Senior Community Children's Nurse in Sidcup

Main area Children & Young People Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Some weekend working including end of life care on call rota) Job ref 277-8347345-CYP

Site Acorns Children's Centre Queen Mary's Hospital Town Sidcup Salary £45,953 - £54,254 pro rata pa inc Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you a passionate, energetic and an experienced Community Children’s Nurse?

An exciting opportunity has become available for a part time band 6 Senior Children's Nurse to work within the Bexley and Greenwich Community Children’s Nursing Team and integrated Hospital at Home Team.

The post holder will be a Children’s Nurse with extensive knowledge and experience of working within the community, thus being an exceptional role model and able to demonstrate evidence of up to date academic development post registration.

The team provides a seven day service from 08.00 to 20:30, there is also 24 hour on call provision for children & young people who require end of life care at home.

Main duties of the job

The CCN/HAH is part of an integrated network of services for children in Bexley and Greenwich providing highly skilled, nursing care to children and families with nursing needs in their own homes or community settings.

To provide a high standard of evidenced based nursing care for children and young people with the following conditions: acute and long term conditions, children with disabilities and complex conditions including those requiring palliative and end of life care.

This is a post suitable for a Children’s Community Nurse who should have experience of working within a Community Children’s Nursing Team.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will work within an integrated Children's Nursing team covering both CCN/HAH, the role as a community Children's Nurse is highly varied . We are one large team covering both borough's of Greenwich & Bexley. The caseload is varied with referrals of CYP who have complex medical needs, long term health conditions and short term health conditions requiring rapid service input to enable CYP to be discharged from hospital early.

Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of role responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RSCN or RN (child) Diploma / degree level.
• Evidence of significant professional development in children’s nursing.
• Current NMC registration

Experience

• Evidence of post registration experience of working autonomously with children in the community.
• Evidence of working as band 6 children’s nurse in a relevant area of children’s nursing
• Experience in assessing complex care needs, planning implementation and evaluation of care plans.
• Experience of relevant clinical competence
• Experience in teaching other staff and carers and assessing their competencies

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Ability to work with children with complex health needs
• Ability to lead and work as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills and inter personal skills

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

If you have declared you are part of the armed forces community, you may be asked to provide evidence during the recruitment process. If you misrepresent this information, your offer may be withdrawn. For Armed Forces specific support, see our webpage: https://oxleas.nhs.uk/armed-forces-community/

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, it's essential to personalise this information, particularly your supporting information section. While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you’re applying for. There is also a risk that it can generate false or misleading information. AI-generated job applications can often be generic, impersonal and may not accurately reflect your qualifications, knowledge, skills, and experiences. It is crucial that you personalise your supporting statement by articulating these in your unique voice. Relying solely on AI to write your application or supporting information section is not advocated by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process.

We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct.Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high volume of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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