Senior Children’s Community Nurse Specialist inChester inChester PUBLISHED 22 DEC 2023

Band 7: £46,148 to £52,809 a year pa  FIXED TERM 

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.


Working Full time: 37.5 Hours per week


12 month Maternity Cover

As a lead specialist in Paediatric Respiratory Nurse, you will be an identified key worker for a patient caseload, accepting referrals to agreed criteria, coordinating treatment and care whilst practicing autonomously as a core member of theChildren's Community Specialist Nursingteam.

The post holder will be expected to demonstrate a higher level of practice in both direct care of patients and in their ability to plan and develop services to support patient care. Utilising the skills of leadership, clinical expertise, evidence-based practice and innovation, the post holder will facilitate and deliver care, which is patient centered, safe, and effective.

Main duties of the job

  • To ensure effective communication is maintained both written and verbally, regarding patients, through close liaison with professional colleagues, both in primary and secondary care, and to develop working relationships with consultants, general practitioners and other support services.
  • To plan/organise/manage a defined patient caseload which includes patients with other health conditions such as cardiac, rheumatology or other health needs.
  • To work as a specialist, autonomous practitioner and use expert clinical decision-making skills.
  • To ensure effective communication is maintained both written and verbally, regarding patients, through close liaison with professional colleagues, both in primary and secondary care, and to develop working relationships with consultants, general practitioners and other support services.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.


Working Full time: 37.5 Hours per week


12 month Maternity Cover

As a lead specialist in Paediatric Respiratory Nurse, you will be an identified key worker for a patient caseload, accepting referrals to agreed criteria, coordinating treatment and care whilst practicing autonomously as a core member of theChildren's Community Specialist Nursingteam.

The post holder will be expected to demonstrate a higher level of practice in both direct care of patients and in their ability to plan and develop services to support patient care. Utilising the skills of leadership, clinical expertise, evidence-based practice and innovation, the post holder will facilitate and deliver care, which is patient centered, safe, and effective.

Main duties of the job

  • To ensure effective communication is maintained both written and verbally, regarding patients, through close liaison with professional colleagues, both in primary and secondary care, and to develop working relationships with consultants, general practitioners and other support services.
  • To plan/organise/manage a defined patient caseload which includes patients with other health conditions such as cardiac, rheumatology or other health needs.
  • To work as a specialist, autonomous practitioner and use expert clinical decision-making skills.
  • To ensure effective communication is maintained both written and verbally, regarding patients, through close liaison with professional colleagues, both in primary and secondary care, and to develop working relationships with consultants, general practitioners and other support services.



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