Community Children's Nursing Clinical Lead

Uhmb; Lancaster; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

No Smoking Policy

Job summary

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Clinical Lead for Children’s Community Nursing to provide strong clinical leadership across the integrated service in the Lancaster area. This role oversees the CCN team and related specialist nurses, guiding care for children/young people with acute, complex, and long-term health needs.

The post holder will work with partners across health, social care and education to support home-based care where possible and lead

Qualifications

• NMC registered with degree in Children’s nursing as a requirement.
• Significant post-registration experience in children’s nursing.
• Experience leading a community nursing service and safeguarding responsibilities.
• CPD to paediatrics/community nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical leadership across the Children’s Community Nursing team within the Integrated service.
• Promote high-quality, safe, and family-centred care across all pathways.
• Lead on clinical governance, safeguarding, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Oversee complex case management with coordinated care delivery.
• Line manage staff including supervision, appraisal, and workforce development.
• Build effective partnerships with acute services, primary care, education and social care.

Skills

Leadership/management

Clinical leadership

Teaching skills

Communication skills

Education

NMC registered with degree in Children’s nursing

Prescriber

CPD in paediatrics/community

Job description

Community Children's Nursing Clinical Lead

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Community Children's Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 331-8090182-UHMB-A

Site Royal Lancaster Infimary Town Lancaster Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Lead for Children’s Community Nursing to provide strong clinical leadership within our children’s services.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled children’s nurse to lead a dynamic community team delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to children/young people with acute, complex, and long-term health needs.

The post holder will work collaboratively across health, social care, and partner organisations to ensure holistic, responsive care, supporting children to remain at home wherever possible.

The Clinical Lead for Community Children's Nursing is responsible for developing the nursing community services, which include the CCN team, bowel/bladder team, child development nursing team as well as the specialist nurses (epilepsy and Kentown). We provide nursing care across community settings in North Lancashire, promoting a learning culture and demonstrating leadership and innovation.

The Community Children’s Team is part of an Integrated Children's Nursing and Therapy Team (ICNT) and the post holder will l ead in the specified clinical area(s) with advanced knowledge, skills and experience to advise and support staff on managing complex clinical issues .

If you have clinical expertise within children's nursing, want to maintain a clinical caseload, have experience of leading a service, are innovative with enthusiasm for development, and an ability to think creatively, this could be your next opportunity.

Main duties of the job

• Provide strong clinical leadership across the Children’s Community Nursing team within the Integrated service
• Promote high-quality, safe, and family-centred care across all pathways
• Support integration and collaborative working across nursing, therapies, services
• Lead on clinical governance, safeguarding, and quality improvement initiatives
• Oversee complex case management, ensuring coordinated and effective care delivery
• Line manage staff, including supervision, appraisal, and workforce development
• Contribute to service transformation and integration projects within ICNT
• Build effective partnerships with acute services, primary care, education, and social care

Drive a culture of compassion, inclusion, and continuous improvement

Working for our organisation

We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our Community Service for adults are provided in people's homes ,community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent , improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care , advice and support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on the advertised position and the principal job duties/responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification found under the supporting documents section. Additional information about the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay can be accessed on our website.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered with degree in Children's nursing
• Relevant CPD to paeds/community
• Leadership/management
• Prescriber1

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience in children’s nursing
• Experience working with children with complex health needs across settings /caseload management
• Staff management / leadership
• Integrated working experience

Skills

• Highly developed specialist and evidence-based knowledge and skills across the full range of work procedures and practises

Knowledge and skills

• Advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills in paediatric care
• Teaching skills
• Family-centred care, good communication skills

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

Internal only posts are only open to employees of UHMBT and this does not include employees of OneLSC working in our hospitals.

The trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive.

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.

If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, there is a charge of £41.00 for Enhanced and £20.00 for Standard & Basic clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.

Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 4 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.

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.