East London NHS Foundation Trust

Community Children's Matron

The closing date is 30 July 2025

Job summary

To provide robust operational management of and professional support to the Community Children's Nursing Service. The post holder will be responsible for specific areas but will work collaboratively across the service and SCYPS to ensure high quality community children's nursing services are maintained, developed, implemented and embedded. To promote and enable MDT working which supports the complex needs of Children, Young People and Families in Newham.

The post holder will undertake to assure health service delivery effectively reflects and responds to the identified needs of children, young people and their families in Newham. Providing outstanding nursing leadership through continually challenging practice, leading and supporting innovation and facilitating change management to improve outcomes. The collection, reporting and use of data to demonstrate effective service delivery and highlight population health needs will be an essential component as will audit, policy development and participation in research.

Main duties of the job

Although responsible for specific allocated areas, will jointly lead and co-ordinate the day-to-day operational management and professional support to the Community Children's Nursing Service.
To ensure a high quality community children's nursing service is realised through the implementation of the clinical governance agenda inclusive of staff supervision, appraisal, clinical audit, standard setting, and participation in research and quality improvement projects.
To be responsible for the collection, reporting and use of data to demonstrate effective service delivery and highlight population health needs.
To ensure that health service delivery reflects and responds to the identified needs of children, young people and their families in Newham by; providing effective nursing leadership and continually challenging practice, promoting MDT working, leading and supporting innovation and utilising change management to improve care.
Wider organisation and systems involvement via the Senior Management Group for Specialist Children and Young People Services.
To deputise for the Head of Nursing at forums as required and contribute to the provision of a focus for children's nursing leadership within the organisation.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Date posted

18 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,631 to £68,623 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

363-SS7317512

Job locations

Appleby Health Centre

63 Appleby Road

London

E16 1LQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Patient Care

To develop the community based childrens services, paying attention to developing and establishing effective systems of multi-professional liaison and communication that encompass co-ordinated care planning.
To monitor the co-ordination and completion of multi-disciplinary assessments in partnership with Richard House Childrens Hospice and service team leads for children with life limiting / life threatening or complex care needs within the borough of Newham.
To work in partnership with the Head of Nursing to identify developments required to continually improve the paediatric community nursing services e.g. profiling and analysis of caseloads, and advice on the allocation of resources to meet the local health need by development of out of hours services.
To provide a key contact for clinicians and other health care teams regarding issues relating to the team or the services they provide, ensuring development of new partnerships within the area.
In collaboration with the Head of Nursing and team leads ensure appropriate utilisation and development of the nursing workforce within community childrens nursing.
To be the health representative on the EHC gateway panel and responsible for leading the continuing care framework for children within the borough of Newham.
In partnership with the Head of Nursing ensure that transition for health from children to adult services is developed and implemented across the organisation in collaboration with the Local Authority and Clinical Commissioning Group.
To carry out research activities/Quality improvement, as deemed appropriate, in any area approved by senior management that will foster improved working knowledge and/or skills and abilities for the benefit of the organisation overall and community care specifically.
To develop appropriate systems that ensure and monitor accurate records and record keeping in accordance with NMC and organisation policies and supplying returns and statistics punctually, as requested,
To actively promote and encourage patient and public involvement in the development of all community services.
To attend in-service and other training programmes and meetings as required, and take responsibility for keeping up to date with changes in the NHS and Health and Social Policies.
To provide safeguarding support / guidance to staff in their respective teams to ensure safe practice supported by the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Young People.

Clinical

To provide specialist knowledge resource in supporting joint issues across health, social and voluntary sectors around community childrens nursing e.g.: complex care, palliative care.
To lead on and work closely with key stakeholders to ensure the implementation and development of National Service Framework for Children and NICE guidance, to ensure successful outcomes.
To practice a high standard of professional conduct, in accordance with the policies, protocols and guidelines of the organisation and the NMC Code (2015) and revalidation requirements.
To develop and review community childrens based services and produce robust protocols for clinical care incorporating clinical pathways, standards, policies developed with partner agencies in line with trust policies and procedures
To co-ordinate the development, monitoring and update of clinical and operational policies & standards for Community Childrens Nursing Services including psychology and play services within the Diana team.
To support and participate in the organisations strategies for clinical governance and ensure that clinical governance is pre-eminent within the remit of community childrens nursing services. Ensuring the risk registers are completed on a quarterly basis for all services within Childrens Community Nursing Services
To provide clinical support and guidance to team leads and maintain responsibility for continuing professional development, skills and competencies through individual appraisals and goal setting in order for the nurses to practice in the current environment.
To exercise awareness of professional responsibilities and development by organising own work to include time to continuously upgrade knowledge base and by taking opportunities for personal and professional development.
To develop sound clinical practice across community childrens nursing in close working practice with the team leads.
To encourage evidence-based practice by ensuring that information and/or training evaluation from conferences/study days are fed back to team members and that the sharing of best practice is maintained.
To assist and aid the development and implementation of nurse prescribing within childrens community nursing services.

Management

To co-ordinate daily operational issues relating to the Community Childrens Nursing Services and the development and delivery of services to ensure reflection of best practice.
To represent the collective views of the Community Childrens Nursing service and feedback information to the Head of Nursing as appropriate.
To provide and maintain compliance and adherence of high standards of nursing practice & leadership within Community Childrens Nursing Services
To ensure clinical supervision is in place for all the community nursing services members as stipulated within ELFT guidelines
To represent childrens nursing on steering groups as appropriate, contributing to the business planning and performance management processes through membership of appropriate groups
To undertake a facilitators role in weekly/monthly team meetings, daily handovers and promote a robust two-way communication system conducive to enable maximum utilisation of information.
To monitor the management and processing of health and safety regulations, ensuring compliance at all times, including the reporting requirements for hazards, (COSHH) accidents, incidents and diseases (RIDDOR) and the submission of the relevant documentation to the appropriate authorities.
To be responsible for the management of incidents, comments and complaints from patients, carers or relatives, in accordance with the Trust policies and procedures
To be accountable for delivery, co-ordination, development and promotion of in-service educational, induction and preceptorship programmes for all staff and monitor implementation.
To co-ordinate the identification of training needs, ensuring staff have the requisite skills to match their supporting responsibilities
Work in conjunction with the Head of Nursing to develop a Nurse Leadership pathway. Identifying the training needs of band 7 nurses, liaising with the Training Department in organising training to ensure they are effective in managing their teams and developing the required leadership skills.
To organise and co-ordinate, in liaison with link lecturer, student placements and facilitate a supportive, learning environment which is conducive to ongoing professional development.
To work with senior staff to identify, lead and participate in education, training and research projects within childrens nursing in the community setting
To monitor and actively participate, where required, in the induction training of new staff, and to ensure that existing staff have equal access to training and development opportunities
To act up for the Head of Nursing as appropriate.

Human Resources

To actively participate and guide the Trusts Performance Review process, by appraising team members and ensuring that all staff within the service has personal development plans agreed.
To effectively monitor performance issues i.e.: sickness, absence, poor performance, clinical competencies, including the implementation of appropriate strategies and mechanisms, in liaison with the Human Resources Department
To take responsibility for the recruitment and selection process as required for Community Childrens Nursing Services and identifying potential areas of skill mix

Performance and Quality

To maintain an outlook diary of work activities and travel in the required manner, and make it available to the Head of Nursing.
Ensure data is captured in an effective and meaningful way to inform practice and resource requests
To be responsible for the collection, reporting and use of data to demonstrate effective service delivery and highlight population health needs.
To analyse trends and risks occurring within the area and bring to the attention of the Head of Nursing in accordance with ELFTs clinical governance requirements.
To ensure risks are added to the risk register, rag rated and that the risk register is kept up to date.
To develop quality initiatives and participate in standard setting and auditing clinical effectiveness. Participate in research projects as required

Financial and Physical Resources

To oversee and manage, in partnership with the General Manager / Head of Nursing and finance manager the Community Childrens nursing service budgets.
To undertake regular capacity and demand modelling that informs and directs service development and resource requests.
Participate in the formulation of Business Cases to expand the service

Job description

Job responsibilities

Patient Care

To develop the community based childrens services, paying attention to developing and establishing effective systems of multi-professional liaison and communication that encompass co-ordinated care planning.
To monitor the co-ordination and completion of multi-disciplinary assessments in partnership with Richard House Childrens Hospice and service team leads for children with life limiting / life threatening or complex care needs within the borough of Newham.
To work in partnership with the Head of Nursing to identify developments required to continually improve the paediatric community nursing services e.g. profiling and analysis of caseloads, and advice on the allocation of resources to meet the local health need by development of out of hours services.
To provide a key contact for clinicians and other health care teams regarding issues relating to the team or the services they provide, ensuring development of new partnerships within the area.
In collaboration with the Head of Nursing and team leads ensure appropriate utilisation and development of the nursing workforce within community childrens nursing.
To be the health representative on the EHC gateway panel and responsible for leading the continuing care framework for children within the borough of Newham.
In partnership with the Head of Nursing ensure that transition for health from children to adult services is developed and implemented across the organisation in collaboration with the Local Authority and Clinical Commissioning Group.
To carry out research activities/Quality improvement, as deemed appropriate, in any area approved by senior management that will foster improved working knowledge and/or skills and abilities for the benefit of the organisation overall and community care specifically.
To develop appropriate systems that ensure and monitor accurate records and record keeping in accordance with NMC and organisation policies and supplying returns and statistics punctually, as requested,
To actively promote and encourage patient and public involvement in the development of all community services.
To attend in-service and other training programmes and meetings as required, and take responsibility for keeping up to date with changes in the NHS and Health and Social Policies.
To provide safeguarding support / guidance to staff in their respective teams to ensure safe practice supported by the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Young People.

Clinical

To provide specialist knowledge resource in supporting joint issues across health, social and voluntary sectors around community childrens nursing e.g.: complex care, palliative care.
To lead on and work closely with key stakeholders to ensure the implementation and development of National Service Framework for Children and NICE guidance, to ensure successful outcomes.
To practice a high standard of professional conduct, in accordance with the policies, protocols and guidelines of the organisation and the NMC Code (2015) and revalidation requirements.
To develop and review community childrens based services and produce robust protocols for clinical care incorporating clinical pathways, standards, policies developed with partner agencies in line with trust policies and procedures
To co-ordinate the development, monitoring and update of clinical and operational policies & standards for Community Childrens Nursing Services including psychology and play services within the Diana team.
To support and participate in the organisations strategies for clinical governance and ensure that clinical governance is pre-eminent within the remit of community childrens nursing services. Ensuring the risk registers are completed on a quarterly basis for all services within Childrens Community Nursing Services
To provide clinical support and guidance to team leads and maintain responsibility for continuing professional development, skills and competencies through individual appraisals and goal setting in order for the nurses to practice in the current environment.
To exercise awareness of professional responsibilities and development by organising own work to include time to continuously upgrade knowledge base and by taking opportunities for personal and professional development.
To develop sound clinical practice across community childrens nursing in close working practice with the team leads.
To encourage evidence-based practice by ensuring that information and/or training evaluation from conferences/study days are fed back to team members and that the sharing of best practice is maintained.
To assist and aid the development and implementation of nurse prescribing within childrens community nursing services.

Management

To co-ordinate daily operational issues relating to the Community Childrens Nursing Services and the development and delivery of services to ensure reflection of best practice.
To represent the collective views of the Community Childrens Nursing service and feedback information to the Head of Nursing as appropriate.
To provide and maintain compliance and adherence of high standards of nursing practice & leadership within Community Childrens Nursing Services
To ensure clinical supervision is in place for all the community nursing services members as stipulated within ELFT guidelines
To represent childrens nursing on steering groups as appropriate, contributing to the business planning and performance management processes through membership of appropriate groups
To undertake a facilitators role in weekly/monthly team meetings, daily handovers and promote a robust two-way communication system conducive to enable maximum utilisation of information.
To monitor the management and processing of health and safety regulations, ensuring compliance at all times, including the reporting requirements for hazards, (COSHH) accidents, incidents and diseases (RIDDOR) and the submission of the relevant documentation to the appropriate authorities.
To be responsible for the management of incidents, comments and complaints from patients, carers or relatives, in accordance with the Trust policies and procedures
To be accountable for delivery, co-ordination, development and promotion of in-service educational, induction and preceptorship programmes for all staff and monitor implementation.
To co-ordinate the identification of training needs, ensuring staff have the requisite skills to match their supporting responsibilities
Work in conjunction with the Head of Nursing to develop a Nurse Leadership pathway. Identifying the training needs of band 7 nurses, liaising with the Training Department in organising training to ensure they are effective in managing their teams and developing the required leadership skills.
To organise and co-ordinate, in liaison with link lecturer, student placements and facilitate a supportive, learning environment which is conducive to ongoing professional development.
To work with senior staff to identify, lead and participate in education, training and research projects within childrens nursing in the community setting
To monitor and actively participate, where required, in the induction training of new staff, and to ensure that existing staff have equal access to training and development opportunities
To act up for the Head of Nursing as appropriate.

Human Resources

To actively participate and guide the Trusts Performance Review process, by appraising team members and ensuring that all staff within the service has personal development plans agreed.
To effectively monitor performance issues i.e.: sickness, absence, poor performance, clinical competencies, including the implementation of appropriate strategies and mechanisms, in liaison with the Human Resources Department
To take responsibility for the recruitment and selection process as required for Community Childrens Nursing Services and identifying potential areas of skill mix

Performance and Quality

To maintain an outlook diary of work activities and travel in the required manner, and make it available to the Head of Nursing.
Ensure data is captured in an effective and meaningful way to inform practice and resource requests
To be responsible for the collection, reporting and use of data to demonstrate effective service delivery and highlight population health needs.
To analyse trends and risks occurring within the area and bring to the attention of the Head of Nursing in accordance with ELFTs clinical governance requirements.
To ensure risks are added to the risk register, rag rated and that the risk register is kept up to date.
To develop quality initiatives and participate in standard setting and auditing clinical effectiveness. Participate in research projects as required

Financial and Physical Resources

To oversee and manage, in partnership with the General Manager / Head of Nursing and finance manager the Community Childrens nursing service budgets.
To undertake regular capacity and demand modelling that informs and directs service development and resource requests.
Participate in the formulation of Business Cases to expand the service

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

RSCN/RN Child
Educated to degree level and working towards / prepared to work towards MSc level.
ENB 998 or equivalent mentorship qualification
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Community Qualification including SpQ (CCN)/SCPHN or willing to complete
Independent prescriber Advanced physical assessment skills.

Experience

Essential

Clinical practitioner at a senior level with current community experience
Significant experience at a senior level in children's nursing
Demonstrable competence and skills as a senior manager
Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of dealing with professional conduct, performance and competency issues
Experience of implementing change, audit and quality improvement work
Financial and resource management
Experience in addressing child protection issues.

Desirable

Ability to work on own initiative and act decisively
Ability to operate and think laterally at an operational and strategic level

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Facilitative management style with well-developed influencing skills
Ability to build and develop teams and maintain constructive working relationships
Evidence of personal insight, professional attitude, diplomacy and sound judgement
Ability to work with confidence across organisational boundaries
Able to communicate with vision and shared purpose
Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
Knowledge of agencies/organisations which can be utilised for the benefit of service users
Knowledge of local health population priorities and barriers
Knowledge of clinical governance and improvement agenda

Desirable

Understanding of Commissioning Processes
Knowledge of up to date guidance relevant to the care of infants, children and young people

Clinical Leadership

Essential

Mutual respect - Treats service users, families, colleagues and other professionals with courtesy and respect at all times.
Regularly collect, analyse and implement service user feedback
Willing to negotiate and can handle confrontation effectively and professionally.
Team player and role model; takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
Able to manage effectively frequent exposure to distressing/highly emotional circumstances
Demonstrate clinical leadership and oversight of a team or service
Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately
Able to access all trust premises and home environments.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

RSCN/RN Child
Educated to degree level and working towards / prepared to work towards MSc level.
ENB 998 or equivalent mentorship qualification
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Community Qualification including SpQ (CCN)/SCPHN or willing to complete
Independent prescriber Advanced physical assessment skills.

Experience

Essential

Clinical practitioner at a senior level with current community experience
Significant experience at a senior level in children's nursing
Demonstrable competence and skills as a senior manager
Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of dealing with professional conduct, performance and competency issues
Experience of implementing change, audit and quality improvement work
Financial and resource management
Experience in addressing child protection issues.

Desirable

Ability to work on own initiative and act decisively
Ability to operate and think laterally at an operational and strategic level

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Facilitative management style with well-developed influencing skills
Ability to build and develop teams and maintain constructive working relationships
Evidence of personal insight, professional attitude, diplomacy and sound judgement
Ability to work with confidence across organisational boundaries
Able to communicate with vision and shared purpose
Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
Knowledge of agencies/organisations which can be utilised for the benefit of service users
Knowledge of local health population priorities and barriers
Knowledge of clinical governance and improvement agenda

Desirable

Understanding of Commissioning Processes
Knowledge of up to date guidance relevant to the care of infants, children and young people

Clinical Leadership

Essential

Mutual respect - Treats service users, families, colleagues and other professionals with courtesy and respect at all times.
Regularly collect, analyse and implement service user feedback
Willing to negotiate and can handle confrontation effectively and professionally.
Team player and role model; takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
Able to manage effectively frequent exposure to distressing/highly emotional circumstances
Demonstrate clinical leadership and oversight of a team or service
Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately
Able to access all trust premises and home environments.

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

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UK Registration

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Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Appleby Health Centre

63 Appleby Road

London

E16 1LQ

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Appleby Health Centre

63 Appleby Road

London

E16 1LQ

Employer's website

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