Children's Community Clinical Nurse Specialist - Knowsley | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the region is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Knowsley. This role focuses on leading the Children's Community Nursing Team to provide high-quality care to children with complex health needs. Responsibilities include planning care activities, supporting families, and training junior staff. With a commitment to exceptional patient care, the trust emphasizes a collaborative and supportive work environment focused on organisational transformation.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing care to children and young people with complex health needs.
• Ability to lead and support a clinical team effectively.
• Understanding of end-of-life care and bereavement support.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage complex activities and programs for children and young people.
• Provide care using necessary equipment on a daily basis or in emergencies.
• Support families at the end-of-life stage and empower them in health management.
• Serve as a key worker establishing strong therapeutic relationships.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Care management

Training and supervision

Knowledge of tracheostomies

Effective communication

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Children's Community Nursing Team in Knowsley for an experienced, skilled and passionate Clinical Nurse Specialist. You will lead and support the team in providing high quality care to children, young people and their families with complex health needs and at end of life.

You will be a clinical leader of the team and expected to provide supervision, training, and to share knowledge with junior staff. The team also provides support to specialist schools and has a bladder and bowel element.

This role is part of service development throughout St Helens, Knowsley and the Mid-Mersey area. The post is subject to an enhanced children’s and adult’s barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage complex activities and programmes that require constant adjustment to meet the changing needs of children and young people.
• Provide care using additional equipment the child/young person may require on a daily basis or in an emergency.
• Have an awareness of the support required for children and young people with tracheostomies.
• Provide care for children and young people requiring urinary catheters and PEG feeds in school and community settings in line with a competency framework.
• Act as a trainer in specific areas of clinical expertise to train new team members and school staff when appropriate.
• Facilitate training from specialist nurses for educational staff for the children and young people when appropriate.
• Support children and young people, their families and carers at the end‑of‑life stage, including bereavement.
• Serve as a key worker, sharing knowledge within the team, developing strong therapeutic relationships with CYP and their families, and empowering them to lead and take ownership of their own health plans and needs.
• Participate in the development of the team and collaborate with wider Children, Young People and Families (CYP) teams across the region.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health, and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to perfect care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families and carers to design and develop future services together. We are currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and to safely reduce cost.

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025.