Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Community Nursing - East
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term end date will be determined after pre-employment checks have been completed)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 371-CFS874
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Childrens Community Nursing East, Upton Hospital, Albert Street, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2BJ
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £41,957 - £50,387 per annum ( Incl of HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/11/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/11/2026
Employer heading
Staff Nurse – Children’s Service
Band 6
Job overview
Are you a passionate Children’s Nurse looking to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people with complex health needs? Join our friendly and highly skilled Community Children’s Nursing Team in East Berkshire.
Based at Upton Hospital, Slough, you will provide specialist nursing care across a variety of community settings including children’s homes, special schools, respite settings and clinics. Working closely with families and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will support children and young people to achieve the best possible outcomes.
This is a full-time fixed-term position for 12 months (37.5 hours per week). Flexible working arrangements will be considered, with hours worked within the core service operating hours of 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs. Part time hours will be considered.
You will benefit from excellent development opportunities within a supportive and innovative team committed to delivering outstanding care.
Main duties of the job
- Manage a caseload of children and young people with complex health needs within the community.
- Deliver high-quality, specialist nursing care in homes, schools, respite settings and clinics.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care programmes in partnership with families and other professionals.
- Provide training and competency assessments for parents, carers and care providers in clinical procedures.
- Support children requiring complex interventions including enteral feeding, suction, oxygen therapy and specialist equipment.
- Work collaboratively with health, education and social care professionals to coordinate care.
- Participate in safeguarding activities, risk assessments and clinical governance processes.
- Contribute to rapid response services and support transition planning for young people moving to adult services.
- Support, supervise and develop junior staff and students.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
- Registered Children’s Nurse with current NMC registration.
- Significant experience caring for children and young people with complex health needs, including safeguarding practice.
- Excellent communication and partnership-working skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams.
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.
In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Kirsty Dobson on 07826 976133 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education, qualifications or training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- NMC Registration
- Specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate short courses, training and equivalent experience, in a relevant field.
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working autonomously to deliver high quality and evidence-based nursing care.
- Experience in providing supervision to junior colleagues and students in the completion of routine nursing and clinical skills.
- Uphold the Trust’s values of being caring, committed and working as team through demonstrable examples and experience.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- To have knowledge of Gillick competency when determining whether a child is capable of consenting to medical treatment without parental involvement.
- Proficient use of digital tools and applications including Word, Outlook and patient management systems.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between multiple Trust sites and non-Trust locations, including patient homes, some of which may not be easily accessible via public transport.
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
- Kirsty Dobson
- Job title
- Manager for Community Children’s Nursing Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07826 976133
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