Job Title: Paediatric Clinical Lead Nurse
(Community Care)

Reporting
to: Community Care Nurse Manager

Location: Blended
working between home and community visits, ideally located South Devon –
Plymouth – travel will be included in working hours.

Salary:£42,000 plus
performance bonus up to £3,000 pa and car allowance
£3,840 pa (+ mileage)

Contract type: Full time

Working Pattern: Core Hours are Monday

• Friday 09:00-17:30, some flexibility
  
  

  
  

  required
  for client visits out of hours (37.5 hours per week)
  
  

  Who are we?
  
  

  At Newcross Healthcare, we’re transforming
  healthcare through innovation, technology, and education—anchored by our values
  of Integrity, Respect, Empathy, and Teamwork.
  
  

  As one of the UK’s leading providers of
  healthcare staffing and professional development, we empower over 80,000 health
  and social care professionals with smarter workforce tools, free digital
  learning, and accredited training.
  
  

  By combining professional excellence and
  intelligent technology with genuine human compassion, we’re shaping a more
  connected, caring future for healthcare. Our values guide everything we do,
  ensuring exceptional care for patients and unwavering support for our teams.
  
  

  Who are you?
  
  

  If you’re a Registered Children’s Nurse (RNC)
  who leads with compassion as well as clinical skill, this is a role where your
  work truly matters. At Newcross Healthcare, we care deeply about children with
  complex needs and the families who love them. Every day, we help children live
  safely and confidently at home — creating stability, hope and precious moments
  of normal family life.
  
  

  If you have experience in paediatric complex
  care, this is a rare opportunity to build a rewarding career where you are
  valued, supported and empowered — with excellent benefits, meaningful
  progression and the chance to change lives every day.
  
  

  You will work as part of a National Team of
  Nurses for Newcross Healthcare. With an
  allocated territory you will have a dedicated case load, working as part of a
  team of HCA’s and Nurses to bring a first class level of care and support to
  our clients that they would expect.
  
  

  What will you do?
  
  

  Whilst
  a full job description can be supplied here are a few of the key
  responsibilities for the role:
  
  

  · Be physically
  visible and accessible to service users, families and carers working together
  to ensure efficient, effective and caring services
  
  

  · Devise,
  implement and evaluate care plans, risk assessments and associated care
  documentation, whilst maintaining a person/care centred approach
  
  

  · Work alongside
  and support the Registered Manager to ensure all referrals are reviewed and
  assessed
  
  

  · A duty to
  maintain a safe service as a trusted voice and advisor to ensure full
  competency sign off.
  
  

  · Support, Monitor
  and be accountable for delegated clinical tasks to Care Associates and
  Healthcare Workers
  
  

  · Work closely
  with the Senior Clinical Lead Nurse to support the continual improvement of
  Community Care
  
  

  · Provide clinical
  leadership, support, supervision and direction to the Care Associates and
  Healthcare Workers to carry out enhanced clinical care duties; maintaining
  their clinical training and competencies
  
  

  · Proactive
  management and communication to ensure safe, responsive and effective care is
  provided to reduce risks
  
  

  · To be solution
  driven and partake in crisis management of packages of care.
  
  

  · Support
  Registered Manager with debriefing service users and carers following critical
  incidents and difficult situations
  
  

  · Undertake
  clinical investigations where delegated
  
  

  · Provide support
  and guidance out of hours via on call
  
  

  What we’ll be looking for:
  
  

  · Experience of leading a
  team, providing clinical leadership support, supervision and direction to Care
  Associate and Healthcare workers.
  
  

  · Experience within
  paediatric health settings such as community, complex care, children’s hospice,
  Paediatric High Dependency Unit (PHDU) or Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
  (PICU).
  
  

  · Minimum 2 years
  post-qualification experience in similar field.
  
  

  · Experience of Care
  Planning. Devising, implementing and evaluating Care Plans, Risk Assessments
  
  

  · Experience of providing
  Support and Monitoring to Care Associates and Healthcare Workers
  
  

  · Able to undertake Clinical
  Investigations where required
  
  

  ·Clinical SkillsSkilled
  in supporting children with complex health needs (e.g. peg, seizures,
  ventilation, tracheostomy care, CIC, dystonia, etc), person centred care
  planning, risk assessments. (There will be some training given)
  
  

  Qualifications Required:
  
  

  ·Registered
  Children’s Nurse (RNC): You
  must be a Qualified Children’s Nurse with current and relevant NMC registration
  – RN8/RNC/RSCN.
  
  

  ·Experience: Two years post-qualification clinical
  working experience in a similar role.
  
  

  ·Knowledge: Up-to-date understanding of relevant
  national standards and regulations (e.g., CQC, Care Inspectorate
  Scotland/Wales)
  
  

  What happens next:
  
  

  Complete our Smart Application process to self qualify:
  
  

  To apply for this role, please submit your CV
  and complete the short screening questionnaire which will make sure this
  opportunity aligns with your experience and expectations and they will help us
  review your application more efficiently and ensure we’re a good match for one
  another.
  
  

  To apply and
  find out more about us click here:https://www.newcrosshealthcare.com/
  
  

  We look forward to learning more about you!
  
  

  Equality, diversity, and inclusion:
  
  

  We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at
  the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and
  practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual
  expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive
  environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.
  
  

  If you have a disability and would prefer to
  apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to
  enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us and we will talk
  to you about how we can assist.