Senior Community Children's Nurse

Job summary

Main duties of the job

Manage a caseload. Provide specialised, high quality skilled nursing care, considering the physical, psychological, spiritual, and social needs of the child with nursing care needs. This will include those with complex health care needs, palliative care needs, life-limiting illnesses and children dependant on technology (and those requiring short term support). This requires developing, implementing, and evaluating individualised programmes of care.

Support the management of the integrated acute and community care pathways for children with short term conditions.

Provide supervision and monitoring of junior staff with support of team leader.

Work with families to provide emotional support and specialist clinical care, sensitive to the changing and on-going needs of the child, siblings, parents and other carers.

Teach families/carers to carry out specific complex nursing care and procedures which enables them to feel confident and competent in caring for the child.

Job responsibilities

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.