Job summary
Join Our Passionate Team in Transforming Children's Care

Are you a dedicated Band 6 registered children's nurse with a heart for making a real difference? Do you thrive in dynamic, community-based environments where every day brings new opportunities to impact young lives?

We're looking for an experienced nurse to become a vital part of our innovative Children's Community Long-Term Ventilation & Complex Needs Nursing Service. Based in the vibrant Oldham locality, our service delivers expert care right in family homes and community settings--creating a truly personalised and compassionate approach.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive, talented team that values your expertise and passion
• Access exciting professional development, including V300 Nurse Prescriber training
• Enjoy flexible working arrangements designed to fit your lifestyle
• Engage with initiatives like SCARF for a rewarding work environment
• Thrive in a family-friendly workplace that champions your growth, innovation, and well-being

This is more than a job--it's a chance to truly make a difference every day, improving lives and shaping the future of children's community care.

Main duties of the job
Join Our Specialised Children's Nursing Team and Make a Lasting Difference

Service/Ward/Department Overview: As a vital member of our Children's Long-Term Ventilation and Complex Needs team, you'll play a key role in delivering expert, compassionate care to some of our most vulnerable children. Your clinical skills may also be called upon to support other areas within our wider children's community nursing service, ensuring holistic and flexible care tailored to each child's needs.

Role Highlights:

• Collaborate closely with dedicated team members and a diverse range of multidisciplinary partners
• Help develop personalised, coordinated care plans for children and young people with complex health needs, including those reliant on medical technology or facing life-limiting conditions
• Be a beacon of support, advocacy, and expert guidance for families navigating complex care journeys

This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of children's community nursing--helping to improve quality of life and provide life-changing care in the comfort of home or community settings.

About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Qualifications/Training
Essential

• Degree or Diploma Level Education as Registered Nurse
• Current registration with NMC (RN Child / RSCN)
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to professional development.

Desirable

• Teaching, mentoring and Assessors qualification or equivalent experience

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Experience of working in the Community
• Demonstrable experience and awareness of impact of disability on child and family
• Working knowledge of safeguarding practices for children and adults
• Have the ability to demonstrate experience of supporting children and or young people with complex health needs

Desirable

• Understanding of continuing healthcare

Skills and Attributes
Essential

• Evidence of clinical skills to support children and /or young adults who require additional airway support, mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy care
• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
• Ability to work unsupervised
• IT skills
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work whilst remaining calm under pressure..
• Good communication (written and verbal skills)
• Flexibility to work occasional nights / late shifts to support training and development of carers.
• Competent in delivering training to carers and junior colleagues.

Desirable

• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
• Experience of quality improvement and developing protocols and policies

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.