Band 7 Community Children's Nursing Lead - 1000 Welcome Bonus!

Job summaryJoin Our Team as a Community Children's Nursing Team Lead and get a 1000 Welcome Bonus!* Are you ready to make a real difference in the lives of children and families? Were looking for a compassionate and dedicated Community Children's Nursing Team Lead to join our Children's Community Nursing Team in Surrey. Competitive Pay & Pension: Enjoy a Band 7 Agenda for Change salary and NHS pension benefits plus 5% fringe payment Professional Growth: Join our Strive for Better networks, connecting with NHS professionals nationwide to share insights and develop leading care practices. Exclusive Rewards: Access discounts and premium offers at national supermarkets, well-known retailers, and indulgent treats like Virgin Experience Days through our Reward Gateway. Wellbeing Support: Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, offering access to counselors, career coaching, legal advice, and more. Flexible Pay Options: Use Wagestream to track your earnings and access your wages as you need them, without worrying about high-interest loans or overdrafts. Learning & Development: Advance your career with support from our LearningMain duties of the jobThe role offers a balanced blend of strategic leadership (70%) and clinical practice (30%), enabling you to retain your clinical skills while leading on service improvement, quality assurance, and team growth. Working closely with multidisciplinary partners, commissioners, and families, you will help ensure the service continues to meet local needs and achieve positive outcomes for the children and young people we care for. Main Responsibilities: Adhere to NMC Codes, professional standards, and organisational policies. Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the Childrens Community Nursing Team, including recruitment, supervision, appraisal, sickness, and disciplinary processes. Deputise for other Clinical Team Leaders and the Clinical Service Manager as required. Assess, plan, and deliver holistic, evidence-based care in partnership with children, families, and multi-agency teams, respecting privacy, dignity, and consent. Maintain advanced clinical competence in procedures such as central line care, enteral feeding, catheterisation, tracheostomy and ventilation management, wound/stoma care, and end-of-life care.About usWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.DetailsDate posted26 October 2026Pay schemeOtherSalary

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49,387 to 56,515 a year

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Qualifications

EssentialRN Child / RSCN with Specialist Practitioner (Community Childrens Nursing) or equivalent. Minimum 5 years solid clinical experience across varied paediatric settings. Proven leadership (staff management, project/change lead). Innovative, resourceful, and flexible to meet childrens/families needs. Experience in service development and clinical governance. Strong IT competence (systems and software). Excellent communication (verbal/written) and interpersonal skills. Functional numeracy and literacy. Skilled in managing difficult conversations.
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Qualifications

EssentialRN Child / RSCN with Specialist Practitioner (Community Childrens Nursing) or equivalent. Minimum 5 years solid clinical experience across varied paediatric settings. Proven leadership (staff management, project/change lead). Innovative, resourceful, and flexible to meet childrens/families needs. Experience in service development and clinical governance. Strong IT competence (systems and software). Excellent communication (verbal/written) and interpersonal skills. Functional numeracy and literacy. Skilled in managing difficult conversations.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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
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Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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. xwzovoh For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameHCRG Care GroupAddressHCRG Care GroupGuildfordGU3 1LRUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameHCRG Care GroupAddressHCRG Care GroupGuildfordGU3 1LRUnited KingdomEmployer's website