Job summary
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the role of Specialist Children's Community Nurse, located at Cedar House, within our St. Michael's Community Hospital site within the Specialist Nursing Bereavement & Play Team. The base hours for this role will be Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm but the formal working pattern will be agreed following appointment.

Please note:

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Main duties of the job
The specialist children's nurse will support children who have an Enfield based GP with continuing care needs or who are life limited or life threatened conditions and this will include children and young adults who require end of life care. To be a key professional working alongside the multidisciplinary team (MDT), to provide a full range of services for the individual child & family.

To be expert clinical children's nurse to meet the needs of a diverse and challenging group of children and young people. To assess and review children and young adults who are currently receiving or may be eligible for continuing health care funding

The post holder has responsibility for the delivery of the service and for implementing and reviewing systems, policies, standards and procedures that ensure the provision of high-quality services within frameworks agreed by the Trust and Commissioners.

The post holder will ensure the promotion of children's safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. You will be responsible for monitoring performance activity and implementing service improvement plans

The post holder will be required to travel between Trust sites and partner agency venues and carry out home visits and school visits.

About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Details
Date posted
23 September 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 7

Salary
£55,524 to £62,652 a year

Per Annum Including HCAS

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
391-NUMH-8265553

Job locations
St. Michael's Primary Care Centre
Gater Drive
London
EN2 0JB
United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.

Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential

• RN (Child Branch) or RSCN.
• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development and Post Registration
• Educated to degree level
• High Dependency Nursing Course

Desirable

• MSc level of study in Paediatric physical assessment or equivalent working experience

Skills & Aptitudes
Essential

• oLeadership qualities and positive approach to service.
• oAbility to work with and lead the multi-professional team
• oProven ability to work well under pressure
• oProven ability to delegate effectively
• oCompetent in the use of PCs - particularly Windows-based software (e.g. Word, Excel, etc.)
• oExcellent teaching and presentation skills, ability to adapt training to suit the subject and the audience
• oExcellent written and verbal communication skills
• oProven ability to persuade and influence others
• oEvidence of innovation in a previous post
• oAbility to analyse complex problems and propose realistic solutions
• oProven ability to achieve deadlines
• oEvidence of the ability to manage time effectively
• oUse of patient management systems
• oEvidence of advanced clinical decision-making skills, clinical assessment.

Experience
Essential

• oSignificant post registration experience within the Paediatric setting
• oExperience of working within a community setting with complex needs children and young people
• oKnowledge and understanding of the Continuing care framework
• oEvidence of clinical management experience
• oTo be competent and experienced in tracheostomy
• oEvidence of ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, children & families
• oExperience of interagency working
• oUnderstanding of clinical governance and ability to implement the systems and processes in the new service.
• oEvidence of ability to influence evidence-based practice and be innovative.
• oEvidence of ability to provide clinical supervision and debriefs to junior staff.
• oTo be competent and experienced in ventilation and facial BIPAP
• oExperience of managing organizational change
• oExperience of managing professional change
• oEvidence of skills needed to develop a new strategy /service.
• oExperience of managing staff and resources
• oEvidence of skills needed to develop a new strategy /service.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Enthusiastic and motivated.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Professional approach to work.
• Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
• Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
• Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications
Essential

• RN (Child Branch) or RSCN.
• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development and Post Registration
• Educated to degree level
• High Dependency Nursing Course

Desirable

• MSc level of study in Paediatric physical assessment or equivalent working experience

Skills & Aptitudes
Essential

• oLeadership qualities and positive approach to service.
• oAbility to work with and lead the multi-professional team
• oProven ability to work well under pressure
• oProven ability to delegate effectively
• oCompetent in the use of PCs - particularly Windows-based software (e.g. Word, Excel, etc.)
• oExcellent teaching and presentation skills, ability to adapt training to suit the subject and the audience
• oExcellent written and verbal communication skills
• oProven ability to persuade and influence others
• oEvidence of innovation in a previous post
• oAbility to analyse complex problems and propose realistic solutions
• oProven ability to achieve deadlines
• oEvidence of the ability to manage time effectively
• oUse of patient management systems
• oEvidence of advanced clinical decision-making skills, clinical assessment.

Experience
Essential

• oSignificant post registration experience within the Paediatric setting
• oExperience of working within a community setting with complex needs children and young people
• oKnowledge and understanding of the Continuing care framework
• oEvidence of clinical management experience
• oTo be competent and experienced in tracheostomy
• oEvidence of ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, children & families
• oExperience of interagency working
• oUnderstanding of clinical governance and ability to implement the systems and processes in the new service.
• oEvidence of ability to influence evidence-based practice and be innovative.
• oEvidence of ability to provide clinical supervision and debriefs to junior staff.
• oTo be competent and experienced in ventilation and facial BIPAP
• oExperience of managing organizational change
• oExperience of managing professional change
• oEvidence of skills needed to develop a new strategy /service.
• oExperience of managing staff and resources
• oEvidence of skills needed to develop a new strategy /service.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Enthusiastic and motivated.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Professional approach to work.
• Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
• Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
• Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.

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).

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.

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
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address
St. Michael's Primary Care Centre
Gater Drive
London
EN2 0JB
United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details
Employer name
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address
St. Michael's Primary Care Centre
Gater Drive
London
EN2 0JB
United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Service Lead – Enfield Community Services
Madina Ahmed
madina.ahmed@nhs.net
02088872000

Details
Date posted
23 September 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 7

Salary
£55,524 to £62,652 a year

Per Annum Including HCAS

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
391-NUMH-8265553

Job locations
St. Michael's Primary Care Centre
Gater Drive
London
EN2 0JB
United Kingdom

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