Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Community Children's Nurse

The closing date is 23 September 2025

Job summary

The Children's Community Nursing service works together to provide a high quality responsive and dynamic service for children and young people in the community setting across Devon.

We are looking fora band 5 Children's Nurse RSCN or RN (child) to join our Children's Community Nursing team. The post holder should have proven experience of working with children who have complex health needs and who can demonstrate the ability to work well within a team environment and also be able to work autonomously.

This role is to provide nursing support, advice and interventions within the multi-agency ethos of Children and Family Health Devon, for children and their families. You will provide case management of an identified caseload of children with complex and/or long-term conditions by utilising and promoting evidence-based care.

You will assist in promoting the health and well-being of children with complex nursing needs, to enable them to achieve the maximum benefit from their educational opportunities by supporting them to express their views and ensuring that their opinions are considered.

The successful candidate will be based in Torbay and will support the community nurse team and special school nursing team to provide patient care where required.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our nursing team to gain community experience and valuable skills from our highly skilled nursing team.

Main duties of the job

  • To promote and lead on providing a strength/asset based approach to the service delivery.
  • To develop effective patient centred decision-making processes.
  • To ensure a culture where children, young people and their families/carers and the public are involved in the decision-making processes of services and in the wider context of the Alliance.
  • To develop strong relationships with partner agencies to provide an effective co-ordination of care for children young people and families
  • Prioritise own workload, balancing numerous demands to meet deadlines and ensure clinical effectiveness
  • Works closely with all agencies to promote inclusion and ensure children and young people with complex health and special needs maximise their potential.
  • Support training for care staff.
  • Participate in the planning, implementing and evaluation of programmes of care for individual young people to meet all nursing needs.
  • To be adaptable and flexible to the changing needs of the caseload
  • To deliver clinical nursing care to children with complex medical needs

About us

This is your chance to gain or further develop your community experience by joining this progressive and innovative service that is children, young people, families and staff focussed

Wellbeing of staff within the team remains a priority along with the delivery of excellent and safe care to the children and families that we support.

The successful candidate can be sure that they will be well supported within a friendly and compassionate team, who value the contribution of each individual team member.

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Details

Date posted

09 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

388-7441426-CFHD

Job locations

Children & Family Health Devon

Vowden hall, Torbay Hospital

Torquay

TQ2 7AA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

#caretojoinus

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

#caretojoinus

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered RN/Child, RSCN, Diploma/degree in nursing (child)
  • Relevant post registration experience

Desirable

  • Mentorship training

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
  • Proven experience of working with children with complex medical needs, special needs and/or life limiting conditions

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the comunity
  • Exeperience of working with children using ventilators and tracheostomies
  • Experience of enteral feeding
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered RN/Child, RSCN, Diploma/degree in nursing (child)
  • Relevant post registration experience

Desirable

  • Mentorship training

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
  • Proven experience of working with children with complex medical needs, special needs and/or life limiting conditions

Desirable

  • Experience of working in the comunity
  • Exeperience of working with children using ventilators and tracheostomies
  • Experience of enteral feeding

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

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Children & Family Health Devon

Vowden hall, Torbay Hospital

Torquay

TQ2 7AA


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Children & Family Health Devon

Vowden hall, Torbay Hospital

Torquay

TQ2 7AA


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader Community Children's Nursing

Rachel Wood

rwood5@nhs.net

07866937081

Details

Date posted

09 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

388-7441426-CFHD

Job locations

Children & Family Health Devon

Vowden hall, Torbay Hospital

Torquay

TQ2 7AA


Supporting documents

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