Job summary
Are you a SCPHN qualified school nurse with 2 years clinical experience as a school nurse aspiring to take on a challenge and work with vulnerable children and young people in the borough of Waltham Forest?
The Education Other Than at School (EOTAS) nurse delivers the Healthy Child Programme in alternative provisions, colleges, Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and Youth Offending Service. The post older will be expected to deliver key mandated checks and undertake health assessments, health promotion, manage health conditions in school and engage in safeguarding processes and procedures.
You will hold a clinical caseload for this cohort to support the achievement of a continuum of education provision for pupils with complex social, emotional, communication and behavioural difficulties working in partnership with key agencies. These young people will have a variety of needs that may impact on their overall health and development.
You will work collaboratively with the NEET programme (Not in Education, Employment or Training) and Behaviour and Child Missing in Education (BACME) services in supporting young people to optimise uptake and access of services that will support their management of health and well-being.
This is a part time role - hours are 22.5 per week.
Main duties of the job
- To meet the health needs of a defined client group.
- To be the main health representative for a defined client group of young people, in assessing and meeting their identified health needs through an ongoing programme of health surveillance, intervention, monitoring, and referral.
- To lead on and co-ordinate community-based specialist clinics within defined area/s of practice e.g. Audiology, Enuresis, Sexual Health, Complex care management.
- To attend relevant panels pertaining to individual young people within the caseload or to represent a colleague/s as appropriate within the Child and Family Health Team.
- To be a Health lead in the facilitation of health plans for individual young people accessing the EOTAS programme. To support this process there will be positive relationships Youth Services/Home Schooled and other specialist areas to enhance social inclusion in all plans.
- To contribute to the curriculum planning and provision of health education programmes for these vulnerable children and young people, in the most appropriate setting.
About us
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.
Read up more about Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, click here: https://www.gpcaregroup.org/
The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.
Click here to know more about Tower Hamlets Together partnership- https://www.towerhamletstogether.com/
The key priorities for the Care Group are:
Innovation and support for primary care
Being a great place to work
Integrating primary and community care
Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
Influencing improvements in health outcomes
Details Date posted
16 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£51,883 to £58,544 a year pro rata (including Outer HCAS)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
E0136-25-0052
Job locations
Chingford Health Centre
109 York Road
London
E4 8LF
Job description Job responsibilities
- To facilitate good working relationships with all statutory and voluntary sector partners to meet the needs, in particular PRUs, Schools, Education Department, Youth Offending, Not in Employment, Education, training (NEET) services, Youth access (Health spot), Child and Family Health Team, Social Services, Voluntary and Statutory agencies.
- To work as part of the School Health and well-being team/service but in partnership with key stakeholders to ensure access and delivery to a marginalised population of young people to enable optimisation of health outcomes via improved access to services, assessment of needs and integrated planning of holistic care/support, particularly re access, assessment, supporting delivery of risk taking behaviour support e.g. Sexual Health promotion/advice/contraception/pregnancy support, mental health /emotional well-being /resilience and promotion,
- Key partner in Co-Production and Co-delivery of services, engaging actively with Young people in canvassing service views for delivery and evaluation.
- To provide teaching and training as part of GPCG an update programme to mainstream child and family health team0-19/Partnership staff, regarding issues pertaining to this vulnerable group of young people.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Job description Job responsibilities
- To facilitate good working relationships with all statutory and voluntary sector partners to meet the needs, in particular PRUs, Schools, Education Department, Youth Offending, Not in Employment, Education, training (NEET) services, Youth access (Health spot), Child and Family Health Team, Social Services, Voluntary and Statutory agencies.
- To work as part of the School Health and well-being team/service but in partnership with key stakeholders to ensure access and delivery to a marginalised population of young people to enable optimisation of health outcomes via improved access to services, assessment of needs and integrated planning of holistic care/support, particularly re access, assessment, supporting delivery of risk taking behaviour support e.g. Sexual Health promotion/advice/contraception/pregnancy support, mental health /emotional well-being /resilience and promotion,
- Key partner in Co-Production and Co-delivery of services, engaging actively with Young people in canvassing service views for delivery and evaluation.
- To provide teaching and training as part of GPCG an update programme to mainstream child and family health team0-19/Partnership staff, regarding issues pertaining to this vulnerable group of young people.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Person Specification Experience Essential
- Significant Experience of post qualification Relevant experience of working in a community setting-Minimum 2 years as a SCPHN.
Experience Essential
- Experience of managing own caseload, supervising others and delivery training and education programmes.
Experience Essential
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries within Health/Social.
Qualifications Essential
- Registered Nurse, Children's Nurse, Midwife, or Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration and Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification.
Person Specification Experience Essential
- Significant Experience of post qualification Relevant experience of working in a community setting-Minimum 2 years as a SCPHN.
Experience Essential
- Experience of managing own caseload, supervising others and delivery training and education programmes.
Experience Essential
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries within Health/Social.
Qualifications Essential
- Registered Nurse, Children's Nurse, Midwife, or Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration and Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group
Address
Chingford Health Centre
109 York Road
London
E4 8LF
Employer's website
https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details Employer name
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group
Address
Chingford Health Centre
109 York Road
London
E4 8LF
Employer's website
https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)