# Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/983b87ef-7f73-4da5-bbdc-87af1178bd77 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/983b87ef-7f73-4da5-bbdc-87af1178bd77.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Town:** Thornton Heath - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £36,943 - £44,900 pa inc HCAS (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (1 year) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T15:13:17.016Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Childrens_Nurse/Childrens_Nurse-v7904969 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7904969?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Staff Nurse - Band 5 Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity Croydon Health Services NHS Trust is offering an exciting 12‑month maternity leave cover opportunity for 2 x Band 5 RSCN’s to join a forward‑thinking, integrated Trust with a clear ambition to transform outcomes for children and young people across the borough as a Community Children's Nurse. Croydon has one of London’s youngest and most diverse populations, with significant variation in health need and access to services. Our Community Children’s Nursing Team is driven by a shared purpose: to ensure children and families receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place, from the right professional. Through early intervention and proactive support, we work to prevent escalation, reduce avoidable hospital admissions and optimise health and wellbeing. Working across homes, schools and community settings, you will be part of a service developing clear, integrated pathways across hospital, community and home, ensuring children experience seamless, joined‑up care. You will work in close partnership with primary care, acute and tertiary paediatric services, specialist nursing teams, hospices, education partners and wider professional networks, helping deliver coordinated care that works around the child and family. Interviews: tbc ### Main duties of the job This role supports the NHS Long Term Plan ambition to deliver care closer to home and offers a valuable foundation for a future career in community or specialist children’s nursing. Main Duties and Responsibilities With support and supervision, you will: - Provide high‑quality nursing care to children and young people in community settings - Carry out holistic nursing assessments and support the planning and delivery of individualised care - Care for children with acute illness, long‑term conditions, medical complexity and palliative care needs - Support children and families following hospital discharge, helping care continue safely at home - Develop skills in recognising health needs early and escalating concerns appropriately - Build positive, trusting relationships with children, young people and families - Work alongside colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, including paediatric services in secondary and tertiary centres, primary care, specialist teams, statutory and voluntary services. - Maintain clear and accurate clinical documentation with guidance and support - Participate in supervision, reflective practice and learning opportunities - Work within professional guidelines, safeguarding procedures and Trust policies at all times You will receive a structured induction, ongoing supervision and opportunities to gradually increase autonomy as your confidence and competence grow. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role. ## Job Details Staff Nurse - Band 5 Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity Croydon Health Services NHS Trust is offering an exciting 12‑month maternity leave cover opportunity for 2 x Band 5 RSCN’s to join a forward‑thinking, integrated Trust with a clear ambition to transform outcomes for children and young people across the borough as a Community Children's Nurse. Croydon has one of London’s youngest and most diverse populations, with significant variation in health need and access to services. Our Community Children’s Nursing Team is driven by a shared purpose: to ensure children and families receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place, from the right professional. Through early intervention and proactive support, we work to prevent escalation, reduce avoidable hospital admissions and optimise health and wellbeing. Working across homes, schools and community settings, you will be part of a service developing clear, integrated pathways across hospital, community and home, ensuring children experience seamless, joined‑up care. You will work in close partnership with primary care, acute and tertiary paediatric services, specialist nursing teams, hospices, education partners and wider professional networks, helping deliver coordinated care that works around the child and family. Interviews: tbc ## Job Description This role supports the NHS Long Term Plan ambition to deliver care closer to home and offers a valuable foundation for a future career in community or specialist children’s nursing. Main Duties and Responsibilities With support and supervision, you will: Provide high‑quality nursing care to children and young people in community settings Carry out holistic nursing assessments and support the planning and delivery of individualised care Care for children with acute illness, long‑term conditions, medical complexity and palliative care needs Support children and families following hospital discharge, helping care continue safely at home Develop skills in recognising health needs early and escalating concerns appropriately Build positive, trusting relationships with children, young people and families Work alongside colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, including paediatric services in secondary and tertiary centres, primary care, specialist teams, statutory and voluntary services. Maintain clear and accurate clinical documentation with guidance and support Participate in supervision, reflective practice and learning opportunities Work within professional guidelines, safeguarding procedures and Trust policies at all times You will receive a structured induction, ongoing supervision and opportunities to gradually increase autonomy as your confidence and competence grow. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role. ## Person Specification ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Current experience of working with children in a variety of settings **Desirable** - Experience of working in a community nursing - Discharge Planning experience ### OTHER FACTORS **Essential** - Car driver, current UK licence and access to car for work purposes - Ability to work flexibly within a seven day service including unsocial hours and 'on call' - Ability to provide 24 hour joint visiting for terminal care ### SKILLS/ABILITIES **Essential** - Ability to communicate effectively - Ability to demonstrate initiative and make informed decisions - To be sensitive to the individual needs of carers and children **Desirable** - Ability to apply research to promote practice within childrens nursing ### KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING **Essential** - Knowledge and awareness of contemporary issues in community children’s nursing - Evidence of professional updating. - Awareness of equal opportunities. - Awareness of current issues, policies and frameworks affecting healthcare practice Understanding of Clinical Governance and ability to work with others to address. - Ability to work autonomously within own level of knowledge, skills and competence - Demonstrate child/family centred approach to health care delivery and work in partnership with families **Desirable** - Awareness of providing education training and completion of competencies for parents/carers ### EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - RSCN/Child Branch / RN Child - Evidence of continued professional development - Able to demonstrate current knowledge and identify own learning needs - Experience of clinical care for children/young people **Desirable** - Mentorship Qualification or equivalent - Experience of working in a community setting ## Documents - [chs accomodation (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725) - [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) - [band 5 jd and person specification (pdf, 424.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341101) ## 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.