Children's Community Nurse - Cfhd

The Childrens Community Nursing

pathway works across Devon to provide nursing care and is currently comprised

of three teams; the Childrens Community Nurse team, Special School Nurse team,

and the Palliative Care team. The teams work closely together to provide a high

quality responsive and dynamic service for children and young people in the

community setting across Devon.

We are looking for experienced

Childrens Nurses RSCN or RN (child) to join our Childrens Community Nurse

Pathway. This 22.5hr post will be based in Exeter and East Devon. The position

includes provision of support out of hours for palliative cands end of life

care and the postholder will be part of an on call on a rota.

The post holder should have

proven experience of working with children who have complex disability and or

life limiting/ threatening conditions, who can demonstrate the ability to work

well within a team environment, be able to work autonomously and ideally have

community nursing experience.

Main duties of the job

The post

holder will care for children with a wide variety of health conditions

providing nursing care to promote care close to home and avoid hospital

admission. You will work in partnership with other health service providers and

other agencies, both statutory and voluntary, to provide exceptional levels of

nursing care to our patients and strive to continually improve care with the

involvement of patients and families.

This is your

chance to join a progressive and innovative service that is children, young

people, families and staff focused.

About us

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an

Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for

children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and

young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and

South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working

closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality

and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth,

Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical

training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post

graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been

developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their

families/carers.

Our children and

young people say

We would like the

people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding,

patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and

comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to

listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are

positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and

without pressure.

Details

Date posted

01 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

pro rata (22.5 hours)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

C9369-26-0768

Job locations

Children & Family Health Devon

Bittern Road

Sowton Industrial Estate

Exeter

EX2 7FW

United Kingdom

CFHD - Unit 7 - Oaklands Court

Tiverton Way

Tiverton

EX16 6TG

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Full

Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person

Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting

information from the role requirements or person specification.

Job responsibilities

Full

Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person

Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting

information from the role requirements or person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN or RN Child (part 15)
• Current registration with the NMC
• ENB 998 / C&G 730 or equivalent or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Community Specialist Practitioner Degree or diploma (or substantial documented experience of working in the community)
• Degree level qualification in nursing
• ENB 415/405 or equivalent experience
• Non-medical prescriber V100 or V300 or willingness to undertake

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working within the community / primary care setting
• Proven relevant post registered experience
• Proven experience of working with children with complex medical needs, special needs and life limiting conditions
• Broad general knowledge of normal child development
• Working knowledge of a wide range of nursing models of practice Working knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidelines
• Working knowledge and evidence of observational implementation of therapeutic assessments, interventions and procedures relevant to children and young people

Desirable

• Experience of working with children using ventilators and tracheostomies (or equivalent experience)
• Experience of providing end of life care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN or RN Child (part 15)
• Current registration with the NMC
• ENB 998 / C&G 730 or equivalent or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Community Specialist Practitioner Degree or diploma (or substantial documented experience of working in the community)
• Degree level qualification in nursing
• ENB 415/405 or equivalent experience
• Non-medical prescriber V100 or V300 or willingness to undertake

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working within the community / primary care setting
• Proven relevant post registered experience
• Proven experience of working with children with complex medical needs, special needs and life limiting conditions
• Broad general knowledge of normal child development
• Working knowledge of a wide range of nursing models of practice Working knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidelines
• Working knowledge and evidence of observational implementation of therapeutic assessments, interventions and procedures relevant to children and young people

Desirable

• Experience of working with children using ventilators and tracheostomies (or equivalent experience)
• Experience of providing end of life care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Children & Family Health Devon

Bittern Road

Sowton Industrial Estate

Exeter

EX2 7FW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Children & Family Health Devon

Bittern Road

Sowton Industrial Estate

Exeter

EX2 7FW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Full

Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person

Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting

information from the role requirements or person specification.

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN or RN Child (part 15)
• Current registration with the NMC
• ENB 998 / C&G 730 or equivalent or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Community Specialist Practitioner Degree or diploma (or substantial documented experience of working in the community)
• Degree level qualification in nursing
• ENB 415/405 or equivalent experience
• Non-medical prescriber V100 or V300 or willingness to undertake

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working within the community / primary care setting
• Proven relevant post registered experience
• Proven experience of working with children with complex medical needs, special needs and life limiting conditions
• Broad general knowledge of normal child development
• Working knowledge of a wide range of nursing models of practice Working knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidelines
• Working knowledge and evidence of observational implementation of therapeutic assessments, interventions and procedures relevant to children and young people

Desirable

• Experience of working with children using ventilators and tracheostomies (or equivalent experience)
• Experience of providing end of life care