Specialist Children's Community Nurse
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
London, EN2 0JBView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£55,524 to £62,652
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 October 2026
8 days leftJob description
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the role of Specialist Children's Community Nurse, located at Cedar House, within ou...
The specialist children's nurse will support children who have an Enfield based GP with continuing care needs or who are life limited or life threatened conditions and this will include children and young adults who require end of life care. To be a key professional working alongside the multidisciplinary team (MDT), to provide a full range of services for the individual child & family.
To be expert clinical children's nurse to meet the needs of a diverse and challenging group of children and young people. To assess and review children and young adults who are currently receiving or may be eligible for continuing health care funding
The post holder has responsibility for the delivery of the service and for implementing and reviewing systems, policies, standards and procedures that ensure the provision of high-quality services within frameworks agreed by the Trust and Commissioners.
The post holder will ensure the promotion of children's safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. You will be responsible for monitoring performance activity and implementing service improvement plans
The post holder will be required to travel between Trust sites and partner agency venues and carry out home visits and school visits.
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
Take a tour of our hospitalhere
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- RN (Child Branch) or RSCN.
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development and Post Registration
- Educated to degree level
- High Dependency Nursing Course
Desirable: - MSc level of study in Paediatric physical assessment or equivalent working experience
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Leadership qualities and positive approach to service.
- Ability to work with and lead the multi-professional team
- Proven ability to work well under pressure
- Proven ability to delegate effectively
- Competent in the use of PCs - particularly Windows-based software (e.g. Word, Excel, etc.)
- Excellent teaching and presentation skills, ability to adapt training to suit the subject and the audience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to persuade and influence others
- Evidence of innovation in a previous post
- Ability to analyse complex problems and propose realistic solutions
- Proven ability to achieve deadlines
- Evidence of the ability to manage time effectively
- Use of patient management systems
- Evidence of advanced clinical decision-making skills, clinical assessment.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience within the Paediatric setting
- Experience of working within a community setting with complex needs children and young people
- Knowledge and understanding of the Continuing care framework
- Evidence of clinical management experience
- To be competent and experienced in tracheostomy
- Evidence of ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, children & families
- Experience of interagency working
- Understanding of clinical governance and ability to implement the systems and processes in the new service.
- Evidence of ability to influence evidence-based practice and be innovative.
- Evidence of ability to provide clinical supervision and debriefs to junior staff.
- To be competent and experienced in ventilation and facial BIPAP
- Experience of managing organizational change
- Experience of managing professional change
- Evidence of skills needed to develop a new strategy /service.
- Experience of managing staff and resources
- Evidence of skills needed to develop a new strategy /service.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Professional approach to work.
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
- Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
- Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
23 September 2026
Last checked
25 September 2026
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