Senior Community Children's Nurse

Senior Community Children's Nurse

The closing date is 15 July 2026

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Children's Community Nurse to join our Children's Community Nursing Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high‑quality, family‑centred care to children and young people with complex health needs across Gloucestershire.

The Children's Community Nursing Team supports children with life‑limiting conditions, long‑term health needs, and medical complexity, helping to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, facilitate early discharge, and enable children to receive care in their homes, schools, and community settings.

As a member of the team, you will combine expert clinical practice with leadership responsibilities, supporting service development and clinical governance. You will manage a clinical caseload, contribute to safeguarding processes, deliver education and training to families and professionals, and work collaboratively with health, education, social care, and voluntary sector partners to ensure coordinated care.

The role also includes participation in the Band 6 end‑of‑life on‑call rota, supporting children and families who choose to receive palliative and end‑of‑life care at home.

This position offers an excellent opportunity for a skilled children's nurse who is passionate about delivering outstanding community‑based care, developing others, and helping shape services that make a meaningful difference to children, young people, and their families.

This is a community based post and therefore a full valid driving licence for the UK is essential

• Deliver specialist nursing care, assessment, treatment, advice and support to children and young people with complex, life‑limiting and long‑term health conditions in community settings.
• Hold responsibility for assessing health needs, developing and reviewing care plans, and coordinating care in partnership with families and multidisciplinary professionals.
• Manage a clinical caseload and provide expert clinical decision‑making to support safe, effective and person‑centred care.
• Support the Team Leader with the operational delivery and ongoing development of the Children's Community Nursing Service.
• Deliver training, competency assessment and ongoing support to parents, carers, school staff and other professionals caring for children with complex healthcare needs.
• Participate in safeguarding processes, including attendance at Child Protection Conferences, Core Groups and Child in Need meetings, ensuring the welfare of children remains central to practice.
• Work collaboratively with acute hospitals, paediatricians, education providers, social care services and voluntary sector partners to ensure coordinated and integrated care.
• Contribute to clinical governance, service improvement, audit and quality initiatives to maintain high standards of care and support evidence‑based practice.
• Participate in the Band 6 end‑of‑life on‑call rota, supporting children and families who choose to receive palliative and end‑of‑life care within their home environment.

• Current NMC Registration which includes registered children's nurse.
• Evidence of further training completed in a range of clinical skills.
• Evidence of post registration/post graduate study in relevant area e.g. degree in children's community nursing or community specialist qualification or equivalent.
• Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent.

• Substantial post registration experience of working with children who may have a learning disability, complex health needs, palliative diagnosis, an acute short- or long‑term condition requiring nursing intervention.
• Experience of supporting/supervising other team members and/or students.
• Experience of delivering training to others including non‑NHS staff, patients and their families/carers.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and joint agency working.
• Experience of working in the community setting.

• Knowledge of current legislative changes effecting the NHS and Social Services particularly those affecting special needs health and education.
• Knowledge of child development and the needs of children with chronic and complex needs.
• Comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures in Gloucestershire.
• Ability to provide clinical supervision.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.