Childrens Community Nurse

Sirona care & health; Bristol; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Sirona care & health as a Children's Community Nurse, making a real difference to children and families. Work within a supportive, well-regarded community nursing team for children with life-limiting conditions, while enjoying NHS benefits, flexible shifts, and a meaningful professional journey.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27+ days’ annual leave

Full NHS benefits

Qualifications

• Registered Children's Nurse with relevant community experience required.
• Full UK Driving Licence & access to a vehicle for work purposes necessary.
• Experience of managing and assessing a team, delivering teaching, and supervising students.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical shifts supporting the Lifetime support workers in home or school settings.
• Manage Lifetime Support Workers including assessments, reviews, and training.
• Travel across Bristol and surrounding areas for service user visits.

Skills

Knowledge of professional agenda and NMC standards

Understanding of systems and processes

Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Ability to work in a changing environment

Experience working as a Children's Nurse

Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) in areas relevant to Community

Education

RSCN/RN Child registered

BSc (Hons) Community Children’s Nurse or Specialist Practitioner CCN

Facilitating Learning and Assessment in Practice Course or Equivalent

Job description

Main area Children's Community Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

36 hours per week (3 x night shifts, 1 x day shift per week) Job ref 083-7100118-WW-A

Employer Sirona care & health CIC Employer type NHS Site Bristol Based Role (Cover BNSSG) Town Bristol Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/06/2025 23:59

Childrens Community Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 5

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.

Job overview

Could you help us make a real difference to children and families in your community?

The Lifetime Service is a Community Nursing and Psychology Service for Children and young people life limiting, life threatening conditions and those who meet Children’s Continuing Care criteria.

The Lifetime Service is extremely well regarded in our community, our team are proud to have the privilege to support the children and families that they do.

"My role as a Community Children’s Nurse within Sirona has given me great opportunities to develop my clinical skills. Working for the Lifetime Service, I am proud to be able to help to keep children at home, whenever possible. I know my role helps to keep children and their families together and this gives me great job satisfaction.

I also love the variety from working with key community links such as partner organisations, schools, commissioners and of course, our multi professional team. In this role I also love the great work / life balance." - Hannah, Community Nurse

The service is based in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire and currently provides a service across four Integrated care board (ICB) areas, supporting children aged 0-19 and their families in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, B&NES.

In addition, the service has a Continuing Care Team (CCT), which supports children at home with complex health needs and children who are technology dependent.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to undertake clinical shifts working alongside the Lifetime support workers in the child’s home or school setting, observing their clinical competencies and undertaking annual clinical assessments to provide outstanding care and support to the children and their families who meet Continuing Care Criteria (Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and B&NES). This role includes clinical support to the rota co-ordination team.

This role will take on the line management of a number of Lifetime Support Workers which includes management and assessment of the wider team, having regular one to one meetings, performance development reviews and absence management meetings to support the team leaders. Additionally, the successful candidate will assist in the delivery of clinical skills training days, upskilling support workers and ensuring the team are providing evidence based interventions inline with national guidance.

The role will require travel across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, visiting service users within their own homes and occasionally in schools, in addition to meeting and liaising with other teams and services involved in the child's care.

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Please note that due to travel required, you must have a full UK driving licence & access to a vehicle for work purposes in order to be successful in this position.

Person specification

Qualifications and training

• RSCN/RN Child registered on part 8 or 15 NMC register
• Full UK Driving Licence & Access to a vehicle for work purposes
• BSc (Hons) Community Children’s Nurse/relevant community experience i.e. Specialist Practitioner CCN or SCPHN
• Facilitating Learning and Assessment in Practice Course or Equivalent

Skills, Experience and Knowledge Required

• Knowledge of professional agenda and NMC standards
• Understanding of systems and processes in relation to safe service delivery
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work in a changing environment
• Experience working as a Childrens Nurse
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)in areas relevant to Community
• Children’s Continuing Care and/or community experience
• Experience of complex rota’s to meet service and staffing demands.
• Evidence of Management/Leadership experience
• Experience of delivering teaching
• Experience of supervising/assessing students

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.

Name Zoe Dunn Job title Band 7 Children's Continuing Care Team Lead. Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0300 1245916