Job summary
- Main area
- Community Children's Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 331-8090182-UHMB-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Lancaster Infimary
- Town
- Lancaster
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Community Children's Nursing Clinical Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Lead for Children’s Community Nursing to provide strong clinical leadership within our children’s services.
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled children’s nurse to lead a dynamic community team delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to children/young people with acute, complex, and long-term health needs.
The post holder will work collaboratively across health, social care, and partner organisations to ensure holistic, responsive care, supporting children to remain at home wherever possible.
The Clinical Lead for Community Children's Nursing is responsible for developing the nursing community services, which include the CCN team, bowel/bladder team, child development nursing team as well as the specialist nurses (epilepsy and Kentown). We provide nursing care across community settings in North Lancashire, promoting a learning culture and demonstrating leadership and innovation.
The Community Children's Team is part of an Integrated Children's Nursing and Therapy Team (ICNT) and the post holder will lead in the specified clinical area(s) with advanced knowledge, skills and experience to advise and support staff on managing complex clinical issues.
If you have clinical expertise within children's nursing, want to maintain a clinical caseload, have experience of leading a service, are innovative with enthusiasm for development, and an ability to think creatively, this could be your next opportunity.
Main duties of the job
- Provide strong clinical leadership across the Children’s Community Nursing team within the Integrated service
- Promote high-quality, safe, and family-centred care across all pathways
- Support integration and collaborative working across nursing, therapies, services
- Lead on clinical governance, safeguarding, and quality improvement initiatives
- Oversee complex case management, ensuring coordinated and effective care delivery
- Line manage staff, including supervision, appraisal, and workforce development
- Contribute to service transformation and integration projects within ICNT
- Build effective partnerships with acute services, primary care, education, and social care
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Drive a culture of compassion, inclusion, and continuous improvement
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Our Community Service for adults are provided in people's homes ,community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent , improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care , advice and support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the advertised position and the principal job duties/responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification found under the supporting documents section. Additional information about the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay can be accessed on our website.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registered with degree in Children's nursing
- Relevant CPD to paeds/community
Desirable criteria
- Post grad qualification
- Leadership/management
- Prescriber1
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post-registration experience in children’s nursing
- Experience working with children with complex health needs across settings /caseload management
- MDT working & SG expertise
Desirable criteria
- Staff management / leadership
- Integrated working experience
- Service development
Skills
Essential criteria
- MDT working
- Highly developed specialist and evidence-based knowledge and skills across the full range of work procedures and practises
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills in paediatric care
- Teaching skills
- Family-centred care, good communication skills
Desirable criteria
- SEND/EHCP process
- Budget knowledge
- Clinical governance / audit
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine Boustead
- Job title
- ICNT Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07971237128
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