# Community Nursery Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nursery-nurse/92073faf-8f75-4b1e-83b7-20fdd576bc85 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nursery-nurse/92073faf-8f75-4b1e-83b7-20fdd576bc85.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** West Bromwich - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nursery nurse - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** There are both permanent and fixed term opportunities available - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, 37.5 hours per week (28 hours permanent post, and 37.5 hours fixed term post for 1 year) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T23:03:01.266Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/West_Bromwich/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Community_Nursery_Nurse/Community_Nursery_Nurse-v7934179 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7934179?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced Community Nursery Nurse, with a passion for Child health and development, who is looking for new opportunities within the Health Visiting Service? Do you want to be part of the team supporting and enhancing the health and well-being of the children and their families, across Sandwell? Do you have a proven record of excellent child development assessment skills? If so,  Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust are looking to recruit you in the role as a Community Nursery Nurse. ### Main duties of the job As a Community Nursery Nurse You will: - Work as part of a team delivering care to babies, children their families, ensuring that their health and developmental needs are  prioritised. - Offer evidenced based professional advice, guidance and support to parents and families relating to and prevention and maintenance of health and development. - Make contact with and support all parents to make informed choices regarding feeding and implement plans to enable parents to initiate and establish feeding their baby regardless of their chosen feeding method. - Refer promptly and accurately any problems identified during an assessment or home visit to the health visitor and any other agency as appropriate. - Offer advice and support to groups/individuals on specific aspects of childcare.  e.g. infant feeding, oral health, weaning, sleep, behaviour management, speech and language, potty/toilet training, nursery/school readiness. - Contribute to the organisation and running of Well Baby Clinics across Sandwell. - Liaise with Best Start Family Hubs, nursery providers, public health, libraries, charities, in order to support the needs of parents, children and families. - Undertake home visits in line with the Lone Working Policy. - Work closely with the health visitors and report any concerns following contact with families in a timely manner. - Demonstrate a working knowledge of the Safeguarding procedures and utilise procedures effectively. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and personal specification for further details about the responsibilities assigned to this post. ## Job Details Are you an experienced Community Nursery Nurse, with a passion for Child health and development, who is looking for new opportunities within the Health Visiting Service? Do you want to be part of the team supporting and enhancing the health and well-being of the children and their families, across Sandwell? Do you have a proven record of excellent child development assessment skills? If so, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust are looking to recruit you in the role as a Community Nursery Nurse. ## Job Description As a Community Nursery Nurse You will: Work as part of a team delivering care to babies, children their families, ensuring that their health and developmental needs are prioritised. Offer evidenced based professional advice, guidance and support to parents and families relating to and prevention and maintenance of health and development. Make contact with and support all parents to make informed choices regarding feeding and implement plans to enable parents to initiate and establish feeding their baby regardless of their chosen feeding method. Refer promptly and accurately any problems identified during an assessment or home visit to the health visitor and any other agency as appropriate. Offer advice and support to groups/individuals on specific aspects of childcare. e.g. infant feeding, oral health, weaning, sleep, behaviour management, speech and language, potty/toilet training, nursery/school readiness. Contribute to the organisation and running of Well Baby Clinics across Sandwell. Liaise with Best Start Family Hubs, nursery providers, public health, libraries, charities, in order to support the needs of parents, children and families. Undertake home visits in line with the Lone Working Policy. Work closely with the health visitors and report any concerns following contact with families in a timely manner. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the Safeguarding procedures and utilise procedures effectively. ## Responsibilities Please refer to the job description and personal specification for further details about the responsibilities assigned to this post. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of the health visiting service and the healthy child programme. - Excellent child health and developmental assessment skills and early identification of problems. - Government guidance on Infant nutrition and introduction of solids. - Understanding of clinical governance systems and process. **Desirable** - Working knowledge of child protection procedures and awareness of domestic violence. - Knowledge of Sudden Unexplained Death of an Infant or Child. - Knowledge of tongue tie and the possible implications to effective feeding. ### Experience **Essential** - Currently/ previously worked in a community care setting - Experience of home visiting/ working in baby clinics - Experience of working in diverse communities and with diverse and vulnerable families - Experience working as part of a team. **Desirable** - Experience working with parents, supporting infant feeding and provide breast feeding advice and support. ### Qualifications **Essential** - NNEB/ Diploma in Childcare and Education (DCE) awarded by CACHE or the HNC in Childcare and Education (Scotland) or - Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years, awarded by EDEXEL or - NVQ Level 3 in Early Years and Education, awarded by City and Guilds, CACHE, EDEXEL and the OU - Attained education to GCSE level in English and Mathematics **Desirable** - Completed 2-day Unicef Breast Feeding Training ## Documents - [swb- sustainability (pdf, 49.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2657) - [person specification (pdf, 114.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10213024) - [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982) - [swb reward & recognition guide (pdf, 704.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2604) - [infant feeding community nursery nurse jd (pdf, 178.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10213023) - [flexible working document – healthier futures (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2437) ## 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.