Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Children's Community Nurse Band 6

The closing date is 04 August 2025

Job summary

To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to children and young people aged 0 to 18 years with a variety of health conditions in their own home and other community settings within Northumberland and North Tyneside.

  • To assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care for children and young people with acute and chronic illness, complex disability or palliative care needs.
  • To work in partnership with the children, their families and carers and with other professionals from Health, Social Services, Education and non-statutory agencies to deliver care, teaching and training to meet the child and young persons assessed nursing needs.
  • To provide care that is flexible and responsive to the individual and meets the demands of the service as a whole.
  • To work with young people, with complex health needs, their families I carers and others within health care to promote a seamless transition process between children and adult services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will share with other Children's Community Nurses the responsibility for delivering skilled nursing care to children and young people aged 0- 18 years registered with a General Practitioner within Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust or children who are temporarily resident in those areas.

They will participate in discharge planning, multi professional/ agency meetings I reviews and planning transition to adult services.

They will offer advice and support, teaching and training to parents, carers and others regarding nursing care for children and young people who have a health need.

In the absence of their special school nursing colleagues they will provide nursing care, advice and support to children and young people accessing education in special schools settings in Northumberland

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details

Date posted

21 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7354070IO

Job locations

Child Health Centre

Woodhorn lane

Ashington

NE639JJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to children and young people aged 0 to 18 years with a variety of health conditions in their own home and other community settings within Northumberland and North Tyneside.

  • To assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care for children and young people with acute and chronic illness, complex disability or palliative care needs.
  • To work in partnership with the children, their families and carers and with other professionals from Health, Social Services, Education and non-statutory agencies to deliver care, teaching and training to meet the child and young persons assessed nursing needs.
  • To provide care that is flexible and responsive to the individual and meets the demands of the service as a whole.
  • To work with young people, with complex health needs, their families I carers and others within health care to promote a seamless transition process between children and adult services.

The post holder will share with other Children's Community Nurses the responsibility for delivering skilled nursing care to children and young people aged 0- 18 years registered with a General Practitioner within Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust or children who are temporarily resident in those areas.

They will participate in discharge planning, multi professional/ agency meetings I reviews and planning transition to adult services.

They will offer advice and support, teaching and training to parents, carers and others regarding nursing care for children and young people who have a health need.

In the absence of their special school nursing colleagues they will provide nursing care, advice and support to children and young people accessing education in special schools settings in Northumberland

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to children and young people aged 0 to 18 years with a variety of health conditions in their own home and other community settings within Northumberland and North Tyneside.

  • To assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care for children and young people with acute and chronic illness, complex disability or palliative care needs.
  • To work in partnership with the children, their families and carers and with other professionals from Health, Social Services, Education and non-statutory agencies to deliver care, teaching and training to meet the child and young persons assessed nursing needs.
  • To provide care that is flexible and responsive to the individual and meets the demands of the service as a whole.
  • To work with young people, with complex health needs, their families I carers and others within health care to promote a seamless transition process between children and adult services.

The post holder will share with other Children's Community Nurses the responsibility for delivering skilled nursing care to children and young people aged 0- 18 years registered with a General Practitioner within Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust or children who are temporarily resident in those areas.

They will participate in discharge planning, multi professional/ agency meetings I reviews and planning transition to adult services.

They will offer advice and support, teaching and training to parents, carers and others regarding nursing care for children and young people who have a health need.

In the absence of their special school nursing colleagues they will provide nursing care, advice and support to children and young people accessing education in special schools settings in Northumberland

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Childrens Nurse
  • Educated to Degree Level
  • Children's Nursing Qualification

Desirable

  • Mentorship Qualification
  • Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Childrens Nurse
  • Educated to Degree Level
  • Children's Nursing Qualification

Desirable

  • Mentorship Qualification
  • Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Child Health Centre

Woodhorn lane

Ashington

NE639JJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Child Health Centre

Woodhorn lane

Ashington

NE639JJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Children' s Community Nurse Manager

Kate Greenwood

kate.greenwood@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

01670564070

Details

Date posted

21 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7354070IO

Job locations

Child Health Centre

Woodhorn lane

Ashington

NE639JJ


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