Children’s Community Nurse — Home-Based Care (Fixed-Term)

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Flexible working

NHS Pension

Annual leave and wellbeing programmes

Staff discounts

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Children’s Community Nurse on a fixed-term/secondment basis to cover maternity leave until 1 November 2027. The role covers North East Essex and collaborates with Colchester hospital to enable care closer to home for children.

We seek a flexible, proactive nurse who can work independently within community settings and contribute to service development.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload of children in community settings, providing evidence-based nursing care.
• Perform clinical assessments, care planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing interventions.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and Colchester hospital colleagues to support early discharge and care closer to home.
• Use autonomous judgement to identify acute changes and initiate appropriate nursing actions.
• Develop and implement care programmes to promote health gains and independence across home/school settings.

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Children’s Community Nurse on a fixed-term/secondment basis to cover maternity leave until 1 November 2027. The role covers North East Essex and collaborates with Colchester hospital to enable care closer to home for children.

We seek a flexible, proactive nurse who can work independently within community settings and contribute to service development.