of managing skill mix team including; supervision and appraisal.
- Experience
Experience of working in the community
- Experience
Post registration SCPHN experience
- Qualification
Specialist Practitioner qualification, Health Visiting
- Qualification
Registered Nurse
- Qualification
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Qualification
Mentor qualification
- Qualification
NMC Registered
- Skills and ability
Ability to undertake a health needs assessment, and work in partnership with families
- Skills and ability
Ability to communicate with clarity, effectiveness and empathy to both families and colleagues
- Skills and ability
Knowledge of Safeguarding children
- Skills and ability
Ability to work collaboratively with other services and partners across organisational and clinical boundaries
- Skills and ability
Able to travel across a range of community settings with equipment and mobile devices
- Skills and ability
Ability to manage a designated caseload Autonomously
- Skills and ability
Provide advice and guidance with tact and sensitivity
- Skills and ability
Ability to work in a team and delegate appropriately
- Skills and ability
Aware of NMC Professional Codes Knowledge of NHS developments Knowledge of current health and social care policy
- Values & Behaviour
Awareness of the organisation values and behaviour
- Additional Information
Emotional Resilience
- Additional Information
Responsive to change and ideas; adapt to new systems; flexible working pattern
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualification
RSCN qualification
- Qualification
Masters Degree
Job overview
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: 20th September 2026
Interview date: 30th September 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Comprehensive information is provided on the role and requirements within job description and person specification.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Specialist Community Public Health Nurse 0-19 (Health Visiting) with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £56,863 p.a. inc HCA (Pro rata). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 20 Sep 2026.
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