Children in Care Nurse

Transformation Unit; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust are recruiting a fixed-term, part-time Children in Care Nurse (30 hours/week) based at Coral House, Shrewsbury, with two base options in the county. You will support the Named Nurse and Specialist Nurse Children in Care, advocating for Children in Care and Care Leavers, and delivering training to carers and partner agencies.

The role requires experience with CIC/Care Leavers, strong partnership working, and knowledge of safeguarding and relevant NHS

Qualifications

• Registered on the NMC Part 1 as a child nurse or MH/adult nurse with experience with vulnerable children.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience with Children in Care and Care Leavers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver training engaging carers and partner agencies to meet health needs of Children in Care.
• Work with Named Nurse and Specialist Nurse Children in Care across Shropshire.
• Collaborate with NHS partners to promote health for Children in Care.
• Meet travel requirements across county (Coral House Shrewsbury or Stepping Stones, Telford).

Skills

Compassionate care

Communication skills

Partnership working

Analytical skills

Education

NMC registered child nurse

NMC Part 3 specialist community health nurse

Job description

Main area Children in Care Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 11 months (Contract runs until 05/09/2027) Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

30 hours per week (9am- 5pm over 4 days, to confirm working days upon appointment) Job ref 825-8262224-OPS

Employer Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Coral House Town Shrewsbury Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/11/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 6

We recognise that applicants may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to help build their application. However, all information provided must be an accurate reflection of your skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience. Candidates should be prepared to discuss and evidence the content of their application during the recruitment process.

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a fixed term 30 hour Children in Care Nurse to support the Named Nurse and Specialist Nurse Children in Care within Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust – based at Coral House Shrewsbury.

The successful applicant will be a passionate practitioner with demonstrable experience of advocating for and working with Children in Care and Care Leavers.

The successful candidate will join the organisation at a time of exciting transformation and change.

We are committed to delivering the best care for our Children in Care and Care Leavers.

You will have the opportunity to be creative and deliver training engaging carers and partner agencies to ensure that health needs are assessed and met for Children in Care.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate experience working with children of all ages, vulnerable groups and those with additional health needs.

The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate our Trust values. We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and forward-thinking Nurse who can articulate practical ideas on how the Trust can further develop its service, particularly regarding the upper age Children in Care and Care Leavers.

Main duties of the job

You should have experience of partnership working with key stakeholders; innovation and development and knowledge and understanding of delivery against key performance targets. If you enjoy being a part of a team, whilst being confident to manage your own workload and want to make a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people we would be delighted to hear from you.

This is a county wide post therefore you must be able to meet the travel requirements of the post. There are two base options Coral house, Shrewsbury and Stepping Stones, Telford. Please note full duty requirements can be discussed pre or post interview.

You must demonstrate how your experience and skills meet the criteria as listed in the person specification for your application to be shortlisted.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

We will offer the right candidate a warm and friendly welcome with a full induction programme, ongoing support, and training to further advance your skills and career.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information regarding the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

• Be registered on Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as a children's nurse or mental health nurse/adult nurse with significant experience working with vulnerable children and young people or Part 3 as a specialist community health nurse
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• Experience of working with Children in Care and Care Leavers
• Experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of holding Children in Care/Care Leavers caseloads
• Experience of working with young people who can be difficult to engage and display challenging behaviours
• Demonstrated experience of co-working in complex and challenging environments
• Demonstrable experience of working with partner agencies to promote the health of Children in Care

Knowledge and Skills

• Sound Knowledge of legislation and policy relevant to Children in Care
• Current knowledge of NHS safeguarding policy and process and underpinning legislation regarding Children in Care
• Demonstrate knowledge of inter-agency working particularly with regard to Children in Care
• IT skills and computer literacy
• Understanding of the wider healthcare environment
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to partners from a broad range agencies, disciplines and services
• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• Numerate and able to understand complex data combined with good analytical skills
• Able to challenge decisions and articulate rationale effectively

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700 or the 'going rate' for the job you will be doing (whichever is higher). For a limited number of clinical posts ( listed here ), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher ). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Name Rachel Lock Job title Team Lead/ Specialist Nurse Children in Care Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01743 450823 Additional information

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust strongly encourage candidates considering applying to contact us.

If you would like to discuss this role further or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Rachel Lock, Team Lead/Specialist Nurse Children in Care on 01743 450823 or email [e-mail].