Job summary

Due to exciting developmental opportunities, we are now seeking highly skilled, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking Senior Community Children's Nurses for our Community Children's Nursing (CCN) team.

Our established, passionate, and dedicated CCN team work collaboratively with children, young people, families, and the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is provided as close to home as possible. We provide high quality and holistic, family centred care to children and young people (CYP) with a nursing need across the Southampton and west Hampshire area including those with.

*Acute and short-term conditions

*Long term conditions

*Disabilities, complex conditions, those requiring continuing care and neonates.

*Life-limiting and life-threatening illness, including those requiring palliative and end of life care.

We are looking to recruit Registered Children's Nurses who have undertaken or willing to undertake a Specialist Practitioner qualification in CCN. The candidate will ideally have community experience and confidence in managing a caseload. As a Senior CCN you will have the opportunity to shape and lead our responsive service as it continually adapts to the ever-changing needs of the families. Having a key role in leading care plans, training, and multi-disciplinary liaison for CYP with a range of needs within their home, school, and wider community.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

*Manage a caseload. Provide specialised, high quality skilled nursing care, considering the physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs of the child with nursing care needs. This will include those with complex health care needs, palliative care needs, life-limiting illnesses and children dependant on technology (and those requiring short term support). This requires developing, implementing and evaluating individualised programmes of care.

*Support the management of the integrated acute and community care pathways for children with short term conditions

*Provide supervision and monitoring of junior staff with support of team leader.

*Work with families to provide emotional support and specialist clinical care, sensitive to the changing and on-going needs of the child, siblings, parents and other carers.

*Teach families/carers to carry out specific complex nursing care and procedures which enables them to feel confident and competent in caring for the child.

*Participate fully in the on call rota with other Children's Community Nurses and to take responsibility for providing end-of-life care out of hours as required.

*Demonstrate excellence in clinical practice, keeping up-to-date with new developments in nursing care and treatments ensuring practice is evidence based by utilizing current research.

*Maintain a personal and professional profile and fulfil training requirements as required by the Nurses and Midwives Council (NMC)

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification Qualifications

Essential

BSc Nursing or RN in Child and currently registered with NMC

Post registration, specialist training relevant to speciality

CCN Specialist Practitioner Qualification or willingness to complete within 2 years of being appointed

Teaching Qualification, e.g. Mentorship/ENB 998 or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.