Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Trainer

The closing date is 15 August 2025

Job summary

The Community Specialist Children's Nursing Team is a key element within Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust. The remit of the Team is to provide Training of clinical competencies for children who have an identified health need to a variety of partner agencies including nurseries, child minders and schools to name a few.

The role will involve delivering a broad range of clinical competency training, including but not limited to gastrostomy care, catheterisation, and the administration of buccal midazolam. The post holder will be expected toadvocate for children and young people, working collaboratively with a variety of partner agencies to ensure their care needs are clearly understood and effectively met. Safeguarding is a fundamental responsibility for all team members; the post holder must consistently follow safeguarding protocols and provide guidance and support to colleagues in managing safeguarding concerns.

The Clinical Nurse Trainers cover the whole of Northamptonshire so excellent diary management and travel is essential.

Main duties of the job

The post holder must:

Have a range of clinical assessment skills.

Be able to provide training and competency assessment to NHFT staff, families and partner agencies.

Be able to support other grades of staff in gaining knowledge and skills to enable high quality care for children is maintained.

Be able to work as part of the team to provide nursing assessments, interventions and nursing care to children, young people and families on the caseload.

Be able to work as part of a mixed skill team in partnership with children and families/carers to implement individualised care plans to meet medical and nursing needs.

Be able lead and/or participate as required/requested in team activities.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

270-TG258-ACS

Job locations

Sudborough House St Mary's Hospital

Kettering

NN15 7PW


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Registered Nurse Childrens pathway

Essential

  • Registered nurse paediatric pathway
  • Experience of working with complex medical needs
  • Experience of facilitating the education and teaching of non registered staff

Desirable

  • Registered Nurse Learning Disability pathway with experience of paediatric pathways
  • Experience of working in community settings

Interview and applicaiton

Essential

  • Post Graduate development
Person Specification

Registered Nurse Childrens pathway

Essential

  • Registered nurse paediatric pathway
  • Experience of working with complex medical needs
  • Experience of facilitating the education and teaching of non registered staff

Desirable

  • Registered Nurse Learning Disability pathway with experience of paediatric pathways
  • Experience of working in community settings

Interview and applicaiton

Essential

  • Post Graduate development

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.

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Sudborough House St Mary's Hospital

Kettering

NN15 7PW


Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Sudborough House St Mary's Hospital

Kettering

NN15 7PW


Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Deirdre Heath

deirdre.heath@nhft.nhs.uk

07717889996

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

270-TG258-ACS

Job locations

Sudborough House St Mary's Hospital

Kettering

NN15 7PW


Supporting documents

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