Band 5 Community Children's Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Children's Nurse to join an established Community Children's Nursing team in Birmingham. The role involves providing specialist nursing support and clinical interventions to children and families with complex physical health needs in their homes, schools, and other community settings. The service operates seven days a week and includes an out-of-hours 'on-call' service. The post holder will assess, plan, and evaluate care under supervision, working closely with the paediatric palliative care team and other professionals.
Essential criteria
- RSCN/ or RN Child Branch
- Evidence of recent post basic clinical training and commitment to on-going training.
- Experience working with and caring for children with life limited/threatening illnesses
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of teaching/assessing
- Skills/ Knowledge
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of professional Practice.
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical practice.
- Current clinical skills or willingness to develop to include: Enteral Feeding / Central line access / Tracheostomy care.
- Demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practice and those concerning paediatric nursing.
- Knowledge of clinical audit and its relationship to research.
- Ability to manage workload and caseload with Team Leader supervision.
- Evidence of assessment skills and use of the nursing process and nursing models.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use software packages appropriate to clinical care.
- Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility in respect of health and safety.
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the requirements of the post.
- Demonstrate evidence in relation to showing awareness of the needs of ethnic minority clients / carers.
- Provide evidence of time and resource management.
- Other job requirements
- Access to independent means of transport.
- Ability to work flexible hours, evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays
- RSCN/ or RN Child Branch
- Evidence of recent post basic clinical training and commitment to on-going training.
- Experience working with and caring for children with life limited/threatening illnesses
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of teaching/assessing
- Skills/ Knowledge
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of professional Practice.
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical practice.
- Current clinical skills or willingness to develop to include: Enteral Feeding / Central line access / Tracheostomy care.
- Demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practice and those concerning paediatric nursing.
- Knowledge of clinical audit and its relationship to research.
- Ability to manage workload and caseload with Team Leader supervision.
- Evidence of assessment skills and use of the nursing process and nursing models.
- Ability to use software packages appropriate to clinical care.
- Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility in respect of health and safety.
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the requirements of the post.
- Demonstrate evidence in relation to showing awareness of the needs of ethnic minority clients / carers.
- Provide evidence of time and resource management.
- Other job requirements
- Access to independent means of transport.
- Ability to work flexible hours, evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Band 5 Community Children's Nurse
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an established team of Community Children's Nurses in Birmingham. This is a city wide service that offers specialist nursing support to children & families with a variety of complex physical health needs.
We provide clinical interventions to children within their own homes, schools and other community locations. The service operates seven days a week and also provides an out of hours 'on-call' service.
If you are an experienced Children's Nurse with excellent clinical skills, have advanced communication abilities you may be who we are looking for to join our busy team. This post will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to develop rewarding therapeutic relationships with children & families in a community setting.
Main duties of the job
- Follow the NMC Code and professional standardsand take responsibility for your work.
- Providesafe, skilled and evidence-based nursing careto children at home and in community settings.
- Givehealth advice and educationto children and families to support healthy lifestyles.
- Help teachfamilies, carers and other professionalsso that care is provided safely and effectively.
- Carry outrisk assessments in children's homes.
- Getinformed consentf
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