Closing Date: 12 April 2026
We are looking for a Children's Community Nurse (Band 6 Paediatric Nurse) to join our dynamic team, based out of The Oak Tree Centre in Huntingdon and The Peacock Centre in Cambridge. The team covers the whole of Cambridshire and provides a seven‐day service, delivering quality care to children and young people requiring nursing care in their homes or other community settings.
Job Purpose
Providing children, young people and their families with research‐based, skilled and individualised family‐centred care within the community and other settings.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Deliver skilled paediatric nursing care to children and young people within their own home, school or nursery settings to ensure families are supported in the care of their children in the community.
* Ensure continuity of care is established and appropriate support is available for children, young people and families, with the aim of preventing unnecessary admission or attendance at hospital and facilitating earlier discharge where appropriate from both local and tertiary hospitals.
* Act as a named nurse for a caseload of generic children and young people, responsible for planning and coordinating care, delivering and evaluating the care given as well as ongoing complex case management. Work autonomously and use own initiative while receiving supervision and support from the Lead Nurse.
* Promote the health, comfort, dignity, privacy and quality of life for children and young people; work within the limits of the NMC code and guidelines, Trust policies, service operational policy and own professional competence.
* Work as part of a multi‐professional, multi‐agency team regarding clinical management of patients to ensure effective treatment, organising, liaising and co‐ordinating care and taking the lead in decision making when appropriate.
* Prescribe and administer various treatments (SC/IV/Central IV, blood samples, medications) in line with local and national policies, including single‐checker procedure for medication safety.
* Competently deliver or advise on specialist evidence‐based practice within the community setting (e.g. wound management, gastrostomy care, oxygen dependency, portacaths, technology‐dependent children).
* Provide sensitive, evidence‐based care to children and young people who require end‐of‐life care, including comprehensive 24‐hour support and liaison with other agencies to ensure good assessment and delivery, allowing the child's and family's choice at the end‐of‐life stage.
Communication
* Complete accurate client records in line with local policy, both paper and electronic.
* Maintain excellent communication with the child and family on the caseload, acting as their advocate and ensuring ease of contact with the team, appropriate information and support; records should reflect the child's care, present condition and progress and be available to colleagues.
Budgetary Responsibility
Be aware of budget requirements and the need for cost‐effective and efficient delivery of care.
People Management
* Receive regular restorative and safeguarding supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and Trust policy.
* Train and develop junior staff; carry out an annual appraisal, objective setting and personal development planning meeting.
* Maintain own professional development and participate in appraisal and KSF process.
Research & Development
Required to undertake R&D activity as required for service development.
Clinical and Practice Governance
* Observe and maintain strict confidentiality in line with the Data Protection Act.
* Adhere to Trust Information Governance, Information Security policies, trust risk assessment and risk management processes, and infection control policies and procedures.
* Adhere to the Trust Medicines Policy (DN014) and relevant prescribing procedures if holding a V300 or V100 qualification.
* Maintain current registration with the NMC and other professional bodies.
* Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.
* Participate in clinical and safeguarding audits and emergency preparedness processes for the team.
Qualifications & Training
* NMC registration.
* RSCN or RN Child registration.
* Band 6 Paediatric Nurse.
Experience
* Caseload management.
* Extensive and broad experience of sick children.
* Experience working with children and young people with a range of medical conditions.
* Experience in community or specialist areas.
* Experience of team leadership.
Knowledge & Skills
* Multidisciplinary team working.
* Excellent verbal and non‐verbal communication skills.
* Problem solving, decision making and organisational skills.
* Safeguarding accountability and awareness of responsibilities.
* Awareness of professional limitations.
* Clinical supervision.
* End‐of‐life/palliative care experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 per annum, pro‐rata.
Application Deadline: 12 April 2026 (the vacancy may close earlier at any time after 5 April 2026 if the number of applications is high).
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