Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Community Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (End date: 12/2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Weekdays only)
- Job ref
- 361-7381434
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- New QEII Hospital
- Town
- Welwyn Garden City
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata + 5% HCAS of basic salary
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Children's Community Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Community Children's Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are offering a rare opportunity to work with Children & Young people from birth to sixteen years of age requiring nursing care in the community setting for a variety of medical conditions.
In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,034 and a maximum payment of £1,791 per annum pro rata.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide care to Children and Young People in a community setting to avoid unnecessary visits to hospital as appropriate. You will be required to manage your own caseload whilst supporting the day-to-day service provision.
You will need to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a holistic programme of care for children with a generic condition working independently within the NMC Scope of Professional Practice and as a team member.
The post holder will also contribute in further developing the generic children’s community service in the East & North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Requests have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- RSCN / Child Branch
- Mentorship and Preceptorship
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Community Specialist practice degree or working towards one
- Community nursing experience
- Experience in respiratory setting
- Post qualification in relevant respiratory care
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- two years band 5
- creating and maintaining relationships/privacy and boundaries
- Care with special needs
- Chronic illness
- Escalation and MDT working
- Evidence of continued professional clinical development
Desirable criteria
- Working at Band 6
- teaching and mentorship
- experience in specialist respiratory
- IT skills
- liaising with tertiary care
- Exp working with Complex respiratory conditions in home/school
Skills
Essential criteria
- Paeds nursing skills
- communication
- professional leadership skills
- ability to remain manage challenging situation
- time management
- clincial assessment
Desirable criteria
- care of tracheostomy
- knowledge of LTV
- Care of child on oxygen
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of confidentiality and information governance
- Child protection knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Palliative care
Other
Essential criteria
- Car driver essential with access to a car
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
- Angela Bowman
- Job title
- Children's Community Nurse Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07976395728
- Additional information
Debbie Twist (Joint CCN Team Lead) [email protected]
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