NHSCloses in 27 days

Children in Care Nurse

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Shrewsbury, SY1 3GZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

17 November 2026

27 days left

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a fixed term 30 hour Children in Care Nurse to support the Named Nurse and Specialist Nurse Children in ...

You should have experience of partnership working with key stakeholders; innovation and development and knowledge and understanding of delivery against key performance targets. If you enjoy being a part of a team, whilst being confident to manage your own workload and want to make a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people we would be delighted to hear from you.

This is a county wide post therefore you must be able to meet the travel requirements of the post. There are two base options Coral house, Shrewsbury and Stepping Stones, Telford. Please note full duty requirements can be discussed pre or post interview.

You must demonstrate how your experience and skills meet the criteria as listed in the person specification for your application to be shortlisted.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information regarding the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

We will offer the right candidate a warm and friendly welcome with a full induction programme, ongoing support, and training to further advance your skills and career.

Training and Qualifications

Essential

  • Be registered on Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as a children's nurse or mental health nurse/adult nurse with significant experience working with vulnerable children and young people or Part 3 as a specialist community health nurse
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with Children in Care and Care Leavers
  • Experience of working in a community setting
  • Experience of holding Children in Care/Care Leavers caseloads
  • Experience of working with young people who can be difficult to engage and display challenging behaviours
  • Demonstrated experience of co-working in complex and challenging environments
  • Demonstrable experience of working with partner agencies to promote the health of Children in Care

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Sound Knowledge of legislation and policy relevant to Children in Care
  • Current knowledge of NHS safeguarding policy and process and underpinning legislation regarding Children in Care
  • Demonstrate knowledge of inter-agency working particularly with regard to Children in Care
  • IT skills and computer literacy
  • Understanding of the wider healthcare environment
  • Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to partners from a broad range agencies, disciplines and services
  • Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
  • Numerate and able to understand complex data combined with good analytical skills
  • Able to challenge decisions and articulate rationale effectively

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

20 October 2026

Last checked

21 October 2026

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

About the employer

SCH
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

NHS organisation

This listing was structured from NHS Jobs. Vacancy details and the application process remain the responsibility of the original source.

We would like to set one optional cookie that recognises your browser when you come back, so we can tell returning visitors from new ones. It stays off unless you say yes, and you can change your mind at any time. Cookies that keep you signed in are always on. Read our cookie policy