Community Children's Nurse

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a passionate Community Children's Nurse to deliver personalized care in the community. The role involves managing your own caseload, providing skilled interventions, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and show a commitment to high-quality care. This permanent, full-time position promises professional growth, strong team support, and competitive salary ranging from £44,485 to £52,521, reflecting experience and responsibilities.

Benefits

Support for continuous professional development

Opportunities for career progression

Access to quality improvement projects

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• IV Competent / IV therapy certificate/ IV Capital Nurse is required.
• Comprehensive experience working in paediatric settings needed.
• Experience in a paediatric community setting is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload with confidence and autonomy.
• Deliver specialist, evidence-based care in homes, schools and community settings.
• Provide skilled interventions including enteral feeding and palliative support.

Skills

Competency in relevant paediatric clinical nursing skills

Evidence of mentorship, supervision, facilitation and teaching

Evidence of working with children with life limiting/threatening illnesses

Evidence of delivering education and training to children and families

Education

RSCN/RN Child

Teaching and mentorship qualification

Specialist Practice Community Children's Nurse

Tracheostomy trainer

ANTT/CVAD trainer

Tools

IV therapy certificate

CVAD Competent

SACT competency passport

Job description

Go back Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Community Children's Nurse

The closing date is 25 January 2026

As a Community Children's Nurse, you'll be right at the centre. Not behind a desk. Not confined to a ward. But out in the community - meeting children and families in their own homes, where care can be personalised and shaped around what each family needs. You will, of course, need access to transport, as you'll be travelling across the borough to deliver this care.

You'll build relationships that go beyond a single episode of care. You'll see the whole picture: the child, the family, the environment, the challenges and the strengths. And you'll use your clinical expertise to help them navigate it all.

We're looking for someone warm, proactive and full of positive energy to join us as a Band 6 Community Children's Nurse - someone who brings clinical skill, emotional intelligence and a genuine passion for community-based paediatric care.

Community experience isn't essential; what matters most is your commitment to high-quality care and your willingness to learn.

Main duties of the job

Working in close partnership with a wide multidisciplinary team - paediatricians, AHPs, safeguarding colleagues, GPs, CAMHS, hospices, schools and social care - you'll play a key role in creating seamless, safe and compassionate care pathways. Whether supporting a child with complex needs, facilitating early discharge, delivering specialist interventions or guiding families through moments of uncertainty, your presence will make a tangible difference every day.

As a Band 6 Community Children's Nurse, you'll:

• Manage your own caseload with confidence and autonomy
• Deliver specialist, evidence-based care in homes, schools and community settings
• Support families to become confident partners in their child's care
• Provide skilled interventions including enteral feeding, tracheostomy care, IV therapy and palliative support
• Work closely with paediatrics, safeguarding, AHPs, CAMHS, hospices and primary care
• Champion safe discharge, seamless transitions and high-quality community pathways
• Contribute to service development, QI projects, audit and education

About us

To deliver the best care, you need the best support, and that's exactly what you'll find here. At Epsom & St Helier, we're proud of the culture we've built: one that values respect, teamwork and continuous learning. When you join our Children's Community Nursing Service, you become part of a team that genuinely looks out for one another and takes pride in delivering high-quality care to local families.

Here's what you can expect:

A supportive, friendly and highly skilled CCN team

Strong leadership and opportunities to develop specialist expertise

Protected time for CPD, supervision and reflective practice

Access to QI, research and service development projects

A Trust committed to staff wellbeing, inclusion and professional growth

The chance to be part of a major transformation programme

If you're ready for a role where you'll work autonomously, think independently and build strong connections with the families you support, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

Apply now and help us deliver great care to every child, every day - in the place they need it most.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting Job description/Person Specification documents which contains more information about the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge and experience

• IV Competent / IV therapy certificate/ IV Capital Nurse
• CVAD Competent
• Comprehensive experience working in paediatric settings
• Experience working in a paediatric community setting
• Completion of SACT competency passport

Qualifications

• RSCN/RN Child
• Teaching and mentorship qualification
• Specialist Practice Community Children's Nurse
• Tracheostomy trainer
• ANTT/CVAD trainer

Skills

• Competency in relevant paediatric clinical nursing skills
• Evidence of mentorship, supervision, facilitation and teaching
• Evidence of working with children with life limiting/threatening illnesses and End of Life
• Evidence of delivering education and training to children, young people, families/carers

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.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Queen Mary's Hospital for Children ,St Helier Hospital,

£44,485 to £52,521 a yearPro rata per annum inc hcas (outer London)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

343-7485979-RB-UB-Y-D

Job locations

Queen Mary's Hospital for Children ,St Helier Hospital,