# Community Nursery Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.

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- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nursery-nurse/46ed9022-bf17-4b24-877d-d5cd23818a9d
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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** St Lawrence Road Surgery
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nursery nurse
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 26 hours per week (Worked over 4 or 5 days each week)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13T15:07:23.008Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8351854
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8351854?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.dchs.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and compassionate Community Nursery Nurse to join our Health Visiting Team. The successful candidate will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, provide enhanced contacts to children and families in line with identified needs, and promote positive health and wellbeing by delivering key public health messages to individuals, families and groups within the community.

### Main duties of the job

The candidate must have the level 3 qualifications in child care. You will be expected to complete developmental checks with children and have excellent communications skills to work with each child and their carers. You will be expected to use your initiative to support families and children using organised planned individual programmes of care to offer enhanced support. You will promote health enhancing activities as part of the Health Visiting team.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

### Applicant requirements

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

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- CACHE level 3, BTEC National Diploma in childcare, learning and development, NVQ level 3 in Children's care, learning 7 or HNC in Child care
- Evidence of continual professional development relevant to the role
- Experience of working with families
- Experience of safeguarding children

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working with groups
- Experience of delivering child surveillance
- Ability to work independently as well as work well with a team
- Skilled in time management, planning and organisation of work.
- Ability to use computer programs to record work and communicate information

### Values, Driver and Motivators

**Essential**

- Be able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.
- Be able to drive to and work in a variety of settings
- Be able to undertake necessary study required for the role

**Desirable**

- Understand and know factors that influence health and the role of public health

## Documents

- [application guidance (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2565)
- [jd community nursery nurse (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10691791)

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