# Children’s Complex Needs Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-complex-needs-nurse/b06d66c3-bbd8-4f75-a48c-33edd29eed3f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-complex-needs-nurse/b06d66c3-bbd8-4f75-a48c-33edd29eed3f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T10:22:32.724Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Burnley/Lancashire_South_Cumbria_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Childrens_Continuing_Care_Assessment_Team/Childrens_Continuing_Care_Assessment_Team-v8038833 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8038833?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an experienced qualified paediatric nurse to join our welcoming, dynamic, and supportive Children’s Continuing Care and Assessment Team enabling children with complex physical health needs to live well in the community. We support children with complex physical health needs in their homes, by completing Health Needs Assessments under Continuing Care criteria. We also support their ongoing medical device and consumable supply, training, advocating, and supporting the child or young person and their family. As part of the Children’s Complex Needs Nursing Service, we work closely with the wider children’s nursing teams in LSCFT, and with the wider MDT supporting the child or young person’s individual needs. ### Main duties of the job The team covers East Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Preston and West Lancashire. This post will be based in either the Burnley or Preston office but travel across this area will be essential to this post on a regular basis. You will be NMC registered and have post qualification children’s nursing experience including working with children with complex health needs in a multi-agency context. You will possess excellent clinical and communication skills and have knowledge and experience of children’s complex needs nursing and the technology and equipment used by these children. You will have great organisational skills and be able to work independently accessing supervision as required. You will be highly motivated and dedicated to evidence-based practice. You will be responsible for supporting children and young people with diverse physical health needs, undertaking assessments of children and young people to establish individualised management and treatment plans and determine appropriate interventions and goals. You will have the appropriate clinical skills and experience to be able to support in training at home, in schools and in nurseries if a need is identified. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. ## Job Details We are looking for an experienced qualified paediatric nurse to join our welcoming, dynamic, and supportive Children’s Continuing Care and Assessment Team enabling children with complex physical health needs to live well in the community. We support children with complex physical health needs in their homes, by completing Health Needs Assessments under Continuing Care criteria. We also support their ongoing medical device and consumable supply, training, advocating, and supporting the child or young person and their family. As part of the Children’s Complex Needs Nursing Service, we work closely with the wider children’s nursing teams in LSCFT, and with the wider MDT supporting the child or young person’s individual needs. ## Job Description The team covers East Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Preston and West Lancashire. This post will be based in either the Burnley or Preston office but travel across this area will be essential to this post on a regular basis. You will be NMC registered and have post qualification children’s nursing experience including working with children with complex health needs in a multi-agency context. You will possess excellent clinical and communication skills and have knowledge and experience of children’s complex needs nursing and the technology and equipment used by these children. You will have great organisational skills and be able to work independently accessing supervision as required. You will be highly motivated and dedicated to evidence-based practice. You will be responsible for supporting children and young people with diverse physical health needs, undertaking assessments of children and young people to establish individualised management and treatment plans and determine appropriate interventions and goals. You will have the appropriate clinical skills and experience to be able to support in training at home, in schools and in nurseries if a need is identified. ## Responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal - Able to work independently as lead specialist. - Ability to manage children with challenging behaviours ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance - Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs - Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes for children with diverse needs/ related to client group ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area - Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working - Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non clinical setting ### Qualifications **Essential** - Professional Degree or equivalent - Registered nurse qualification – Child Branch or relevant experience. - Current Professional Registration with NMC ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10327203) - [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256) ## 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.