Job summary
- Main area
- Community Children's Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-SCS8181229
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Outreach Nurse
Band 6
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Paediatric Outreach Nurse
We are seeking a motivated Registered Children's Nurse to join the Paediatric Outreach Team based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
This role involves delivering high-quality, family-centred care to children and young people in their homes and community settings. The service supports children with acute and long-term conditions, complex healthcare needs and palliative care requirements, including end of life care.
Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will:
Deliver nursing care in home and community settings.
Support children and young people with acute, chronic and complex health needs.
Coordinate care for children with complex conditions.
Provide palliative and end of life care when required.
Work with families, carers, schools, primary care services and healthcare professionals.
Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care.
The team works closely with the acute paediatric ward, providing seamless care across hospital and community settings.
We welcome applications from nurses with:
Registered Children's Nurse qualification.
Experience in community children's nursing or caring for children with complex needs.
Strong communication and organisational skills.
A commitment to compassionate, family-centred care.
The ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team.
Service hours:
Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm
Weekends and Bank Holidays: 10am to 3pm
An on-call end of life service is provided when required.
Main duties of the job
As a Paediatric Outreach Nurse, you will provide high-quality, family-centred care to children and young people with acute, chronic and complex health needs in home, community and clinic settings. Due to the close integration between the Paediatric Outreach Team and the acute paediatric service, staff may be required to support the inpatient setting during periods of increased acuity or service demand.
Key responsibilities include:
- Working autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team, using sound clinical judgement in complex situations.
- Assessing, planning, delivering and reviewing individualised care with children, young people and families.
- Providing specialist nursing care through home visits, clinics and telephone support.
- Delivering clinical interventions including intravenous therapy, vascular access care, enteral feeding management, oxygen therapy, suctioning, wound care and palliative care.
- Recognising and responding to patient deterioration and escalating concerns appropriately.
- Supporting timely discharge, preventing avoidable admissions and ensuring seamless care between hospital and community services.
- Managing workload effectively and responding to changing clinical priorities.
- Building therapeutic relationships and maintaining informed consent.
- Providing education and support to families, carers, schools and healthcare professionals.
- Contributing to safeguarding, service development, audit, quality improvement and continuing professional development.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
• We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and
What do we stand for?
• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly skilled clinical practitioner with experience within acute and community settings.
- Ability to communicate clearly with patients, relatives and MDT team in English
- A comprehensive understanding of professional nursing issues
- Ability to work under pressure/meet tight deadlines whilst delivering high quality care
- High motivation and ability to motivate others
- Computer literate
- Good time management skills
- Managerial and leadership ability
- Ability to resolve conflict/ dispute in a non-confrontational manner
Desirable criteria
- Flexibility and ability to cope with different work environments
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Children’s Nurse
- Teaching/Assessing Certificate or equivalent
- Evidence of further continued professional development
- Safeguarding Level 3 Training
Desirable criteria
- Degree level qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive and recent experience in a variety of Paediatric settings
- Experience of managing and leading a team as a Band 6 Senior Nurse
- Experience of Quality management against current National Paediatric Standards/ Children and Young People
- Active participation and experience of clinical governance processes
- Experience of change management and exceptional service delivery
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emer Kinch
- Job title
- Team Lead Paediatric Outreach Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296838230
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