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Band 5 Community Children's Staff Nurse

HCRG Care Group

Sunbury-on-Thames

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043

Contract

Not specified

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

10 September 2026

10 days left

In plain English

What this job actually involves

You'll work one-to-one with a child in a school, helping with their health and wellbeing. You'll be responsible for their care, working closely with the family and school staff. This role is term-time only, covering school hours.

What you'll need

  • You need to be a registered children's nurse with recent professional development.
  • You should have a good understanding of community health services.
  • You must be a confident communicator with strong skills in writing and talking.
  • You should have broad clinical knowledge and be able to manage your workload.
  • You need to be reliable, flexible, and calm in a busy environment.

How to boost your chances

  • Make sure you have recent experience working with children and specialist equipment like ventilators.
  • Highlight your ability to work independently and make sound clinical decisions.
  • Emphasize your strong communication skills and ability to work with families and school staff.
  • Be prepared to talk about your experience with safeguarding and emergency response.
  • Check the HCRG Care Group website for more information on their 'Outstanding' Learning Enterprise team and career development opportunities.

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Job description

Band 5 Community Children's Staff Nurse Job IntroductionChildren's Community Staff Nurse You will join a friendly and experienced team who work closely together, support each other and share learning. You will have access to excellent training, a flexible-first working approach and a culture where your ideas are welcomed and respected. You will also have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits including:

Band 5 NHS Agenda for Change salary with an NHS pensionMembership of My Reward Hub with discounts on everyday purchases, plus cashback and voucher offersAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergenciesOnline and in-person wellbeing support including mental health services, activity challenges, financial wellbeing tools, coaching and counsellingAccess to e-learning, bespoke career pathways and development through our 'Outstanding' Learning Enterprise teamAn open, just culture where you're encouraged to contribute ideas, backed by ringfenced innovation funding each yearThe pride of working for an organisation where the majority of our rated services hold Good or Outstanding CQC ratings As a Band 5 Community Children's Nurse, you will deliver high-quality, person-centred 1:1 nursing care to a young person within a school setting in Sunbury. Working autonomously, you will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to support the child's complex health needs throughout the school day. You will work closely with the child, their family, school staff and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective and seamless care. This role requires the ability to work without direct supervision, manage your own workload, make sound clinical decisions and respond confidently to changing healthcare needs, while maintaining the highest standards of professional practice in line with

NMC guidelines. This role is Term-Time Only, covering School hours. Main Responsibilities

Provide dedicated 1:1 clinical support for a young person within a school setting, ensuring their health, wellbeing and safety throughout the school day.Responsibilities include tracheostomy care, long-term ventilation management, clinical assessments, care planning, safeguarding, emergency response and maintaining accurate records.Working autonomously during term time (Monday-Friday), you will collaborate with families, schools and multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, person-centred care in line with NMC standards and evidence-based practice.Strong communication skills, clinical competence and experience with specialist equipment such as ventilators and saturation monitors are essential. Ideal Candidate Essential

Registered Children's Nurse with evidence of recent professional developmentGood understanding of community health servicesConfident communicator with strong interpersonal, written and verbal skillsBroad clinical knowledge with the ability to prioritise and manage your workloadReliable, flexible and calm under pressureConfident and assertive in clinical decision-makingClear understanding of community health servicesTracheostomy and ventilation management Desirable

Practice Assessor or Practice Supervisor (or equivalent mentorship qualification)Experience caring for unwell children in the community or hospitalExperience of clinical audit or supervision Other Requirements

Access to a car insured for business use to travel across Surrey For further information please contact Lisa on

About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.

Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be asinclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Attached documents

Band 5 Community Children's Staff Nurse - Sunbury.pdf Apply Band 5 Community Children's Staff Nurse

Salary £32,073 - £39,043 + 5% FringeFrequency AnnualJob Reference HCRGCG/TP/24475/20254Contract Type Term TimeClosing Date 30 August, 2026Job Category HCRG - Nursing and Midwifery RegisteredBusiness Unit HCRG - Surrey 0-19Location Sunbury, United KingdomPosted on 11 August, 2026

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First seen

13 August 2026

Last checked

31 August 2026

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