Band 5 Children's Community Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 02/09/2026
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic Children's trained nurse to join the Children's Community Nursing Service in Solihull. You will provide care to children and young people with identified nursing needs, supporting families at home and in other settings. The position involves managing a caseload under supervision, assessing and planning care, and working within safeguarding procedures. It is a full-time, fixed-term post covering maternity leave, requiring daily access to a vehicle.
Key responsibilities
- Manage a named caseload of children under the supervision of a senior nurse.
- Assess and plan the care needs of children/young people and their families in various community settings.
- Consider the immediate and long-term physical, psychological, and social impact of diagnosis and treatment on a child's development.
- Work within Safeguarding procedures and attend/support Multidisciplinary team meetings and Safeguarding meetings.
- Teach and share information with parents, carers, students, and other professionals.
Essential criteria
- \*Registered Sick Children's Nurse/Child Branch.
- \*Recognised Teaching Qualification.
- \*Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- \*Recognised Teaching Qualification.
- \*Evidence of continuing professional development.
- \*Substantial post registration experience.
- \*Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- \*Able to utilise IT skills to document events on a day-to-day basis, write up minutes from meetings and disseminate accordingly.
- \*To supervise junior staff on a day-to-day basis, to include 1:1 and appraisal monitoring of non-qualified staff.
- \*Dexterity and co-ordination is required for IV, CVL, IM interventions, the administration of medications, passing of naso-gastric, gastrostomy and tracheostomy tubes.
- \*Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures including safeguarding and disability.
- \*Knowledge of recognised health related issues in children and young people with complex and life limited conditions.
- \*Experience of working within the community setting.
- \*Evidence of ability to train carers/children and young people/staff.
- \*Recognition of children continuing care.
- Additional Criteria
- \*Able to listen and be a good communicator in a variety of settings/services and enthuse others -- can communicate complex information where there are barriers to learning and understanding.
- \*Able to demonstrate ability to promote the individuality and well being of clients in a holistic way.
- \*Able to plan, assess, implement care and evaluate complex activities such as hospital discharge or packages of care.
- \*Able to work on own initiative and be self directed. To work unsupervised for short periods of work and make decisions in the planning, delivery and evaluation of care.
- \*Able to demonstrate innovation in current area of practice.
- \*Able to use Word Publishing/Excel or equivalent.
- \*Good team working skills.
- \*Effective time management skills.
- \*Professionally up-to-date.
- \*Innovative.
- \*Reliable.
- \*Able to pass occupational health clearance.
- \*Able to maintain professional appearance.
- \*Ability to work flexibly to meet operational needs of the team and wider organisations.
- \*To remain calm under pressure, resourceful, approachable, non judgmental reliable and honest.
- \*Car driver, with independent means of transport on a daily basis.
- \*Willing to undertake disclosure and Barring service at Enhanced level.
- \*Use Trust IT system
- \*Enthusiastic.
- \*Resourceful.
- \*IT skills.
- \*Sense of humour.
- \*Clean driving licence: less than 3 points on licence.
- \*Registered Sick Children's Nurse/Child Branch.
- \*Recognised Teaching Qualification.
- \*Evidence of continuing professional development.
- \*Recognised Teaching Qualification.
- \*Evidence of continuing professional development.
- \*Substantial post registration experience.
- \*Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- \*Able to utilise IT skills to document events on a day-to-day basis, write up minutes from meetings and disseminate accordingly.
- \*To supervise junior staff on a day-to-day basis, to include 1:1 and appraisal monitoring of non-qualified staff.
- \*Dexterity and co-ordination is required for IV, CVL, IM interventions, the administration of medications, passing of naso-gastric, gastrostomy and tracheostomy tubes.
- \*Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures including safeguarding and disability.
- \*Knowledge of recognised health related issues in children and young people with complex and life limited conditions.
- \*Experience of working within the community setting.
- \*Evidence of ability to train carers/children and young people/staff.
- \*Recognition of children continuing care.
- Additional Criteria
- \*Able to listen and be a good communicator in a variety of settings/services and enthuse others -- can communicate complex information where there are barriers to learning and understanding.
- \*Able to demonstrate ability to promote the individuality and well being of clients in a holistic way.
- \*Able to plan, assess, implement care and evaluate complex activities such as hospital
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.
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Job summary
We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic Children's trained nurse with experience in nursing children to join our team.
The Children's Community Nursing Service is a small but well established service that provides care to children and young people who have an identified nursing need/ long term health need, supporting and empowering families to manage their child at home and in a variety of settings across Solihull.
You will be part of a multi-professional team and will require excellent communication skills. We will offer a comprehensive induction and competency programme; prior competency evidence of IV therapy, Venepuncture/ blood sampling, enteral feeding device care, tracheostomy care and Medical Devices will be considered useful.
The team regularly operates from 09.00-18.30 hours Monday to Friday and Saturday and bank holidays 09.00-13.00 hours. This post is for 37.5 hours per week routinely worked over 5 days. This post is to cover maternity leave.
Daily access to your own vehicle for managing community visits is essential.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to manage a named caseload of children under the supervision of a senior nurse and will be expected to manage your own time and use your own initiative to provide evidenced based quality care.
You will assess and plan the care needs of children/young people and their famili
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