Children's Community Nursing Sister

Children's Community Nursing Sister

The closing date is 03 March 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced children's nurse to join the children's community nursing team on a fixed term basis. Our versatile and responsive team work with children and young people at home, special schools and other community settings. They provide direct nursing care, support and education and training to children and families with a variety of medical conditions and complex needs.

The team supports children with acute and complex conditions and supports children and their families with life limiting conditions. The team also supports the Paediatric Virtual Ward within the community setting.

The applicant must be dynamic, dedicated, self‑motivated, and able to work well independently but also within a team. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential for the role as the successful candidate will work with children, young people and families and the wider multidisciplinary team in the community.

As a band 6 nurse the applicant will be expected to deputise for the team leader when necessary and supervise junior members of staff.

The applicant must be either an experienced senior band 5 or currently a band 6 nurse with Intravenous/central line competency and experience of ward and ideally community setting.

The post holder will hold the Community Specialist Practitioner Course qualification or be willing to undertake this as the opportunity arises.

The post holder will be based at Newton Drive Health Centre working alongside colleagues from various health professions. They can expect to be well supported via various routes including Trust induction, local team induction programme, clinical supervision, and Team meetings, Appraisal / Personal Development Review / Personal Development Plan etc.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire and operates within a regional health economy catchment area that spans Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust is a large, integrated provider of acute and community services to the 445,000 population of the Fylde coast health economy and provides urgent and emergency care services to around 18 million people who visit Blackpool every year.

We provide specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology services across this region and host the National Artificial Eye Service, which provides services across England.

With patients and families at the heart of all we do, we are committed to creating a culture that empowers our staff and inspires us all to deliver first‑class clinical care.

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical care and treatments of children and young people within the Childrens Community Nursing Team.

The team supports children and young people aged 0-16 years and up until 19 years for those with SEND.

The post holder will support young people in the process of transition to adulthood services and ensure they are fully supported with their required onward health and care needs.

The post holder will support the coordination of the Virtual Ward and participate in daily ward rounds to support early discharge from hospital and provision of responsive follow‑up care at home.

It is expected the post holder will take at least one lead area of responsibility within the team, championing this work, reviewing National Guidelines, Standards or NICE and maintaining a quality and research driven service/care.

The post holder will support directly with nurse‑lead clinics and new team initiatives and undertake the required audits to demonstrate effectiveness of new practice developments.

The experienced post holder will directly support junior staff and students ensuring strong effective mentorship and guidance.

They will develop and deliver comprehensive teaching and training to education and nursery settings.

They will directly support children and staff within our four local special schools ensuring children are well supported with their health and care needs comprehensively understood by the staff caring for them within their school day.

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