Paediatric Community Nurse

FHFT Education Academy; Slough; Sur place; GBP 42 000 - 50 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Children’s Community Nurse in Slough. This full-time, permanent position involves delivering high-quality care to children in the community and supporting families to manage health needs outside hospital settings.

You will join a dedicated CCN team, with on-call and antisocial hours as required, and contribute to care planning, training, and early discharge when appropriate.

Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children’s Nurse (NMC Sub-1) is required.
• Mentorship/teaching course desirable.
• Working towards community nursing degree.

Responsabilités

• Take responsibility for nursing management and autonomous delivery of care to a caseload of children in the community.
• Act as the key health professional for children and young people and coordinate their care.
• Provide high-quality care to children and families in the community.

Connaissances

Paediatric care

Clinical judgement

Teamwork

Communication skills

Formation

RN Child (NMC Sub-1)

Mentorship course

Community nursing degree (working towards)

Description du poste

Main area Children's Community Nurse Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Inclusive of on call and antisocial hours as required) Job ref 151-JLM732

Site Wexham Park Hospital Town Slough Salary £41,957 - £50,387 per annum incl HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Band 6 Children’s Community Nurse

Full-Time | Permanent Position

Make a difference where it matters most — helping children and young people thrive at home and in their communities.

Are you a passionate, motivated and caring children’s nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference? We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Children’s Community Nurse to join our small, friendly and supportive Children’s Community Nursing (CCN) team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to deliver high-quality, compassionate care to children and young people, while supporting their families to feel confident and empowered in managing their child’s health needs outside the hospital environment.

What will the role involve?

Delivering outstanding care

Empowering families

Developing and inspiring

Supporting the next generation of students

Main duties of the job

• Take responsibility and accountability for the nursing management and autonomous delivery of care to a caseload of children with chronic, complex, acute and palliative care needs within the community setting.
• Act as the key health professional for children and young people and act as their advocate and co-ordinators of their care in the community.
• Provide professional, high-quality patient care to children & families in the community.
• To provide training locally to enable children and young people to manage their own medical conditions or support others in doing so to minimise restrictions on the child or young person’s activities.
• Assist the Team Leader in effective care planning, implementation and evaluation of care that meets professional and clinicalstandards/ guidelines.
• Facilitate early discharge and effective aftercare within the community setting, preventing admission and readmission to hospital.
• To aspire to accommodate families wishes of where they would like to reside when a child or young person reaches end of life.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Experience

• Current paediatric experience
• Community experience.
• Safeguarding experience.
• Participation in audit activity.
• Experiencing monitoring and contributes to protecting children and young people at risk.

Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children’s Nurse (NMC Sub -Part 1 (Children) /RN Child.
• Mentorship/teaching course.
• Working towards community nursing degree.

Skills & Knowledge

• Demonstrates good communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work with and liaise across sites, within the MDT and other NHS trusts and professionals.
• Aware of key principles of paediatric care and implications for practice.
• Use of clinical judgement and individual decision‑making regarding nursing care requirements; assesses, plans, delivers, evaluates and records care.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future‑proofed, featuring on‑site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Th rough our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. We would advise that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.