Children’s Community Nurse

Esneft; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

27 days annual leave (pro rata)

Flexible working options

Job summary

ESNEFT in Colchester invites applications for a Band 6 Children's Community Nurse on a fixed term/secondment basis to cover maternity leave until 1 November 2027. The post is full-time, working across North East Essex with a busy caseload delivering care at home seven days a week.

We support clinical and professional development, supervision, and flexible working arrangements. A registered children’s nurse with paediatric experience is required, with the ability to work collaboratively with

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with paediatric experience and current UK registration.
• Evidence of mentoring students and developing patient care plans.
• Experience in community/nurse-led care is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload delivering evidence-based nursing care in the community.
• Provide clinical assessment, care planning, delivery, and evaluation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe discharge and home-based care.

Skills

Mentoring

Autonomous practice

Education

Registered Children's Nurse

BSc Community Specialist Practice

Tools

Epic

Job description

Main area Children's Community Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract 11 months (Fixed term/Secondment until 1st November 2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 432-HR858-26

Site Colchester Town Colchester Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 14/10/2026

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an established team of children’s community nurses on a fixed term/secondment basis to cover maternity leave until 1st November 2027. We are a busy service with a diverse caseload working across North East Essex. We provide clinical interventions to children within their own homes 7 days per week.

We are looking for a confident innovative nurse to join our children’s community nursing team. You will be required to work in conjunction with the Children’s department at Colchester hospital whose aim is to facilitate early discharge and care closer to home.

You will need to be a flexible practitioner within the community setting, a good team player and be able to develop collaborative working relationships with other healthcare professionals, services and agencies.

The post holder will be responsible for a caseload of children delivering high quality patient care according to agreed standards which are set and monitored.

You will be offered opportunities to develop both clinically and professionally within a supportive environment and encouraged to participate in service developments. Clinical supervision and a supported induction period are provided

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be responsible for the management of their own caseload.
• To provide the delivery of evidence based nursing care to children the community settings by providing clinical assessment, care planning, care delivery, care evaluation and clinical advice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To develop planned programmes of care to promote health gains and maximise independence in all types of children within the community (for example, home, schools or other establishments) as required
• Using autonomous judgement and liaising with the Matron and/ or multi-disciplinary professional as appropriate, manage children’s health needs in accordance with clinical guidelines, using own clinical judgement to recognise acute exacerbations of illness and to initiate appropriate nursing interventions.
• Using autonomous judgement and liaising with the Matron and/ or multi-disciplinary professional as appropriate, manage a changing caseload of children and identifying when the child’s condition warrants discharge from the service.
• To implement and evaluate evidence based training programmes for families, carers, other professionals and the multi disciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England , employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients .

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Experience

• Proven experience at Band 5 in acute Paediatric setting.
• Experience relating to area of practice
• Mentoring of students.
• Evidence of managing and improving patient experience

Qualifications

• Registered Children’s Nurse
• BSc Community Specialist Practice / Recognised course in relevant area of practice

We do not charge any fees at any stage of our recruitment process, including job applications, interviews, sponsorship arrangements or employment offers

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.