Paediatric Community Nurse Practitioner | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8UH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7413616/196-NM13160 |
Summary
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.
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.
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.
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
1. Under supervision, assess children and young people with a broad range of acute conditions, including emergencies, and formulate prioritised care plans.
2. Appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose, and treat patients, leading to safe management, admission avoidance, or appropriate referral.
3. Undertake physical examinations, recognising deviations from normal health, including signs of a sick child or young person.
4. Review all aspects of the patient’s care plan, addressing any issues that could compromise service quality.
5. Deliver appropriate treatment or refer to other agencies in a timely manner.
6. Improve patient and family experience by identifying and meeting individual clinical needs.
7. 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.
8. 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
Laura.farnham@nhs.net
Telephone number
07752563459
Additional contact information
Beth Abraham - Lead Nurse Children's Acute Community Nursing Service
beth.abraham1@nhs.net
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Aug 2025