Job summary
We are seeking a motivated Registered Children's Nurse to join the Paediatric Outreach Team based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

This role involves delivering high-quality, family-centred care to children and young people in their homes and community settings. The service supports children with acute and long-term conditions, complex healthcare needs and palliative care requirements, including end of life care.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will:

• Deliver nursing care in home and community settings.
• Support children and young people with acute, chronic and complex health needs.
• Coordinate care for children with complex conditions.
• Provide palliative and end of life care when required.
• Work with families, carers, schools, primary care services and healthcare professionals.
• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care.

The team works closely with the acute paediatric ward, providing seamless care across hospital and community settings.

We welcome applications from nurses with:

• Registered Children's Nurse qualification.
• Experience in community children's nursing or caring for children with complex needs.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• A commitment to compassionate, family-centred care.
• The ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team.

Service hours:
Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm
Weekends and Bank Holidays: 10am to 3pm
An on-call end of life service is provided when required.

Main duties of the job
As a Paediatric Outreach Nurse, you will provide high-quality, family-centred care to children and young people with acute, chronic and complex health needs in home, community and clinic settings. Due to the close integration between the Paediatric Outreach Team and the acute paediatric service, staff may be required to support the inpatient setting during periods of increased acuity or service demand.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team, using sound clinical judgement in complex situations.
• Assessing, planning, delivering and reviewing individualised care with children, young people and families.
• Providing specialist nursing care through home visits, clinics and telephone support.
• Delivering clinical interventions including intravenous therapy, vascular access care, enteral feeding management, oxygen therapy, suctioning, wound care and palliative care.
• Recognising and responding to patient deterioration and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Supporting timely discharge, preventing avoidable admissions and ensuring seamless care between hospital and community services.
• Managing workload effectively and responding to changing clinical priorities.
• Building therapeutic relationships and maintaining informed consent.
• Providing education and support to families, carers, schools and healthcare professionals.
• Contributing to safeguarding, service development, audit, quality improvement and continuing professional development.

About us
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?
We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people we care for.

What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Details
Date posted: 14 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number: 434-SCS8181229
Job locations: Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential

• Highly skilled clinical practitioner with experience within acute and community settings.
• Ability to communicate clearly with patients, relatives and MDT team in English
• A comprehensive understanding of professional nursing issues
• Ability to work under pressure/meet tight deadlines whilst delivering high quality care
• High motivation and ability to motivate others
• Computer literate
• Good time management skills
• Managerial and leadership ability
• Ability to resolve conflict/ dispute in a non-confrontational manner

Desirable

• Flexibility and ability to cope with different work environments

Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Registered Children's Nurse
• Teaching/Assessing Certificate or equivalent
• Evidence of further continued professional development
• Safeguarding Level 3 Training

Desirable

• Degree level qualification

Experience
Essential

• Extensive and recent experience in a variety of Paediatric settings
• Experience of managing and leading a team as a Band 6 Senior Nurse
• Experience of Quality management against current National Paediatric Standards/ Children and Young People
• Active participation and experience of clinical governance processes
• Experience of change management and exceptional service delivery

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Team Lead Paediatric Outreach Team
Emer Kinch
e.kinch@nhs.net
01296838230

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.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.