Childrens Community Nurse

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Children's Community Nurse to deliver high-quality care to children and young people in the community. You will work across homes, schools and clinics, providing clinical care and learning to families and carers.

The role includes supporting complex health needs, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, and providing practical training to parents, carers, and education staff in a flexible, patient-centered environment.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering care to children with complex health needs in community settings.
• Ability to assess health needs and plan evidence-based care for children and young people.
• Experience supervising and teaching student nurses or junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care in homes, schools, nurseries and clinics.
• Support children with life-limiting or long-term conditions across community settings.
• Coordinate with multi-agency partners to promote collaboration and communication.

Skills

Pediatric Nursing

Assessment skills

Teaching skills

Communication

Education

Registered Children's Nurse

Paediatric Nursing degree

Job description

Go back North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)

Childrens Community Nurse

The closing date is 28 October 2026

Are you a passionate, registered Childrens Nurse lookingfor a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference? Join our ChildrensCommunity Nursing Team and help deliver high-quality care to children and youngpeople in homes, schools, nurseries and clinics. We work closely with childrenand their families to ensure that wherever possible, care can be deliveredsafely in the comfort of the childs own home. You will support children withcomplex health needs and acute or long-term conditions, using your clinical skills,communication skills and compassion. This is an exciting opportunity to workboth independently and as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

As a Childrens Community Nurse, you will play a key role inhelping children and young people receive specialist, high-quality care.Working closely with children and their families, you will assess individualhealth needs and plan and deliver evidence-based care. You will supportchildren with complex, acute, chronic, life-limiting or additional health needsacross homes, schools and community clinics. The role will involve tracheostomycare, non-invasive ventilation, intravenous and subcutaneous medication, portflushing and central line care, enteral feeding, and safe airway management,including suctioning and administering nebulised medication as well as acutenursing skills. You will also facilitate timely hospital discharge, workingwith the wider multidisciplinary team, and build the confidence of parents,carers and school staff through practical clinical training and support.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities

Job responsibilities

Towork within the Childrens Community Nursing Service, delivering high quality,evidence-based nursing care for children and young people with life limitingand life threatening conditions and supporting children and young people with short-and long-term conditions.

Toidentify the health needs of children to be nursed in the community and work inliaison with multi-agency partners to promote collaboration and effectivecommunication.

Towork across the Childrens Community Nursing Service developing skills incomplex, acute and long-term conditions care.

Full Job Description attached.

Relationships

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Experience

• Able to effectively supervise/support fellow team members and student nurses.
• Use skills to teach/develop fellow team members, student nurses, parent/carers and education staff
• Able to undertake Practice Assessor / Supervisor role.

Skills & Knowledge

• Relevant experience working in a healthcare setting with children and their families, with complex health needs / acute health needs
• Teaching, audit and evaluation skills.
• Caring for children within a community setting.
• Completion of an Intravenous therapy course

Qualifications

• To possess or be willing to complete the Paediatric Clinical Examination and Minor illness module.
• To possess or willing to work towards BSc in Community Childrens Nursing.

Job Specific Requirements

• The ability to travel independently across the trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs

Right to Work

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

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.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)