# Children's Specialist Nursing Service Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-specialist-nursing-service-lead/a6bc1cb4-758a-489a-99b9-7acba59e0c47 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-specialist-nursing-service-lead/a6bc1cb4-758a-489a-99b9-7acba59e0c47.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Emergency/Out of Hours Dental Services - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,274 - £73,496 per annum, inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-15T14:41:10.725Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Childrens_Community_Nursing/Childrens_Community_Nursing-v8269347 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8269347?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced children’s nurse leader who is passionate about delivering outstanding care and improving services for children and young people with additional and complex health needs? We are looking for a compassionate and inclusive leader to provide senior clinical, professional and operational leadership across our Children’s Community Nursing Service and associated services including Special School Nursing, Paediatric Palliative Care and Child Development Nurse Specialists. This is an exciting opportunity to shape services that make a meaningful difference to children, young people and families. You will lead the delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based and child- and family-centred care, while supporting service improvement, workforce development and strong clinical governance. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and partner organisations, you will help ensure children receive high-quality care in the right place and at the right time. The role combines strategic leadership with operational management offering the opportunity to influence service development, improve outcomes and support staff to thrive. You will champion quality, inclusion and continuous improvement, ensuring services remain responsive to the needs of diverse communities. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds who share our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, who are motivated to improve the experiences of children, young people and families. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will: - Provide visible clinical and professional leadership across community children’s nursing, palliative care, complex care and special school nursing services. - Lead and support nursing and support worker teams, ensuring effective workforce planning, recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisal, wellbeing, learning and performance management. - Maintain high standards of clinical governance, safeguarding, risk management, incident reporting, complaint management, audit, evidence-based practice and quality improvement. - Oversee operational performance, including activity, access, workforce and financial management, identifying risks and implementing timely actions to support safe and effective services. - Lead the development and improvement of services, pathways and policies to meet the needs of children and families. - Build strong partnerships with children, families, education, social care, acute and specialist services, commissioners and wider stakeholders. - Promote a culture of inclusion, collaboration and continuous learning that supports excellent outcomes for children, young people and families. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trust’s values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial post-registration experience in children’s community nursing, complex care or palliative care - Significant experience at Band 7 or equivalent - Experience of leading and managing clinical teams - Recruitment, workforce planning, supervision and performance management - Clinical governance, audit, risk management and service improvement **Desirable** - Experience of operational service management across community and/or acute environments - Budget/resource management - Business planning, service redesign, commissioning or new service development - Managing activity, performance and quality data - Implementing multidisciplinary change ### Key Attributes **Essential** - Highly organised, self-motivated, resilient and driven to improve performance - Strong accountability and professional integrity - Collaborative and inclusive approach - Commitment to child- and family-centred care and improving outcomes - Able to work autonomously and across professional boundaries - Flexible approach to changing service requirements **Desirable** - Demonstrates innovation, strategic thinking and the ability to identify opportunities for service development and efficiency while maintaining quality and safety ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Strong clinical and professional leadership skills - Ability to motivate, influence and develop staff - Knowledge of clinical governance, safeguarding, risk management, health and safety and professional standards - Ability to analyse complex problems and performance information - Strong communication, negotiation, conflict management and facilitation skills - Ability to prioritise competing demands - Strong IT, numerical and analytical skills - Knowledge of evidence-based practice and quality improvement **Desirable** - Knowledge of NHS operational, commissioning and financial processes - Understanding of CQUINs, PREMs/PROMs and service performance frameworks - Knowledge of current issues affecting children’s community health services and the wider NHS ### Education/Qualification **Essential** - Registered Nurse (Child) / RSCN / RGN with current NMC registration - Relevant post-registration education to degree/diploma level - Community nursing/specialist practitioner qualification or equivalent experience **Desirable** - Teaching qualification - Post-registration management/leadership qualification - Masters-level study or equivalent knowledge and experience ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 893.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10584976) - [functional requirements (pdf, 80.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10584975) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 624.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10616945) ## 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.