Job summary
Could you help us make a real difference to children and families in your community?

The Lifetime Service is a Community Nursing and Psychology Service for Children and young people life limiting, life threatening conditions and those who meet Children's Continuing Care criteria.

The Lifetime Service is extremely well regarded in our community, our team are proud to have the privilege to support the children and families that they do.

"My role as a Community Children's Nurse within Sirona has given me great opportunities to develop my clinical skills. Working for the Lifetime Service, I am proud to be able to help to keep children at home, whenever possible. I know my role helps to keep children and their families together and this gives me great job satisfaction. I also love the variety from working with key community links such as partner organisations, schools, commissioners and of course, our multi professional team. In this role I also love the great work / life balance." - Hannah, Community Nurse

The service is based in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire and currently provides a service across four Integrated care board (ICB) areas, supporting children aged 0-19 and their families in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, B&NES.

This role is for 2 night shifts per week and 1 day shift. There are opportunities to pick up additional night shifts on the bank.

Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to undertake clinical shifts working alongside the Lifetime support workers in the child's home or school setting, observing their clinical competencies and undertaking annual clinical assessments to provide outstanding care and support to the children and their families who meet Continuing Care Criteria (Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and B&NES). This role includes clinical support to the rota co-ordination team.

This role will take on the line management of a number of Lifetime Support Workers which includes management and assessment of the wider team, having regular one to one meetings, performance development reviews and absence management meetings to support the team leaders. Additionally, the successful candidate will assist in the delivery of clinical skills training days, upskilling support workers and ensuring the team are providing evidence based interventions inline with national guidance.

The role will require travel across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, visiting service users within their own homes and occasionally in schools, in addition to meeting and liaising with other teams and services involved in the child's care.

About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Details
Date posted: 14 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 083-8147159-WW
Job locations: Bristol Based Role (Cover BNSSG), Alma Road, Bristol, BS5 6XX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Please note that due to travel required, you must have a full UK driving licence & access to a vehicle for work purposes in order to be successful in this position.

Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential

• RSCN/RN Child registered on part 8 or 15 NMC register

Desirable

• BSc (Hons) Community Children's Nurse/relevant community experience i.e. Specialist Practitioner CCN or SCPHN
• Facilitating Learning and Assessment in Practice Course or Equivalent

Skills, Experience and Knowledge Required
Essential

• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Children's Nursing and current Personal Development Plan (PDP)
• Experience working as a Childrens Nurse
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)in areas relevant to Community

Desirable

• Children's Continuing Care and/or community experience
• Experience of complex rota's to meet service and staffing demands.
• Evidence of Management/Leadership experience
• Experience of delivering teaching
• Experience of supervising/assessing students

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).