Senior School Nurse: Vulnerable CYP Health & Safeguarding

Lewisham And Greenwich Nhs Trust; Lewisham; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7 Specialist School Nurse for Vulnerable Children and Young People to join the 5-19 School Health Service. You will lead safeguarding, undertake holistic assessments, and coordinate care for vulnerable CYP outside mainstream education in collaboration with families and multi-agency partners.

Your role includes clinical leadership, complex caseload management, and driving targeted health interventions to improve health outcomes and

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex specialist caseload of vulnerable CYP including those attending PRUs, CME, electively home-educated or NEET.
• Undertake holistic health assessments and develop individualised care plans.
• Provide safeguarding interventions, prepare health reports for child protection conferences.
• Build trusting relationships with vulnerable CYP who have experienced trauma or disengagement.
• Collaborate with Social Care, education, Youth Justice and mental health services.
• Follow up A&E attendances and ensure timely safeguarding interventions and referrals.
• Deliver targeted health promotion and early intervention.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to School Health practitioners.
• Support service development and monitoring of KPIs.

Job description

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7 Specialist School Nurse for Vulnerable Children and Young People to join the 5-19 School Health Service. You will lead safeguarding, undertake holistic assessments, and coordinate care for vulnerable CYP outside mainstream education in collaboration with families and multi-agency partners.

Your role includes clinical leadership, complex caseload management, and driving targeted health interventions to improve health outcomes and