Junior sister - Community Children's Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an enthusiastic children's nurse for their community nursing team in East London. This role involves delivering high-quality nursing care to children under 6 in various settings, ensuring their needs are met through assessments and planned interventions. The ideal candidate will have a Registered Nurse qualification and a passion for community-based care, working within a multidisciplinary team to support families and young individuals with complex health needs.

Qualifications

• Must have a Registered Nurse qualification.
• Experience in pediatric care or community nursing is advantageous.
• Ability to communicate effectively with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical caseload for community-based care.
• Work across various nursing pathways involving children.
• Provide assessments and triage for new referrals.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Communication skills

Teamwork

Emotional support

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic children's nurse to work within our children's community nursing team. We deliver (in person) community based care to children under 6 nursing pathways: (1) Short term (wound care/IVABS); (2)Acute - Oncology, home oxygen therapy, pre term babies; (3) Long term conditions; (4) Complex disabilities; (5) Palliative; (6) End of Life care.

Our team works across London Borough of Newham, supporting babies, children and young people, from pre term to 19yrs old, with health needs in the community settings (home, schools and clinics).

We are based within East London, and work as part of an Multidisciplinary team, including play, psychology, dietetics, as part of our community nursing service. We support professional development (including clinical skills within the role) and staff well being.

• To manage a clinical caseload ensuring continued responsibility for the assessment, planning, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
• To work across community children’s nursing service (CCNS) nursing pathways.
• To work in partnership with other community/ acute based teams, clients and services in the public, private, educational and voluntary sectors.
• To be able to provide line management for junior members of the team associate to caseload, including clinical supervision and appraisals.
• To demonstrate areas of specialty thereby acting as a resource for other professionals and enhancing evidence-based practice for delivery of community based nursing care for children and young people with a variety of conditions, including life limiting and complex care..

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

• Provide high quality nursing care for children and young people in the London borough of Newham, which is planned and delivered, reviewed and evaluated within the clients home, wound dressing clinic or other appropriate setting within the community using family centered, evidence based practice.
• Assess and order equipment and supplies for the child or young person to enable them to manage their condition safely in the community setting, including regular reassessments dependent on the changing needs of the child/young person.
• Provide initial triage and assessment of new referrals to the service, identifying where urgent response is required and allocating to staff, based on staff logistics and skill mix.
• Initiate and manage safe, effective discharge from hospital to home carrying out risk assessments of the receiving community setting.
• Enable and promote independence by teaching, supporting and encouraging carers and children, including those children with complex health needs, to participate in meeting their own care needs where possible in community settings.
• Initiate and manage appropriate changes in care in negotiation with children, families and professionals following review of planned care at either case review, morning handover or joint visits.
• Provide emotional support to clients and families who may be facing difficult decisions, bad news or bereavement.
• Communicate with families for whom English is not their first language and/or children with communication difficulties/ special needs. This involves working in collaboration with health advocates (interpreters), or using highly developed verbal/ non-verbal communication skills.

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Dec 2025.