Children's Community Nurse

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Paediatric Community Nurse (Band 6) to join the Derby Children’s Community Nursing team on a 10‑month secondment, based at Royal Derby Hospital with community visits across Derby City and South Derbyshire.

You must be an NMC registered Children's Nurse with a full UK driving licence and senior Band 5/6 experience; excellent communication is essential, with occasional weekend work to support the service.

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Children's Nurse
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Community/Lone Worker experience (Desirable)
• Central Venous Access Device trained (Desirable)

Responsibilities

• Provide high‑standard paediatric community nursing care to patients and families.
• Manage a caseload across Derby City and South Derbyshire in collaboration with the team.
• Be dynamic, independent, and able to work within a community setting, including weekend rota coverage.

Skills

NMC Registered Children's Nurse

Full UK Driving Licence

Job description

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Children's Community Nurse

Closing date is 19 November 2026

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with paediatric nursing experience and excellent team working capabilities to join our team of Band 6 Children's Community Nurse's working within the Derby Children's Community Nursing team to cover a 10-month secondment.

The Children's Community Nursing team manage a caseload of patients with a range of nursing needs including enteral feeding, long term ventilation, airway management, INR and oncology as well as patients with life limiting diagnosis and palliative care needs.

The service currently provides care to a caseload of around 400 children within the following geographical areas - Southern Derbyshire, Derby City and Erewash.

Main duties of the job

For this role we are looking for someone who has exceptional communication skills and can demonstrate expert knowledge and clinical assessment skills for a variety of medical conditions and complex needs. The applicant will be required to be dynamic, self‑motivated and able to work well independently but also within a team to manage the daily challenges associated with working within the community setting to provide the highest standard of care to patients and their families.

The applicant requires experience as a senior Band 5 or current Band 6 nurse, ideally with Central Venous Access Device and community experience.

You must be a car user with a full, clean driving licence. With the potential of our 24/7 end‑of‑life service being implemented whilst you are on secondment, you must be willing and able to occasionally complete weekend working as part of a rota and occasional unsocial hours to suit the needs of the service.

You will be based at Royal Derby Hospital, attending to Community visits using own vehicle, within Derby City and South Derbyshire.

Closing date of applications: 19 November 2026

Interview date: 3 December 2026

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence continue to shape how we work as a Trust, and the associated behaviours are well embedded across our services and teams.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On‑going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&E across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Important visa information:

Due to UK Home Office immigration rule changes effective from 22 July 2025, applicants sponsored under Occupation Code 6131 (Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants) may not be eligible to bring dependants under the Skilled Worker route if their Certificate of Sponsorship is issued on or after this date. Applicants are responsible for understanding how these rules apply to their individual circumstances. The Trust cannot provide immigration advice. Further information is available on the Skilled Worker visa: Your partner and children - GOV.UK

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• NMC Registered Children's Nurse

Desirable

• Community/Lone Worker Experience

Skills

Essential

• Full UK Driving License

Desirable

• Central Venous Access Device Trained

Knowledge

Essential

• Significant post registration experience as senior Band 5 or Band 6 nurse

Desirable

• Advanced Communication Course

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)