Community Children's Nurse - RSCN Registered

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Band 6 Children’s Community Nurse to join our dynamic Islington Children's Community Nursing team. The post holder will provide specialist, child and family-centred nursing care to children and young people with acute, chronic, and complex health needs within their own homes, schools, and other community settings.

As a Band 6 CCN, you will work autonomously, managing a defined caseload and coordinating care in collaboration with children, families, and the multidisciplinary team. You will demonstrate advanced clinical skills, sound professional judgement, and a commitment to delivering safe, effective, and evidence-based care closer to home.

The role includes providing clinical leadership, supporting and supervising junior staff, students, and support workers, and contributing to service development, quality improvement, and clinical governance activities. You will play an active role in safeguarding, health promotion, and supporting families to develop confidence in managing their child’s health needs.

• Provide high-quality care to children and young people in their homes, schools, and community settings
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised care plans for children with acute, chronic, and complex health needs
• Deliver a range of clinical interventions, including medication administration, wound care, enteral feeding, and other specialist procedures as required such as accessing CVADS.
• Work autonomously while managing a caseload, prioritising workload effectively and responding to changing clinical needs
• Liaise closely with multidisciplinary teams, including GPs, consultants, therapists, schools, and social care services
• Contribute to safeguarding children and young people, recognising and escalating concerns in line with local and national policy
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential clinical records in line with professional and organisational standards
• Support and supervise students, junior staff, and support workers as appropriate

What You Should Expect From Us

Our commitment to you is that you will have access to excellent nurse leaders and a personalised approach to your continuing education and professional development. We will work with you to ensure you have the best learning and career opportunities. Living our I.CARE values gives us a strong foundation for compassionate leadership and you should expect to be always treated with kindness, fairness and respect.

What We Expect Of You

We expect you to have excellent clinical abilities and to play a part in delivering our I.CARE values to ensure patients and their families receive the best possible care. You should exemplify the highest standards of care, clinical competence and compassion. You need to be committed to be the best, be an effective communicator and be courageous in speaking up if patient care is compromised.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Cullen Job title: Team Lead Email address: sarah.cullen2@nhs.net Telephone number: 0203 316 1950

Working Hours

Mon-Fri 8-4