Children's Community Nurse Specialist Practitioner Student (PGDip)

Sussexcommunity; Guildford; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Foundation Trust as a Children's Community Nurse Specialist Practitioner Student. This funded role offers a unique opportunity to undertake a PGDip in Primary and Community Care, specializing in Children's Nursing. Starting in September 2025, you will gain hands-on experience in community health settings across Sussex, guided by expert practitioners.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse - Children.
• Evidence of post-registration professional development.
• Significant experience in community or acute paediatric settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide community nursing for children with complex needs.
• Undertake clinical placements within CCN teams.
• Collaborate with social care and educational agencies.

Skills

Communication

Clinical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Nursing

Job description

Children's Community Nurse Specialist Practitioner Student (PGDip)

PGDip Specialist Practice Qualification in Primary and Community Care Community Children's Nursing. This includes an integrated prescribing (V300) qualification and an NMC Specialist Practice Award.

Are you looking to expand your children's community nursing portfolio of skills and expertise to deliver children's community nursing or are you a children's nurse with experience looking for a new challenge and feel that nursing in community settings is for you? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

This exciting and funded opportunity is offered by Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) and will enable suitably qualified nurses to undertake a PGDip in Primary and Community Care (Community Children's Nursing) Specialist Practice Award including an integrated prescribing (V300) qualification.

You could be based in any of our four CCN locality teams, which includes: Brighton & Hove, Chichester, Crawley or Lancing. Further details can be discussed at interview.

IMPORTANT:

The University application form will need to be completed once the applicants have been offered a position by SCFT. Details for University application will be provided at interview.

Main duties of the job

The service provides children's community nursing for children and young people with long term conditions, complex needs, and palliative care, including end of life care. The children can present with acute illness in addition to requiring skilled nursing intervention to manage highly complex health and developmental needs throughout childhood and at transition to adult services. The CYPCNS works closely with social care, education and third sector organisations.

Our CYPCNS offers innovation, partnership and excellence in community care and we are highly committed to active on going engagement with children and families to shape and improve services. We aspire to be what children, families and our partners need us to be to enable the very best health and wellbeing outcomes for children and young people in West Sussex and Brighton and Hove.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

Starting in September 2025 you will commence a fixed term contract with SCFT and undertake the one year full-time course at the University of Surrey. All educational components of the programme are based at the University of Surrey (Guildford), with your clinical placement based within one of the CCN teams within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. You will be supported by an experienced CCN Practice Assessor throughout your course.

Successful completion of the course will lead to a NMC Specialist Practice Award, independent nurse prescriber qualification (V300) and a PGDip in Primary and Community Care (Community Childrens Nursing)

Please carefully read the attached person specification and the job description to determine your suitability for this programme.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Professional Registration

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse - Children
• Degree in Nursing
• Evidence of post registration professional development

Experience

• Significant experience working as a registered children's nurse in a community setting and/or in an acute paediatric setting.
• Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload/caseload.
• Evidence of application of evidence based practice

Skills and Knowledge

• Evidence of a range of relevant clinical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Evidence of commitment to the course
• A good understanding of the public health agenda
• Innovative and forward thinking attitude to the future of children's community nursing
• Current knowledge of Children's Community Nursing issues
• Demonstrate knowledge and / or experience of multi-disciplinary / agency working
• Evidence of knowledge relating to caseload management
• Evidence of knowledge of safeguarding and child protection.
• A positive attitude to change
• IT literate
• Ability to work flexibly in response to changing priorities
• A good understanding of the qualities of high performing teams and their contribution to team working

Other

• Full UK Driving Licence & permanent access to a vehicle.

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.

60 Marlborough Road, Lacing Business Park

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

150-DD1697-CC

Job locations

Unit 3 The Quadrant

60 Marlborough Road, Lacing Business Park