Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, compassionate nursing care to children and young people in their own homes and community settings? We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Children’s Staff Nurse to join our dedicated team supporting children and young adults aged 0–18 across a designated locality in Surrey.In this autonomous role, you will work independently to manage your own caseload, providing care in a variety of environments including homes, nurseries, and schools. You'll play a vital role in improving health outcomes and supporting families within their community, while being part of a wider supportive and collaborative team.Your Base:You’ll be contractually based at one of our Office Hubs in Surrey, with the flexibility to work in a hybrid or agile manner. At HCRG Care Group, we embrace a flexible-first approach, allowing you to balance community-based work with home or office-based tasks.Join us and be part of a team that’s making a real difference in the lives of children and families across Surrey.Package DescriptionAs a Community Children's Staff Nurse we value you and your wellbeing, offering a range of benefits to help you feel supported and appreciated:Competitive Pay & Pension: Enjoy a Band 5 Agenda for Change salary and NHS pension benefits.Professional Growth: Join our Strive for Better networks, connecting with NHS professionals nationwide to share insights and develop leading care practices.Exclusive Rewards: Access discounts and premium offers at national supermarkets, well-known retailers, and indulgent treats like Virgin Experience Days through our Reward Gateway.Wellbeing Support: Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, offering access to counselors, career coaching, legal advice, and more.Flexible Pay Options: Use Wagestream to track your earnings and access your wages as you need them, without worrying about high-interest loans or overdrafts.Learning & Development: Advance your career with support from our Learning and Development team, who collaborate with universities and Health Education England. Access e-learning, career pathways, and funding opportunities to help you grow.Recognition & Involvement: Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas to improve services, and stay informed through regular updates from our leadership team.Main ResponsibilitiesProfessional PracticeDeliver care in line with NMC Codes, professional standards, and organisational policies, maintaining respect, dignity, consent, and accurate documentation.Clinical Care & SkillsProvide specialist nursing care to children aged 0–18, including procedures such as central line management, tracheostomy care, PEG feeding, catheterisation, infusions, and symptom management, including end-of-life care.Assessment & Care PlanningConduct physical and psychological assessments, develop and evaluate individualised care plans in collaboration with families and multidisciplinary teams, and support early discharge and continuity of care.Teamwork & LeadershipSupport day-to-day operations of the community nursing team, participate in staff planning and rota management, including weekends and a 24-hour end-of-life care rota, and contribute to strategic service development.CommunicationCommunicate effectively with children, families, and professionals, handling sensitive or complex information with empathy and clarity. Overcome communication barriers and represent the team in meetings such as safeguarding and discharge planning.Resource & Risk ManagementUse and manage clinical equipment accurately, work within budget, monitor supplies, order equipment, and ensure safe, efficient use of resources. Identify and report clinical or safeguarding risks and contribute to audits and incident resolution.Autonomy & DevelopmentWork independently to manage own and team workload, contribute to quality improvement, share learning from training, use evidence-based practice, and support data collection and reporting systems.Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilitiesThe Ideal CandidateEssential CriteriaRegistered Children’s Nurse with evidence of ongoing professional development.Strong understanding of community health services and current nursing workforce challenges.Confident communicator with excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal skills.Broad clinical knowledge and competence, with ability to prioritise, delegate, and manage own workload effectively.Computer literate, reliable, flexible, and able to remain calm under pressure.Confident, innovative, and assertive in clinical decision-making.Able to travel independently across Surrey and work in a variety of community settings.Desirable CriteriaPractice Assessor/Supervisor or equivalent mentorship qualification.Willingness to undertake a Children’s Community Nursing Degree.Previous experience caring for unwell children in the community or hospital.Involvement in clinical audit or supervision is an advantage.Other RequirementsAccess to a car insured for business use to support travel across the county.Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. 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