Children's Community Nursing Sister | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; Vor Ort; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; Teilzeit

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Zusammenfassung

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Children’s Community Nursing Sister to join the team on a fixed-term basis. The role involves delivering direct nursing care for children and young people in community settings, while supporting families and safeguarding the transition to adulthood.

The post holder will deputise for the team leader, supervise junior staff, and lead on a designated area of practice.

Qualifikationen

• Band 5 with potential to be band 6; IV/central line competency.
• Experience in ward and community settings.
• Community Specialist Practitioner Course or willingness to undertake.
• Driver with access to a car for travel within role.

Aufgaben

• Provide direct nursing care to children 0–16 (up to 19 with SEND).
• Deputise for team leader and supervise junior staff.
• Coordinate Virtual Ward and support early discharge from hospital.
• Deliver teaching and training to education and nursery settings.
• Develop lead area of responsibility; review guidelines and NICE standards.
• Participate in audits to demonstrate practice improvements.

Kenntnisse

IV/central line competency

Interpersonal and communication skills

Team leadership / deputising

Mentorship and teaching

Ausbildung

Community Specialist Practitioner Course

Jobbeschreibung

Children's Community Nursing Sister | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced children’s nurse to join the children’s community nursing team on a fixed term basis . Our versatile and responsive team work with children and young people at home, special schools and other community settings. They provide direct nursing care, support and education and training to children and families with a variety of medical conditions and complex needs.

The team support children with acute and complex conditions and support children and their families with life limiting conditions.The team support Paediatric Virtual Ward within the community setting .

The applicant must be dynamic, dedicated, self-motivated, and able to work well independently but also within a team. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential for the role as the successful candidate will work with children, young people and families and the wider multidisciplinary team in the community.

As a band 6 nurse the applicant will be expected to deputise for the team leader when necessary and supervise junior members of staff.

The applicant must be either an experienced senior band 5 or currently a band 6 nurse with Intravenous/central line competency. Experience of ward and ideally community setting .

The post holder will hold the Community Specialist Practitioner Course qualification or be willing to undertake this as the opportunity arises

The post holder will be based at Newton Drive Health Centre working alongside colleagues from various health professions. They can expect to be well supported via various routes including Trust induction, local team induction programme, clinical supervision, and Team meetings, Appraisal / Personal Development Review / Personal Development Plan etc.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire and operates within a regional health economy catchment area that spans Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust are a large, integrated provider of acute and community services to the 445,000 population of the Fylde coast health economy and provide urgent and emergency care services to around 18 million people who visit Blackpool every year.

We provide specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology services across this region and host the National Artificial Eye Service, which provides services across England.

With patients and families at the heart of all we do, we are committed to creating a culture that empowers our staff and inspires us all to deliver first class clinical care.

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical care and treatments of children and young people within the Children’s Community Nursing Team .

The team support children and young people age 0-16 years and up until 19 years for those with SEND

The post holder will support young people in the process of transition to adulthood services and ensure they are fully supported with their required onward health and care needs

The post holder will support with the coordination of Virtual ward and participate in daily ward rounds to support early discharge from hospital and provision of responsive follow up care at home

It is expected the post holder will take at least one lead area of responsibility within the team, championing this work, reviewing National Guidelines, Standards or NICE and maintaining a quality and research driven service/care.

The post holder will support directly with nurse lead clinics and new team initiatives and undertake the required audits to demonstrate effectiveness of new practice developments

The experienced post holder will directly support junior staff and students ensuring strong effective mentorship and guidance

They will develop and deliver comprehensive teaching and training to education and nursery settings

They will directly support children and staff within our 4 local special schools ensuring children are well supported with their health and care needs comprehensively understood by the staff caring for them within their school day

The post holder will be flexible with their hours to provide support before school and in the evening, including contributing towards a 24/7 palliative care service.

This advert closes on Sunday 15 Nov 2026

The successful applicant will need to be a car driver to enable them to undertake the essential travel within this role.

Company: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Hours: Part-time Location: Blackpool, FY3 8NX Job type: Contract Posting date: 30 Oct 2026 Closing date: 29 Nov 2026

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