Senior Children's Community Nurse


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Catford, SE6 4JF
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	23 Sept 2026
Closing date:	7 Oct 2026

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Summary

To initiate appropriate work, accepting referrals and be able to work autonomously with the child and family in the community setting. To regularly attend and liaise with acute hospital colleagues to enable timely and safe discharge from hospital and appropriate follow-up in the community setting, to prevent hospital attendance and re-attendance. To provide a holistic, autonomous and clinical nursing service using evidence based practice. To carry out initial assessments/home visits and plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for all patients for whom he/she has continuing responsibility. To provide advice contributing to the well-being of the patient and participate in health promotion. (eg burns advice) To ensure medical needs and instructions are carried out in accordance with nursing and midwifery council guidelines and ensure accurate record keeping (RIO system used for client records). To create reports for specific formal meetings such as child protection case conferences. A regular requirement to use score computer software in order to create oxygen saturation reports. To carry out specialist procedures in the community settings eg administration of intravenous antibiotics and chemotherapy, care of central venous access devices, changing of tracheostomy and naso-gastric tubes To assemble and demonstrate the use of specialised equipment in the home eg suction machines, saturation monitors. To be familiar with safe manual handling practices and implement these within the home setting To use clinical judgement and expertise in assessing and implementing change during clinical visits eg assessment of respiratory condition and management of any changes To use clinical knowledge and expertise in deciding appropriate administration of drugs, route to be administered and dose of the drug, within a set of defined parameters prescribed by medical colleagues e.g. in the end of life care setting. To use clinical knowledge To teach, support and guide patients and those with parental responsibility in relative nursing procedures and to help them carry out effective nursing care. To be familiar with practices regarding the management of hazardous/biological substances and follow trust policies regarding their disposal. To be chemotherapy competent, or working towards competence and safely deliver care in the community for children and young people with cancer with the guidance of the paediatric oncology nurse lead. To provide an out of hours on call service for children and families at end of life.

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