Band 6 Nurse
Job summary
This is a permanent role with part-time opportunity available (.74 WTE). An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Children's Nurse to join the Children's Community Nursing Team (CCNT), providing care to children and young people across Redbridge. The service sits within the Children's Directorate and works closely with Children's Community Nursing Services across Barking and Havering.
The post holder will work autonomously in the home setting, demonstrating clinical expertise and a commitment to high-quality, family-centred care. Excellent communication skills, a positive approach to service development, and the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams are essential. Ongoing professional development is actively supported.
Applicants must hold a full clean UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle. Our Children's Services operate across Queen's Hospital, Romford, and King George's Hospital, Ilford, providing comprehensive medical and surgical care, including inpatient wards, HDU, CYPAU, day services, POSCU, haematology, outpatient clinics, Clinical Nurse Specialists and CCNT. We also have a 32-cot Level 2 NICU with community and outreach support.
The team is expanding and offers corporate training, leadership programmes and university partnerships to support career development.
Main duties of the job
Deliver safe, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people in community settings. Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised care plans. Manage a caseload of children with complex and long-term health needs. Provide specialist interventions including IV therapy, enteral feeding, tracheostomy care, and ventilation support. Identify clinical deterioration and escalate concerns appropriately. Maintain accurate, timely electronic patient records in line with Trust policy.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record(we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated goodby the Care Quality Commission. We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford.
We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care. We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.
Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer. Some of the positive changes we've made are captured in this film.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form. All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Louise Lucy Glavin, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5936. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/
Qualifications · Essential
Registered Children's Nurse (RN Child) with current NMC registration Must hold a valid, clean driving licence
Desirable
Community nursing qualification (SPQ) or willingness to work toward one Experience/
Knowledge · Essential
Experience working autonomously and managing caseloads
Desirable
Experience supervising junior staff or students Experience in community or outreach nursing
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
