# Children's Community Nurse - 12 months FTC

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Whitton Corner Health and Social Care Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (community and district)
- **Salary:** £45953.00 to £54254.00
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Mat Leave Cover-Weekends and bank holiday working within this role approximately one in every 8-10 weeks.)
- **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full time)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25T09:10:41.563Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8209055
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8209055?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

### 12 Months - Fixed Term Contract - Mat Leave Cover

Are you passionate about patient care? Join our supportive community-based paediatric team.

- Exciting opportunity for a highly motivated band 6 children's nurse in our Richmond Children’s Community Nursing Service.
- Learning opportunities to complete training in cytotoxic medication administration, foundation oncology and palliative care.
- Opportunity to develop teaching skills.
- Collaboration with allied professionals, the wider multidisciplinary team, social care, and local education providers.
- Caring for children with acute and long term conditions, including enteral feeding, IV antibiotic administration, oxygen therapy, blood sampling via central venous access devices, wound care and palliative care. Care is delivered across a range of settings including patient homes and in a nurse led clinic.
- Access to lease car via Tusker Car Scheme.
- May be required to work weekends and bank holidays.

A valid driver's license and access to a car is essential.

### Main duties of the job

- Seeking Band 6 children’s nurses with motivation to work in our Children’s Community Nursing Service.
- Requires the ability to work autonomously and within a collaborative nursing team.
- Involvement in acute and long-term condition treatments and teaching.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the full job description and person specification attached to see full outline of post.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Have a current driving license and access to a car for work purposes.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of safeguarding procedures with children/families and young people
- Post registration experience in a range of settings

**Desirable**

- Relevant community experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Children’s Nurse and Supervisor/Assessor qualification
- Intravenous medication certificate and competency.

**Desirable**

- Cytotoxic medication administration competency

### Skills and Abilities

**Essential**

- Demonstrate ability to work independently showing initiative and decision making.

**Desirable**

- Competent in the use of enteral feeding devices and central venous access devices.

## Documents

- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2412)
- [job description band 6 ccn (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10516037)
- [person specification band 6 ccn (pdf, 192.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10516038)

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