Children's Community Nurse - CFHD

Job summary

The Childrens Community Nursing pathway works across Devon to provide nursing care and is currently comprised of three teams; the Childrens Community Nurse team, Special School Nurse team, and the Palliative Care team. The teams work closely together to provide a high quality responsive and dynamic service for children and young people in the community setting across Devon.

We are looking for experienced Childrens Nurses RSCN or RN (child) to join our Childrens Community Nurse Pathway. This 22.5hr post will be based in Exeter and East Devon. The position includes provision of support out of hours for palliative cands end of life care and the postholder will be part of an on call on a rota.

The post holder should have proven experience of working with children who have complex disability and or life limiting/ threatening conditions, who can demonstrate the ability to work well within a team environment, be able to work autonomously and ideally have community nursing experience.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will care for children with a wide variety of health conditions providing nursing care to promote care close to home and avoid hospital admission. You will work in partnership with other health service providers and other agencies, both statutory and voluntary, to provide exceptional levels of nursing care to our patients and strive to continually improve care with the involvement of patients and families.

This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service that is children, young people, families and staff focused.

About us

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Details

• Date posted: 01 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata (22.5 hours)
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: C9369-26-0768
• Job locations: Children & Family Health Devon, Bittern Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, EX2 7FW, United Kingdom, CFHD - Unit 7 - Oaklands Court, Tiverton Way, Tiverton, EX16 6TG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

UK Registration

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