Clinical Nurse Specialist - Children's

Integrated Care System; Grantham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Home Healthcare is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist (Children's) to provide high-quality, person-centred care. This full-time role involves both office-based work in Peterborough and community responsibilities across Nottingham, Leicester, and Lincoln, allowing you to make a direct impact on children's health and well-being.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Extra day off for your birthday

Bonus scheme and loyalty rewards

Paid DBS

Variety in your role

Supportive, collaborative team

Qualifications

• At least 2 years post-registration experience.
• Confidence in tracheostomy, ventilation, enteral feeding, and suctioning care for children.

Responsibilities

• Manage client caseload and create care plans.
• Conduct assessments and reviews of complex care packages.
• Develop and manage personalised care plans.

Skills

Clinical assessments

Care planning

Staff training

Supervision

Relationship building

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (Children's)

Job description

In this role, you'll enjoy a balance of office-based and community-based responsibilities, applying your clinical skills in a diverse and rewarding environment.

Office-based work (23 days per week) in Peterborough (PE2): Here you'll work from our local office alongside our operational team. Duties include carrying out clinical assessments, care planning, delivering training, staff supervisions, and contributing to client reviews and staff appraisals— all essential for ensuring our care services remain safe, effective, and person-centred.

Community-based work (23 days per week): You'll travel to clients' homes across Nottingham, Leicester, and Lincoln, conducting new referral assessments, spot checks, risk assessments, and competency assessments. This gives you the chance to build meaningful relationships with service users and their families.

This dual role offers variety, flexibility, and the satisfaction of seeing the direct impact of your expertise on people's lives.

Main duties of the job

• Take clinical ownership of your client caseload, creating and managing bespoke care plans.
• Conduct assessments and reviews of complex care packages.
• Develop and manage personalised care plans.
• Lead and deliver training to healthcare staff on clinical procedures.
• Supervise and appraise healthcare assistants.
• Ensure safe practice through audits, risk assessments, and quality monitoring.
• Support recruitment processes and staff induction.
• Maintain full compliance with CQC standards and NMC code of practice.
• Build strong relationships with clients, their families, and care teams.
• Ensure a compliant, high-quality, person-centred care service.

About us

At Apollo Home Healthcare, we provide high-quality, person-centred care to people in the comfort of their own homes. Every individual we support has unique needs, and we tailor every care package to them, building a compassionate and skilled team around their requirements.

We live and work by the 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment. We're looking for people who share those values.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Nurse Specialist (Children's)

• Location: Peterborough (PE2) with travel across Nottingham, Leicester & Lincoln
• Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday

Are you a clinically skilled and compassionate children's nurse looking for variety and the opportunity to truly make a difference?

Apollo Home Healthcare is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our dedicated team.

This role offers a balance of office and community responsibilities, applying your clinical skills in a diverse environment.

Office-based work (23 days per week) in Peterborough (PE2): Here you'll collaborate with our operational team. Duties include clinical assessments, care planning, training, staff supervisions, and contributing to client reviews and staff appraisals to ensure safe, effective, and person-centred care.

Community-based work (23 days per week): You'll visit clients' homes across Nottingham, Leicester, and Lincoln, conducting assessments and building relationships with service users and families.

This role provides variety, flexibility, and the satisfaction of impacting lives directly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage your client caseload, creating and managing care plans.
• Assess and review complex care packages.
• Develop and manage personalised care plans.
• Train healthcare staff on clinical procedures.
• Supervise and appraise healthcare assistants.
• Maintain safety through audits and risk assessments.
• Support recruitment and induction processes.
• Ensure compliance with CQC standards and NMC code.
• Build relationships with clients, families, and teams.
• Provide high-quality, person-centred care.

What We're Looking For:

• NMC Registered Nurse (Children's)
• At least 2 years post-registration experience
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car
• Confidence in tracheostomy, ventilation, enteral feeding, and suctioning care for children

What We Offer:

• Salary £38,000–£42,000 per annum
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Extra day off for your birthday
• Bonus scheme and loyalty rewards
• Paid DBS
• Variety in your role
• The chance to make a real difference
• Supportive, collaborative team
• Work across the East Midlands with a stable office base in Peterborough

Apply Now

If you're driven, compassionate, and eager to deliver life-changing care, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV via this job board. For more info, visit our website.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Apollo Home Healthcare team.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

At Apollo Home Healthcare, we promote an inclusive environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to equality and diversity.

We value fairness and opportunity for all, regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, marital or partnership status, pregnancy, maternity, or sexual orientation.

We want every team member to feel valued, thrive, and grow with colleagues from all walks of life.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A valid NMC Pin, with at least 2 years post-qualification experience

Experience

• Ventilation Management
• Enteral Feeding
• Delivering clinical interventions with children
• Knowledge of spinal injury, brain injury, and neurological conditions is beneficial; training is provided.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to DBS checks under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.