Band 8a Lead Nurse Children’s Community Nursing Team (CCNT)
The closing date is 05 April 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced senior children's nurse to Lead the newly formed Children's Community Nursing Team that cares for Children and Young People within Barking , Havering and Redbridge.
This new collaboration of service will work within the Children's Directorate. As Lead Nurse you would be an expert practitioner in Children's Community Nursing, enhancing the service and enabling the delivery of a safe high-quality service will be required to work leading a team of Children's community nurse. You must be able to evidence your ability to motivate and inspire others and work collaboratively with multi- disciplinary and multi-agency teams to deliver the highest standards of care, staff support, and service delivery.
The Lead nurse role will contribute to leading service delivery, supporting quality improvement and providing safe, effective and specialist care to BCYP alongside other specialist nursing services within the Children's Directorate. So if you are an enthusiastic, dynamic, and highly motivated nurse who is committed, caring and compassionate - come and join our fantastic team. Your professional development will be encouraged and supported.
You must have full driving licence and access to own vehicle.
If you would like further information about this job or would like to arrange an informal visit, please contact:Fiona Cook, Matron for Children's (01708 435000 ext 6554)
Main duties of the job
To be an expert practitioner in Children's Community Nursing, enhancing the service and enabling the delivery of a safe high-quality service.
To provide advanced clinical skills, leadership and knowledge in clinical practice.
To ensure Babies, Children's and Young People (BCYP) receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time by leading the new collaboration of the BHRUT Children's Community Nursing teams across the tri borough.
To contribute to leading service delivery, supporting quality improvement and providing safe, effective and specialist care to BCYP alongside other specialist nursing services within the Children's Directorate.
To support innovative ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and child focused service working closely with the acute wards, specialist nurses, community providers and tertiary centres to deliver care within the home and reduce the length of stay.
To be responsible for the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with MDT colleagues.
To act as an excellent role model and leader to all staff
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record(we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated goodby the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer.
Some of the positive changes we've made are captured in this film.
Details
Date posted
30 March 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£30,815 to £34,311 a year per annum inclusive
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
162-7657-WC
Job locations
King George Hospital
Barley Lane
Ilford
IG38YB
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
King George Hospital
Barley Lane
Ilford
IG38YB
Employer's website
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