Job summary
- Main area
- Childrens Community Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Sunday 8am-6pm)
- Job ref
- 293-CCS-0724
- Employer
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hackney Ark
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 p.a. incl.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Community Children's Nurse CCNT
NHS AfC: Band 6
Advert
Job overview
We have exciting opportunity, for 2 permanent band 6 Senior Community Children’s Nurses. The role is suited to an experienced band 5/6 looking to gain experience, develop their clinical skills and management of children’s acute and long term conditions.
Main duties of the job
To provide acute and complex children’s nursing care in the child’s home or other community settings within City and Hackney which is flexible, and needs based.
The post holder will work collaboratively with other agencies to offer education, advice and support. To provide a highly skilled and developed nursing care for children in their own homes, nurseries, schools and other care settings.
Working for our organisation
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- RN Child
- Register Child Teaching/mentoring 998 or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Community Specialist practitioner
- Non-medical prescriber V300
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues.
- Demonstrate sound knowledge of paediatrics in the community.
- Clear understanding of policies related to safeguarding.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Assessment and interpretation of highly complex events/conditions, with the ability to make judgements and recommendations regarding management of care within the community.
- The ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals around a child on the caseload. Working with the wider multidisciplinary team.
- An ability to undertake a range of nursing skills such as the management and care of central lines, taking of peripheral bloods. Ability to work within a team and contribute to the smooth running of the team.
- Understanding of basic managerial skills.
Desirable criteria
- To have nursed children who have required ventilation
Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
- Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
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
- Nadine Dockery-Green
- Job title
- Children’s Community Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0207 014 7096
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