The closing date is 23 June 2026
Salary; Depending on experience pro rata pa inc
Job summary
Are you a passionate, energetic and an experienced Community Children’s Nurse?
An exciting opportunity has become available for a part time band 6 Senior Children’s Nurse to work within the Bexley and Greenwich Community Children’s Nursing Team and integrated Hospital at Home Team.
The post holder will be a Children’s Nurse with extensive knowledge and experience of working within the community, thus being an exceptional role model and able to demonstrate evidence of up to date academic development post registration.
The team provides a seven day service from 08.00 to 20:30, there is also 24 hour on call provision for children & young people who require end of life care at home.
Main duties of the job
The CCN/HAH is part of an integrated network of services for children in Bexley and Greenwich providing highly skilled, nursing care to children and families with nursing needs in their own homes or community settings.
To provide a high standard of evidenced based nursing care for children and young people with the following conditions: acute and long term conditions, children with disabilities and complex conditions including those requiring palliative and end of life care.
This is a post suitable for a Children’s Community Nurse who should have experience of working within a Community Children’s Nursing Team.
Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN or RN (child) Diploma / degree level.
- Evidence of significant professional development in children’s nursing.
- Current NMC registration
Desirable
- Practice Assessors qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post registration experience of working autonomously with children in the community.
- Evidence of working as band 6 children’s nurse in a relevant area of children’s nursing
- Experience in assessing complex care needs, planning implementation and evaluation of care plans.
Desirable
- Experience of relevant clinical competence
- Experience in teaching other staff and carers and assessing their competencies
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work with children with complex health needs
- Ability to lead and work as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills and inter personal skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).