Senior Children's Hospital at Home Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
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Role summary
Join the Children's Hospital @ Home team as a Senior Children's Nurse, providing specialist nursing care to children and young people with short-term health needs. The role focuses on preventing hospital admissions and facilitating early discharge by offering acute assessment and interventions closer to home. You will manage a caseload, conduct assessments via telephone or in-home, and supervise junior staff. This evolving service offers training and development opportunities within a supportive team.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Child)
- Registered Nurse (Child)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Children's Hospital at Home Nurse
The closing date is 11 September 2026
Job summary
Are you a Children's Nurse passionate that no child should be in hospital if care can be provided closer to home? Do you want to build on your clinical skills in the community?
Join our evolving Children's Hospital @ Home team! In collaboration with University Hospital Southampton NHS trust (UHS), the service works closely with the medical team at the hospital and GPs in the community to facilitate acute assessment with the aim to prevent & minimise admissions to hospital and facilitate early discharge where possible.
There's lots of training available to gain new and enhance existing skills and will be development opportunities available.
"We have an amazingly supportive team who work well together with the changing workload and demands. We have brilliant access to expert advice from consultant paediatricians, to support our clinical decisions. This service has so much potential to improve patient experience and outcomes." Senior Staff Nurse
"Leaving a job in a busy neonatal unit after 15 years was a daunting decision, but I'm very grateful I decided to apply. I am developing acute assessment skills, maintaining clinical skills and able to work autonomously. It's very rewarding to receive feedback from families wher
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