Paediatric Oncology Children's Community Nurse in Stevenage

Paediatric Oncology Children's Community Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Paediatric Oncology Children's Community Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (To cover maternity leave (End date Feb 2028)) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (9-5pm) Job ref 361-W&C-8267348

Site New QEII Hospital Town Welwyn Garden City Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata + 5% HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/12/2026

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

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Paediatric Oncology 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 Oncology nursing care in the community setting and 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 ,346 and a maximum payment of £ 2, 270 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 u

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.

You will also contribute in further developing the Paediatric Oncology Shared Care 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

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 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. Such requests, of course, 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

• Registered Children’s Nurse
• Professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Willingness to undertake further training as required
• ENB 998/Mentorship and Preceptorship Qualification
• Community Experience
• Community Nurse Practitioner Qualification

Previous Experience

• Post qualification experience within Paediatric Nursing
• Proven management experience (Ward or Equivalent)
• Understanding of current policies and documents
• Experience supporting caseload of patients
• Having the ability to work under pressure to manage workload and meet deadlines
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience in writing, implementing and evaluating treatment plans
• Sound understanding of Young people and the difficulties they can experience and is confident to work with them and their carers
• Used to dealing with sensitive issues
• Experience of delivering training, presenting and assessing professionals, families, students.
• Experience writing/reviewing and updating policy considering new evidence-based practice.
• Experience working as an autonomous practitioner
• Experience of audit or research
• Experience of receiving clinical supervision

Skills & Knowledge

• Awareness clinical skills, updates and expectations within Paediatric Community Nursing
• Ability to demonstrate leadership

When you apply...

Please note we do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts. This means even if you have the right to work currently but will require a new sponsorship to work for our Trust your application will not be considered.

Vacancies may close earlier than the advertised closing date where a high volume of applications are received. We therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out on the opportunity to join the Trust or develop your career with us.

While we recognise that AI can support in drafting an application, you are encouraged to clearly demonstrate your personal skills, experience and behaviours that align with the role, and this is usually best done in your own words. We reserve the right to review all applications for the use of AI tools and where this is inconsistent with our values and standards of behaviour your application may be rejected

All correspondence relating to vacancies will be via the e‑mail address you have provided on your application form. Some servers automatically send e‑mails to your junk mail so please check as well as your inbox.

We are committed to fair, transparent and ethical recruitment. We will never ask applicants to pay fees at any stage of the recruitment process. All vacancies are advertised on our Trust Careers webpage and NHS Jobs, with applications managed through TRAC. We will only contact applicants through our official recruitment channels and Trust contact details.

Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re‑apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under‑represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer‑friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

King's Trust Support

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Jo Lewis Job title Paediatric Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist Email address jo.lewis3@nhs.net Telephone number 07553153970