Community Children'S Sister and Clinical Team Lead

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and progressive community children's nursing team. The post sits in a well-established CCN team that delivers acute, continuing and complex health care within an integrated child health team. This challenging and rewarding role offers the opportunity to meet the needs of children, young people and their families within a multidisciplinary inter agency team framework.

We will offer you clinical supervision, regular appraisal and support in achieving your personal development plan as well as peer support from colleagues in similar roles. Child health will ensure excellent development opportunities and a range of expertise for advice and support in your role. Secondment to courses, national, regional study days and networking events will be actively supported.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic forward thinking paediatric nurse with community and paediatric experience, you will be a highly motivated independent practitioner with sound evidence-based skills. The post holder will be expected to maintain a caseload of children and provide specialist advice, education and support to health care professionals and patients. You will be responsible for contributing to the on-going service development of paediatric epilepsy services across the footprint of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Details

Date posted

09 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

251-FCSS2308-COM

Job locations

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We reserve the right to close the job early if we receive a high number of applications.

We welcome informal visits to meet the team.

Job responsibilities

For further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We reserve the right to close the job early if we receive a high number of applications.

We welcome informal visits to meet the team.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Professional UK registration, e.g. RSCN, CH Dip

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile

Desirable

• Ability to manage conflicting and constantly changing priorities

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Specialised clinical skills appropriate to the relevant speciality
• To demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust values

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Positive, optimistic attitude, enthusiastic and self motivated.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Professional UK registration, e.g. RSCN, CH Dip

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile

Desirable

• Ability to manage conflicting and constantly changing priorities

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Specialised clinical skills appropriate to the relevant speciality
• To demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust values

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Positive, optimistic attitude, enthusiastic and self motivated.

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.

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.

UK Registration

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

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job responsibilities

For further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We reserve the right to close the job early if we receive a high number of applications.

We welcome informal visits to meet the team.

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Professional UK registration, e.g. RSCN, CH Dip

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile

Desirable

• Ability to manage conflicting and constantly changing priorities

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Specialised clinical skills appropriate to the relevant speciality
• To demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust values

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Positive, optimistic attitude, enthusiastic and self motivated.