Children's Community Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Children's Community Nursing team here at Stockport for a 9‑month fixed term or secondment covering maternity leave.

• Deliver care to children with acute and chronic health needs within their own homes across 7 days.
• Assess, plan, and implement care and evaluate outcomes.
• Promote safeguarding of children by implementing Trust policies and acting promptly on concerns.
• Communicate effectively with children, families and multidisciplinary team, adapting style to meet developmental, cultural and emotional needs.
• Manage a daily caseload, balancing competing demands and changing priorities.
• Plan, coordinate and organise care delivery to ensure continuity.
• Organise own workload and contribute to team workload planning.
• Participate in service planning, development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Use Trust resources efficiently and ensure safe use, storage and maintenance of clinical equipment.
• Identify and report issues relating to equipment, stock or resource availability.
• Contribute to cost‑effective care delivery through appropriate use of resources.
• Implement Trust, local and national policies, procedures and clinical guidelines.
• Contribute to the review, development and implementation of policies, pathways and protocols.
• Support the implementation of change to improve patient outcomes and experience.
• Supervise, mentor and support junior nursing staff, support workers and students.
• Act as a role‑model, promoting professional standards, equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Contribute to recruitment, induction and retention of staff where appropriate.
• Support the education and development of students and other staff.
• Deliver training, teaching and health education to children, families and carers.
• Participate in the delivery of in‑service training and sharing of best practice.
• Maintain professional development and mandatory training requirements.
• Maintain accurate, contemporary and confidential patient records using electronic systems.
• Ensure compliance with information governance and data protection legislation.
• Collect and input data required for service monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
• Use information and data to inform clinical practice and service improvement.
• Participate in audit, service evaluation and quality improvement activities.
• Support implementation of research findings and evidence‑based practice.
• Use audit outcomes to inform changes in practice and improve care delivery.
• Maintain awareness of current research and professional developments relevant to children’s community nursing.
• Undertake clinical procedures requiring precision, dexterity and accuracy.
• Travel independently across a range of community settings, including homes, schools and clinics.
• Manage the physical demands of community nursing, including moving and handling equipment.
• Maintain concentration and emotional resilience when caring for children with complex or distressing needs.

• Experience working with children who have acute health needs.
• Understanding of children with complex health care needs.
• Ability to work flexibly between 8 am and 9 pm, 7 days a week, including support for an overnight on‑call service for children at end of life.
• Strong safeguarding and communication skills.
• Experience with Trust policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines.
• Leadership and supervision experience (preferred).

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a dynamic integrated Trust committed to providing high‑quality care to the local community. We aim to be an employer of choice, fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the population we serve.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and are one of its largest employers. We are committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our workforce. Our “two tick” kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust.

We can make reasonable…