Job summary
Do you want to work as a Community Nursery Nurse in one of the most vibrant, diverse and rewarding areas in West London? Joining Central and North-West London NHS Foundation Trust in Hillingdon can offer you the opportunities and experiences you are looking for. At CNWL we are fully committed to improving the health of all families living in Hillingdon and helping to ensure that all children fulfil their potential.
Community Nursery Nurses work as a member of the Hillingdon 0-19 Service in the delivery of health education/health promotion whilst supporting the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to families in the borough of Hillingdon. They work closely with children and families who use our services and play an important contribution in our team as well as how people experience our services.
Main duties of the job
Working in a skill mixed team, Community Nursery Nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- Working in conjunction with Health Visitors to formulate care plans for a programme of intervention to be carried out either at home or clinic settings.
- Providing feedback to the Health Visitor when concerns have been identified during contacts with families.
- Participating in the Healthy Child programme under direction of the Health Visitor.
- Supporting in the running of clinics, facilitating developmental reviews and growth monitoring as required.
- Independently carry out developmental reviews in the clinic or home setting: assessing cognitive and language development, hearing, vision fine and gross motor skills, emotional and social development.
- Providing appropriate health promotion, parenting advice and childcare advice to parents and carers when necessary.
- Referring to other agencies such as Speech and Language Therapists, Early support, Audiologist and other child development specialists.
About us
Your experience as a new starter in CNWL is extremely important to us and you can find out how your journey from your first day to the end of your first year will be supported by clicking onto "New Starter Roadmap" which is attached with the job description. Across our organisation we have a thriving set of active staff networks to promote inclusion and communication with our diverse workforce (BAME, LGBTQ+, 50+, Disabled Employees, Women's, Carers and Lived Experience of Mental Health) and staff will have access to a range of personal, financial and wellbeing benefits.
As well as talking to one of our managers we would be delighted to put you in touch with a recently recruited member of staff in one of our services who can answer any questions that you might have about their experience as a new starter and of the culture in our services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024."
As such, if you dont meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.
Please note role eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).
For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification on this advert for further info.
Community Nursery Nurses are expected to be competent and confident and will have previous experience of working with children before coming into post. They contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
- Supporting the planning, organisation and delivery of defined aspects of the healthy child programme, including health reviews, parenting support and home visiting.
- Working with children and families in the assessment of their health and well-being and making referrals as appropriate under the supervision of the health visiting and school nursing teams.
- Developing and contributing to parenting support groups.
- Support the teams in planning programmes of care to promote positive outcomes for children and families, including those requiring a higher level of health promotion or preventative intervention.
- Communicating effectively with other members of the team regarding the management of individual clients and issues relating to service delivery.
- Working with health visitors and school nursing in regard to safeguarding children and families
- Referring to other teams or services as appropriate.
- Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by:
- communicating well with all members of the team
- understanding their role, responsibilities in the team, and how they help the team achieve its objectives
- Reflecting on their own practice regularly
- identifying how care could be improved.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024."
As such, if you dont meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.
Please note role eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).
For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification on this advert for further info.
Community Nursery Nurses are expected to be competent and confident and will have previous experience of working with children before coming into post. They contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
- Supporting the planning, organisation and delivery of defined aspects of the healthy child programme, including health reviews, parenting support and home visiting.
- Working with children and families in the assessment of their health and well-being and making referrals as appropriate under the supervision of the health visiting and school nursing teams.
- Developing and contributing to parenting support groups.
- Support the teams in planning programmes of care to promote positive outcomes for children and families, including those requiring a higher level of health promotion or preventative intervention.
- Communicating effectively with other members of the team regarding the management of individual clients and issues relating to service delivery.
- Working with health visitors and school nursing in regard to safeguarding children and families
- Referring to other teams or services as appropriate.
- Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by:
- communicating well with all members of the team
- understanding their role, responsibilities in the team, and how they help the team achieve its objectives
- Reflecting on their own practice regularly
- identifying how care could be improved.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NNEB Diploma/BTEC Level 3 in childcare or equivalent
- or Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with children
- Experience of assessing child development
Desirable
- Previous experience within a community setting
- Previous NHS Experience
- Experience of using Microsoft word packages to compose standard letters and reports
- Experience of working with databases including Excel to Input, store, modify, structure, maintain & present data & information
- Experience of gathering, analysing & reporting on a limited range of data and information
- Experience of multi agency/partnership working
Knowledge, skills & abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates some understanding of Health Visiting and the Healthy Child Programme
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work without direct supervision
Desirable
- Previous experience within a community setting
- Previous NHS Experience
- Knowledge of child development assessment tools
- Evidence of effective team work
- Demonstrates an interest in public health and health education
- Computer literate
- Reflective and innovative practitioner
- Ability to work flexibly in order to respond to service needs
- Demonstrates a motivated, enthusiastic and non-judgmental approach
- Child Protection knowledge
- Audit knowledge
- AAbility to prioritise & plan own workload to meet deadlines & competing demands
Personal Disposition
Essential
- Willingness to travel to different locations to undertake role effectively
- The post requires a degree of agility and the ability to carry/manoeuvre light to moderate loads
Desirable
- Ability to maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so
- Willing to develop own skills & knowledge & provide information to others to help their development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NNEB Diploma/BTEC Level 3 in childcare or equivalent
- or Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with children
- Experience of assessing child development
Desirable
- Previous experience within a community setting
- Previous NHS Experience
- Experience of using Microsoft word packages to compose standard letters and reports
- Experience of working with databases including Excel to Input, store, modify, structure, maintain & present data & information
- Experience of gathering, analysing & reporting on a limited range of data and information
- Experience of multi agency/partnership working
Knowledge, skills & abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates some understanding of Health Visiting and the Healthy Child Programme
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work without direct supervision
Desirable
- Previous experience within a community setting
- Previous NHS Experience
- Knowledge of child development assessment tools
- Evidence of effective team work
- Demonstrates an interest in public health and health education
- Computer literate
- Reflective and innovative practitioner
- Ability to work flexibly in order to respond to service needs
- Demonstrates a motivated, enthusiastic and non-judgmental approach
- Child Protection knowledge
- Audit knowledge
- AAbility to prioritise & plan own workload to meet deadlines & competing demands
Personal Disposition
Essential
- Willingness to travel to different locations to undertake role effectively
- The post requires a degree of agility and the ability to carry/manoeuvre light to moderate loads
Desirable
- Ability to maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so
- Willing to develop own skills & knowledge & provide information to others to help their development
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.
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).
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.
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).
