# Community Nursery Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nursery-nurse/67632b50-463b-410a-a1ca-ec03eec54a96 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nursery-nurse/67632b50-463b-410a-a1ca-ec03eec54a96.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Homerton University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nursery nurse - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £34,186 - £37,389 pro rata p.a. incl. - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week (x 3 days (7.5 hours each)) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-29T13:20:36.591Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Hackney_Downs/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Health_Visiting/Health_Visiting-v8373906 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8373906?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you passionate about making a real difference in the health and wellbeing of children and families? Join us as a Community Nursery Nurse in one of London’s most vibrant and diverse communities—City and Hackney. We currently have exciting opportunities available for part-time Community Nursery Nurse position to be part of our Health Visiting Team based at Hackney Down Neighbourhood x1 (0.6WTE) based at Fountayne Road Health Centre At Homerton Healthcare, our Health Visiting service is experiencing a dynamic period of growth. You’ll be joining a collaborative team that includes Health Visitors, Public Health Staff Nurses, and Community Nursery Nurses, all dedicated to improving the health outcomes of our youngest residents. Aligned with one of our local Neighbourhoods, you’ll work closely with the City of London and Hackney Children and Family Hubs, allowing families to access a comprehensive range of services all in one place. This integrated approach empowers you to provide truly holistic care, supporting children’s development and promoting family health in partnership with multidisciplinary teams. Have a look at the following films to see how we work with our local children and families: iHV Film - Health visiting in your community on Vimeo ihv.org.uk/news-and-views/voices/reflections-on-a-royal-visit-raising-the-profile-of-health-visiting/?_rt=M3wxfHJveWFsIGZvdW5kYXRpb258MTcxNTc5MTIyOQ&_rt_nonce=04eeba0c50 ### Main duties of the job Are you passionate about giving children the best start in life? We’re looking for an enthusiastic, caring practitioner to join our Enhanced Health Visiting Service, working with children under 5 and their families to improve health and wellbeing outcomes. Working under the delegation and supervision of Health Visitors, you’ll help deliver the Healthy Child Programme. You’ll carry out universal developmental reviews, including 27-month and integrated reviews, using tools such as ASQ and ELIM. You’ll also provide targeted support to families on areas such as sleep, behaviour and boundaries, introducing solids, toilet training, play and stimulation, and accident prevention. As a named link professional for early years settings, you’ll work closely with GPs, Family Hubs, nurseries and voluntary partners. You’ll be confident spotting deviations from normal development and acting promptly, whether that’s escalating concerns or making referrals to services such as speech and language therapy, physiotherapy or audiology. You’ll always seek out the voice of the child and respect the privacy, dignity and beliefs of every family you support We’re looking for - Experience worket with young children and families - Communicates warmly and clearly with parents, children and professionals - Can plan and manage their own delegated workload - Works well in a multidisciplinary team - Is committed to safeguarding and delivering high-quality, inclusive care ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge / understanding of confidentiality issues - Working knowledge of safeguarding children. - Knowledge of National and local policies within the NHS that impact on community nursing. - Understanding the needs of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups **Desirable** - Insight into Enhanced health visiting service. - Understanding of clinical supervision and its impact to practice. - - Understanding of partnership work with GP’s Family hub and Early Years Settings. - Knowledge of clinical governance and risk ### Experience **Essential** - Community experience working (this could include period working on student placement in the community). - - Experience of multi-agency working. - Post qualification experience - Evidence of ability to deliver evidence-based practice. **Desirable** - Experience of working with children and families. - Experience of working in an inner-city environment. - Experience of contributing to service developments. - Experience of contributing to multi agency planning. - Experience of successfully managing conflict. ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. - Ability to communicate effectively with children and adults in a wide range of settings. - Ability to use IT. - Ability to apply learned knowledge appropriately using evidence-based practice - Ability to manage workload and prioritise appropriately - Ability to lead, motivate, work within a team - Able to observe and assess child development - Able to work unsupervised, using own initiative. - Good interpersonal skills **Desirable** - Ability to use RIO, EMIS - Weighing and measuring children ### Education/Qualification **Essential** - NVQ Level 3 or equivalent e.g. NNEB - BTEC in Early Years ### Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements **Essential** - Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values - Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion - Commitment to Equal opportunities - Flexible in approach to work arrangements ## Documents - [jd and ps (pdf, 339.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10734693) - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) ## 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.