Children’s Transition Nurse Specialist | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 March 2026 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7798915/432-HR1278-25 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a well-established Children’s transition team at Colchester. The band 7 position is a lead role with line management responsibilities. The role ensures that young patients and their families are well-supported during this critical phase, helping manage their medical needs, build confidence, and navigate the often challenging shift between healthcare systems.
The Nurse Specialist works closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver individualised care plans, empowering young people to take control of their health and promoting better long term outcomes.
You will be offered opportunities to develop both clinically and professionally within a supportive environment and encouraged to participate in service developments. Clinical supervision and a supported induction period are provided.
1. To support the co-ordination of transition services and run nurse-led clinics for young people beginning / throughout their transition pathway.
2. To promote a young peoples focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health, social care and other agency professionals
3. To maintain a knowledge base that reflects contemporary issues in young peoples care / transitional care and to be able to select and apply the most appropriate management pathwayrecognising the growth and development of the child into and through adulthood
4. To act as an advisor to both children and adult health care staff on matters relating to transitional care promoting the development of clinically effective care that is seamless between settings.
5. To act independently/autonomously within the team to manage the caseload, guided by best practices, trust policies and guidelines.
6. Use expert professional judgement, analytical and problem solving skills (evidence based) in the surveillance and recognition of changes in patient’s condition, referring changes to the clinicians as necessary
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Feb 2026