Team Lead for Community Children's Nursing & Specialist School Nursing

Job overview

Are you an experienced Children's Nurse looking for the next step in your leadership career? We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate Team Lead for our Community Children's Nursing and Specialist School Nursing Team in East Berkshire.

Based at Upton Hospital, Slough, you will provide operational and clinical leadership to a dedicated team supporting children and young people with complex health needs across homes, schools, special schools and respite settings. This is an exciting opportunity to influence service development, support staff development and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency partners to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.

The role combines leadership, clinical expertise and service improvement, offering variety and the chance to make a meaningful difference to children, young people and their families.

Flexible working opportunities are available, with community-based working across East Berkshire and some potential for agile working where service needs allow.

Part time/ flexible working may be considered within core hours of 08:00–17:00, Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

• Provide day-to-day leadership and management of the Community Children's Nursing and Specialist School Nursing Team across East Berkshire.
• Deliver and oversee high-quality nursing care for children and young people with complex and long-term health needs.
• Manage a small clinical caseload and support staff with complex clinical decision-making.
• Provide management supervision and annual appraisals for team members.
• Lead workforce planning, rota coordination and management of staff absence.
• Work closely with the Service Manager and Practice Development Leads to support service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Deliver competency-based clinical training and assessments for families, school staff and healthcare professionals.
• Support safeguarding processes and ensure compliance with clinical governance requirements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies to ensure coordinated, child-centred care.
• Contribute to audit, service evaluation and ongoing improvement of specialist children's services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Registered Children's Nurse with current NMC registration and evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Significant experience working with children and young people with complex health needs, including community-based care.
• Demonstrable experience of leading, supervising and supporting staff within a healthcare setting.
• Excellent communication, organisational and clinical leadership skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Kirsty Dobson on 07825 976133 or email: Kirsty.dobson@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.