# Children's Community Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-community-nurse/6265818b-9937-4fd3-91ee-8438185ed62b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-community-nurse/6265818b-9937-4fd3-91ee-8438185ed62b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Contract end date - 03-SEPT-2027.) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Occasional Bank Holiday Working) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T14:57:32.998Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8157641 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8157641?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a compassionate Band 6 Children's Community Nurse to join our Brent Children's Community Nursing Team on a part-time fixed-term contract until 3rd of  September 2027, based in Wembley. Working across children's homes, schools and nurseries, you will deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people with a range of complex health needs. You will assess, plan and provide specialist care, including tracheostomy care, central venous access, enteral feeding and intravenous therapies, while working closely with families and multidisciplinary teams to deliver seamless, child-centred care. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your community nursing skills within a supportive and inclusive team committed to improving outcomes for children and their families. Join us and help make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people across Brent. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will: - Provide information, education and emotional support to children, young people and their families, empowering them to make informed decisions about their care and ongoing health needs. - Promote health education and wellbeing by providing advice, guidance and practical support to children, families and carers, encouraging self-management where appropriate. - Maintain the highest standards of infection prevention and control, ensuring the safe handling and disposal of body fluids, clinical waste and contaminated sharps in accordance with Trust policies. - Work autonomously as a lone practitioner within the community, confidently managing your own caseload while receiving clinical support, supervision and guidance from the Children's Community Nursing Team Leads. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required. Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Recent experience of at least 1 year of working as a registered children’s nurse in a community nursing role - Recent experience within as acute/community setting - Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams - Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution - Teaching in the practice situation - Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload **Desirable** - Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload - Experience of managing staff within a team - Managing a safeguarding caseload ### Key Attributes **Essential** - Academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level. - Good computer literacy skills e.g., Microsoft word, excel - Excellent, adaptable communication skills both written and verbal. - Numeracy and Literacy skills - Able to willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health professionals **Desirable** - Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010) ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to support people to make informed decisions in relation to their health and well-being. - Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment. - Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice - Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice - Evidence of current clinical competencies relevant to community nursing. - Medicine management/administration - Obtaining consent - Empowering and working in partnership - IV Passport **Desirable** - Knowledge of assessment of health needs of the local population - Background knowledge of current policy relating to public health and primary care - Awareness of health needs of children and young people - Able to work efficiently in the community - Nasogastric Tube Insertion competent - IM injection competent - Venepuncture - Central line competency ### Education/ Qualification **Essential** - Current NMC Registration for children’s nursing - Evidence of post registration study / learning over the past two years. - Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines **Desirable** - Teaching Qualification ## Documents - [jd and ps (pdf, 688.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10458062) - [clch trust values (pdf, 893.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10460594) - [functional requirements (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10460593) - [job description & specifications (pdf, 688.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10486097) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.