Community Children's Nurse

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking a qualified Community Children's Nurse to join their team. The role involves supporting the transition of young patients from hospital to home and providing care in diverse settings. Candidates should have at least 2 years of postgraduate experience in paediatrics and demonstrate a passion for high-quality care. This full-time position offers a range of professional development opportunities and requires a full driver's license.

Benefits

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Healthy work environment

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years postgraduate general paediatric experience required.
• Car owner and driver necessary.

Responsibilities

• Support the transition of babies, children and young people from hospital to home.
• Hold a clinical caseload within your scope of competency.
• Document as per NMC and Trust requirements.

Skills

IV Competent

Comprehensive experience working in paediatric settings

Competency in relevant paediatric clinical nursing skills

Evidence of mentorship, supervision, facilitation and teaching

Education

RSCN/RN Child

Teaching and mentorship qualification

Job description

Band 6
Main area: Children's Community Nursing
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent: Pro rata per annum inc hcas (outer London)
Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week (STH base operational hours: Monday‑Friday 08:00‑18:00)
Job ref: 343‑7485979‑RB‑UB‑Y‑C
Site: Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, St Helier Hospital
Town: Carshalton
Salary: £44,485 – £52,521 Pro rata per annum inc hcas (outer London)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/12/2025 23:59

Job Overview

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Are you a qualified paediatric nurse interested in furthering your community career or making the move into a Community Children's Nursing Band 6 Role? An exciting opportunity has arisen for two B6 1WTE permanent posts in the Children's Community Nursing Service, based at Queen Mary's Hospital, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. We are looking for highly motivated, experienced and enthusiastic Children's Nurses, passionate about providing high quality care to babies, children and young people in the community setting. You will require at least 2 years postgraduate general paediatric experience, be a car owner and driver.

Epsom and St Helier children's services have been rated by the Care Quality Commission as Good in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well‑led, giving our overall rating of Good as well as being given great feedback from the London Healthy Partnership peer review. Queen Mary's Hospital for Children is based at the St Helier site. Children are seen in the dedicated Paediatric A&E which sits alongside the adult ED; Outpatient clinics, Ward and assessment unit.

We recognise that our team members are our greatest asset its hard work and effort that really makes a difference. That's why we encourage our staff to fulfil their full potential. We do everything we can to support you, along with offering excellent learning and development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

• Support the transition of babies, children and young people from hospital to home.
• Provide specialist knowledge to meet the diverse range of needs of patients and their families in a variety of community and hospital settings, acting as a resource of paediatric expertise and providing advice to other professionals, promoting evidence based practice.
• Hold a clinical caseload within your scope of competency.
• Have responsibility for the ongoing assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of outcomes of specialised nursing care in partnership with children, young people, their families.
• Work in partnership with the wider multi‑disciplinary team.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
• Document as per NMC and Trust requirements.
• Main clinical responsibilities will involve medicines management, blood sampling and administration of medications via IV, IM, S/C and CVADs, administration of SACT, gastrostomy and enteral feeding management, wound management, and care of babies, children and young people with complex health needs.
• Be an effective team player with the ability to work autonomously in patients’ homes, working collaboratively with CYP, their families/carers and multidisciplinary teams.

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Detailed Job Description And Main 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 Essential Criteria

• IV Competent / IV therapy certificate / IV Capital Nurse
• CVAD Competent
• Comprehensive experience working in paediatric settings

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in a paediatric community setting
• Tracheostomy competency
• Completion of SACT competency passport

Qualifications Essential criteria

• RSCN/RN Child
• Teaching and mentorship qualification

Qualifications Desirable criteria

• Specialist Practice Community Children's Nurse
• Tracheostomy trainer
• ANTT/CVAD trainer

Skills Essential criteria

• Competency in relevant paediatric clinical nursing skills
• Evidence of mentorship, supervision, facilitation and teaching

Skills Desirable criteria

• 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

Your application

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References

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Closing date

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Shortlisting

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Application feedback

If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Safeguarding and DBS Checks

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Application numbers

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