Senior Community Children’s Nurse – Children’s Continuing Care: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 55,524 to 62,652 £ / Year

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Community Children’s Nurse to work in the Continuing Care Team as a clinical lead. This is a clinical role to manage the continuing care caseload, it is separate and apart from the undertaking of continuing care assessments and care package set up, the focus of the nurse will be to lead on areas related to direct clinical care.

Main duties of the job

  • Ensuring the Continuing Care Team (0-18 years) provides a high quality, evidence based locally appropriate service to families.
  • Identifying new theories, policies and guidelines relating to complex health needs care in the community; disseminating research findings and developing local policies and standards accordingly.
  • Providing professional and clinical leadership to all children’s community nursing staff, ensuring that they are engaged with and adhering to local policies, guidelines and expectations.
  • Assessing nursing care needs, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of nursing care for children and young people on the caseload.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Registered children’s nurse with evidence of continuing professional development in specialist area

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge of the National Framework for Children and Young People’s continuing care

Desirable

  • Experience in managing a complex caseload

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of current practices in caring for children and young people with complex needs

Skills

Essential

  • Skills in teaching junior staff members, and managing performance

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 18 October 2026

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