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Band 6 Children's Complex Care Nursing Care Co-ordinator

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Birmingham, B18 7EE

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

9 September 2026

9 days left

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Children's nurse to join an established team of Children's Complex Care Nurses in Birmingham...

In return the successful candidate will be offered opportunities to develop both clinically and professionally within a supportive environment and be encouraged to participate in service developments. Formal clinical supervision and a supported induction period will be provided.

Within this role you will be required to provide training and supervision to other members of the team including health care assistants as well as parents and family members ensuring their competence in meeting the care needs of specific children and young people. This client group has highly complex health needs which include children and young people that are technology dependent i.e. requiring invasive ventilation. The Children's Complex Care Team forms part of the wider Specialist Nursing Service which includes Children's Rapid Response, Children's Palliative Care and the Children's Community Nursing Team.

Qualifications: -

RSCN/ or RN Child Branch

Applicants must be a car driver.

For further details / informal visits contact: Rachel McCarthy, Team Leader - Children's Complex Care on Telephone number 01212455779

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

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Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Children's, Adult or Learning Disabilities Nurse with an active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
  • Degree plus significant experience

Desirable

  • ENB 998 (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent
  • Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) within general management activities

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to manage team on a day to day basis in the absence of the Clinical / Team Leader
  • Evidence of assessment skills and use of nursing process and nurse models

Desirable

  • Ability to lead complex services, setting clear direction and delivering service objectives.

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Self-motivated.
  • Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example
  • Evidence of strong leadership skills, the ability to negotiate, persuade and influence at a senior level with a supportive style whilst also able to take difficult decisions and act assertively

Desirable

  • Keen to develop services in line with service, educational and research priorities with the service.

Other job requirements

Essential

  • As per person spec

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working as a Children's Nurse either RSCN/RN Child
  • Evidence of excellent clinical and professional engagement.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) within general management activities

Desirable

  • Significant experience and successful in-depth knowledge of staff management and the procedures and policies underpinning this.

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

26 August 2026

Last checked

28 August 2026

Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.

About the employer

BCH
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

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