Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Post registration experience
- Experience
Able to effectively supervise/support fellow team members and student nurses.
- Relationships
If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
- Right to Work
Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
- Right to Work
If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
- Right to Work
Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.
- Qualifications
1st level Registration RSCN/RN Child
- Qualifications
To possess or be willing to complete the Paediatric Clinical Examination and Minor illness module.
- Skills & Knowledge
Relevant experience working in a healthcare setting with children and their families, with complex health needs / acute health needs
- Job Specific Requirements
The ability to travel independently across the trust
- Job Specific Requirements
The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Use skills to teach/develop fellow team members, student nurses, parent/carers and education staff
- Experience
Able to undertake Practice Assessor / Supervisor role.
- Qualifications
Post Reg education.
- Qualifications
To possess or willing to work towards BSc in Community Childrens Nursing.
- Skills & Knowledge
IT skills.
- Skills & Knowledge
Teaching, audit and evaluation skills.
- Skills & Knowledge
Caring for children within a community setting.
- Skills & Knowledge
Completion of an Intravenous therapy course
Job summary
Are you a passionate, registered Childrens Nurse looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference? Join our Childrens Community Nursing Team and help deliver high-quality care to children and young people in homes, schools, nurseries and clinics. We work closely with children and their families to ensure that wherever possible, care can be delivered safely in the comfort of the childs own home. You will support children with complex health needs and acute or long-term conditions, using your clinical skills, communication skills and compassion. This is an exciting opportunity to work both independently and as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
As a Childrens Community Nurse, you will play a key role in helping children and young people receive specialist, high-quality care. Working closely with children and their families, you will assess individual health needs and plan and deliver evidence-based care. You will support children with complex, acute, chronic, life-limiting or additional health needs across homes, schools and community clinics. The role will involve tracheostomy care, non-invasive ventilation, intravenous and subcutaneous medication, port flushing and central line care, enteral feeding, and safe airway management, including suctioning and administering nebulised medication as well as acute nursing skills. You will also facilitate timely hospital discharge, working with the wider multidisciplinary team, and build the confidence of parents, carers and school staff through practical clinical training and support.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.
Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.
Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).
They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.
Our mission
We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other
Our vision
We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn
Our values
- Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
- Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
- Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
- One team: We work well together and with our communities
Details
- Date posted: 14 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: C9835-WC26-161
- Job locations: Great Sankey Hub, Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 3AA, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
To work within the Childrens Community Nursing Service, delivering high quality, evidence-based nursing care for children and young people with life limiting and life threatening conditions and supporting children and young people with short- and long-term conditions.
To identify the health needs of children to be nursed in the community and work in liaison with multi-agency partners to promote collaboration and effective communication.
To work across the Childrens Community Nursing Service developing skills in complex, acute and long-term conditions care.
Full Job Description attached.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
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This advert is for Childrens Community Nurse with North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust in Warrington, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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