Specialist Nurse – Children’s Continuing Care Team | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,751 - £60,651 pro rata inclusive of outer London waiting |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2025 |
| Location: | Canning Town, E16 1LQ |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7379970/363-SS7379970 |
Summary
Due to a team member being seconded to a course, we are looking for an experienced innovative clinical nurse with extensive expertise in paediatric nursing, to work in our Continuing Care Team alongside colleagues. Our service sits withina wider multi-disciplinary service including Nursing (Specialist School Nursing, Asthma, Epilepsy, CCNT, Enuresis, Diana palliative care team) and community paediatric dieticians. You will bedelivering an effective and person-centered service for children, young people and their families with the highest level of medical needs in the borough, including those that are technology dependent, highly complex and/or requiring palliative care, assessing and supporting with packages of care in the community.
You will have excellentorganisationalandinterpersonal skills,experience of leadershipandbe able towork within a senior management team to support the wider service. You should be highly motivated,caringand passionate about improving the healthcare and wellbeing of children and young people in Newham.You will work in an environment that actively supports continuous professional development and is part of a service that enjoys a successful relationship with colleagues from a range of disciplines and organisations.
The post holder will play a key role in managing the Children’s Continuing Care caseload within the Community Children’s Nursing Service in Newham, working within the remit of the current Children and Young People’s Continuing Care National Framework. This includes delivering an effective and person-centred service for children, young people and their families with the highest level of medical needs in the borough, including those that are technology dependent, highly complex and/or requiring palliative care.
The post holder will play a key role in leading and developing the Continuing Care Team, working in conjunction with the Children Community Nursing Team (CCNT), Diana Palliative Care Team and external stakeholders, to implement effective service pathways, ensuring the delivery of key quality outcomes.
An essential element of the role will include seamless working with other professionals and partner agencies when assessing eligibility for Continuing Care and supporting multidisciplinary teams in the assessment process. The role will ensure that the provision of care achieves individual outcomes and ensures the delivery of efficient quality packages of care that is aligned to the Personalisation and SEND agenda and supports the transition of young people into the appropriate adult services.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Please see the detailed job description and person specification for more detail.
In your application please show how you meet the person specification, using your previous job roles and personal statement.
This advert closes on Friday 22 Aug 2025