Band 5 Community Children's Staff Nurse

HCRG Care Group; Guildford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Guildford seeks a Community Children's Staff Nurse to deliver high-quality nursing care to children aged 0-18 in various community settings. The role offers a hybrid work environment and requires strong clinical knowledge and effective communication skills. Ideal candidates will be registered nurses with experience in community health and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms

Access to discounts and cashback offers

Access to wages as earned

Support for mental and physical wellbeing

Opportunities for continuing professional development

A just culture that encourages innovative ideas

Commitment to high clinical standards

Qualifications

• Registered Children's Nurse with evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Experience caring for unwell children in community or hospital is preferred.
• Ability to travel independently across Surrey.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care in line with NMC Codes and maintain accurate documentation.
• Provide specialist nursing care including tracheostomy care and symptom management.
• Conduct assessments and develop individualized care plans.

Skills

Registered Children's Nurse

Strong understanding of community health services

Excellent interpersonal skills

Broad clinical knowledge

Ability to manage own workload

Computer literate

Confidence in clinical decision-making

Education

Childrens Community Nursing Degree or willingness to undertake

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, compassionate nursing care to children and young people in their own homes and community settings? We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Childrens Staff Nurse to join our dedicated team supporting children and young adults aged 0-18 across a designated locality in Surrey.

In this autonomous role, you will work independently to manage your own caseload, providing care in a variety of environments including homes, nurseries, and schools. You'll play a vital role in improving health outcomes and supporting families within their community, while being part of a wider supportive and collaborative team.

Your Base: You will be contractually based at one of our Office Hubs in Surrey, with the flexibility to work in a hybrid or agile manner. At HCRG Care Group, we embrace a flexible-first approach, allowing you to balance community-based work with home or office-based tasks.

Join us and be part of a team that’s making a real difference in the lives of children and families across Surrey.

Main duties of the job

Professional Practice: Deliver care in line with NMC Codes, professional standards, and organisational policies, maintaining respect, dignity, consent, and accurate documentation.

Clinical Care & Skills: Provide specialist nursing care to children aged 0-18, including procedures such as central line management, tracheostomy care, PEG feeding, catheterisation, infusions, and symptom management, including end‑of‑life care.

Assessment & Care Planning: Conduct physical and psychological assessments, develop and evaluate individualised care plans in collaboration with families and multidisciplinary teams, and support early discharge and continuity of care.

Teamwork & Leadership: Support day‑to‑day operations of the community nursing team, participate in staff planning and rota management, including weekends and a 24‑hour end‑of‑life care rota, and contribute to strategic service development.

Communication: Communicate effectively with children, families, and professionals, handling sensitive or complex information with empathy and clarity. Overcome communication barriers and represent the team in meetings such as safeguarding and discharge planning.

Resource & Risk Management: Use and manage clinical equipment accurately, work within budget, monitor supplies, order equipment, and ensure safe, efficient use of resources. Identify and report clinical or safeguarding risks and contribute to audits and incident resolution.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Refused and Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we may need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Community Children’s Staff Nurse you will be part of our valued team in our Surrey Children’s Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria

• Registered Childrens Nurse with evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Strong understanding of community health services and current nursing workforce challenges.
• Confident communicator with excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal skills.
• Broad clinical knowledge and competence, with ability to prioritise, delegate, and manage own workload effectively.
• Computer literate, reliable, flexible, and able to remain calm under pressure.
• Confident, innovative, and assertive in clinical decision‑making.
• Able to travel independently across Surrey and work in a variety of community settings.
• Willingness to undertake a Childrens Community Nursing Degree.
• Previous experience caring for unwell children in the community or hospital.
• Involvement in clinical audit or supervision is an advantage.

Desirable Criteria

• Practice Assessor/Supervisor or equivalent mentorship qualification.
• Willingness to undertake a Childrens Community Nursing Degree.
• Previous experience caring for unwell children in the community or hospital.
• Involvement in clinical audit or supervision is an advantage.

Other Requirements

• Access to a car insured for business use to support travel across the county.

Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.

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.