Children's Community Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 15
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 5/6 nurse to join the Community Children's Nursing Team. The role involves assessing care needs, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for children at home to prevent or reduce hospitalisation. You will work part-time, 15 hours a week, including some weekends and bank holidays, providing highly skilled clinical and non-clinical care to support children and their families.
Essential criteria
- Must have clean driving license and have access to own car
- Education & Qualifications
- RSCN/RN (Child)
- Full NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Specialist qualification e.g. oncology course
- Relevant Community qualification
- Skills & Abilities
- Ability to implement and use a model of child health nursing care in the community
- Ability to support staff in planning and delivering care
- Ability to identify deficits in the quality of care and take appropriate action
- Ability to raise and discuss issues within the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Able to distinguish between professional roles as required e.g. CCN/HV/School Nurse
- Ability to write and formulate policies
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to ensure accurate and detailed documentation is maintained at all times
- Ability to input and retrieve information from IT systems
- Ability to deal effectively with stressed, anxious parents and children (and other carers)
- Ability to discuss the subject of death and dying appropriately and effectively and to support parents, children and other staff
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication
- Ability to function within a team whilst ensuring links with the whole multidisciplinary health care team
- Ability to advise/seek advice from relevant professionals on behalf of children, parents and other staff members
- Ability to mediate to resolve issues which cause difficulties within the unit
- Ability to manage band 5 staff as required
- Ability to supervise and participate in the orientation of students and new team members
- Ability to identify educational development needs within the team
- Ability to prepare and deliver presentations/seminars and local/national events
- Proven ability to facilitate change
- venepuncture and cannulation skills
- Other
- Must have clean driving license and have access to own car
- Education & Qualifications
- RSCN/RN (Child)
- Full NMC Registration
- Specialist qualification e.g. oncology course
- Relevant Community qualification
- Skills & Abilities
- Ability to implement and use a model of child health nursing care in the community
- Ability to support staff in planning and delivering care
- Ability to identify deficits in the quality of care and take appropriate action
- Ability to raise and discuss issues within the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Able to distinguish between professional roles as required e.g. CCN/HV/School Nurse
- Ability to write and formulate policies
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to ensure accurate and detailed documentation is maintained at all times
- Ability to input and retrieve information from IT systems
- Ability to deal effectively with stressed, anxious parents and children (and other carers)
- Ability to discuss the subject of death and dying appropriately and effectively and to support parents, children and other staff
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication
- Ability to function within a team whilst ensuring links with the whole multidisciplinary health care team
- Ability to advise/seek advice from relevant professionals on behalf of children, parents and other staff members
- Ability to mediate to resolve issues which cause difficulties within the unit
- Ability to manage band 5 staff as required
- Ability to supervise and participate in the orientation of students and new team members
- Ability to identify educational development needs within the team
- Ability to prepare and deliver presentations/seminars and local/national events
- Proven ability to facilitate change
- venepuncture and cannulation skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 8d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced band 5/6 nurse to become a member of the Community Children's Nursing Team (CCNT).
The post holder will work under the direction of the Children's Community Team leader with responsibility for, the assessment of care needs for all patients, ensuring appropriately planned care is both implemented and evaluated.
Children's Community Nurses provide care at home to facilitate the prevention of admission or reduction in hospitalisation.
The post holder will be passionate about nursing children and working in partnership with the families, acting as an advocate and facilitating treatment and nursing care at home.
Main duties of the job
The service is open 9-5 seven days a week, including bank holidays. This role is offered part time 15 hours per week, with some weekend and bank holiday working required.
We are looking for a registered children's nurse who is motivated, forward thinking and has a sound professional knowledge and excellent communication skills. You should have the ability to prioritize and work both independently and as part of a team.
In this post you will provide highly skilled, quality clinical and non-clinical care, which is outcome focused, to support children and their families, to enable them to live, participate and achieve in all aspects of life, eg at home and within their community
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