Children's Community Nurse
| Posting date: | 29 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL2 2PQ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9216-25-1248 |
Summary
With supervision carry a small caseload of children with continuing medical/nursing care needs, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individual programmes of care to meet their continuing needs in the community. In conjunction with the team manager accept referrals of children with specific care needs in accordance with Childrens Community Nursing protocols. Liaise with Paediatricians and other multi-disciplinary/agency staff to organise or participate in discharge planning meetings facilitating an early and efficient transition from hospital to home and effective continuity of care. Prioritise and undertake visits to children and their families at home or other appropriate settings, to undertake nursing tasks, monitor health, and provide ongoing support and advice. Disseminate knowledge through report writing and review, ensuring clinical accuracy and reliability for any information shared. Participate in the multi-disciplinary team in the implementation of complex care packages for children in the community. Disseminate knowledge through report writing and review, ensuring clinical accuracy and reliability for any information shared. Instruct parents/carers on clinical/nursing skills such as enteral/parental feeds, passing naso-gastric/gastrostomy tubes, tracheostomies, suctioning, naso-pharyngeal airways, emergency medications, drugs: oral, injections & infusions. Perform nursing procedures as above, access central lines/portacaths and administer intra-venous (IV) drugs at home and within the childs educational setting. Identify child/parent learning needs and modify approach accordingly, developing strategies and tools for learning. Identify social care needs including protection from abuse and refer to Social Services as indicated. Produce health assessments in conjunction with the Framework for Assessment, provide reports for and attend case conferences and court as indicated. For further details please see the attached JD.