Childrens Community Nursing Clinical Development Lead

The closing date is 30th Aug 2026

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Job summary

Are you a passionate and experienced leader committed to developing people, improving services, and delivering outstanding care for children and families?

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional Workforce and Service Development Lead to join our Community Children's Nursing service. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of a skilled workforce and make a meaningful impact on the quality and safety of care across our communities.

In this influential role, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to strengthen the capability, resilience and sustainability of our CCN workforce. You will lead workforce development, education, audit, quality improvement and practice learning, ensuring services remain safe, evidence based and aligned with national guidance, regulatory standards and Trust priorities.

Working closely with CCN leadership, Learning and Development teams, and external education partners, you will support staff development, student education, workforce planning and service improvement.

If you are ready to lead meaningful change and help shape the future of Community Children's Nursing, we would love to hear from you.

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Main duties, tasks & skills required

The Workforce and Service Development Lead provides strategic and operational leadership to strengthen the quality, safety, capability, and sustainability of the Community Children's Nursing (CCN) workforce.

The post holder leads workforce development, education, audit, quality improvement, and practice learning across the service, ensuring that care is safe, evidence based, and aligned with national guidance, regulatory requirements, and Trust priorities.

The role supports staff development, student education, workforce planning, and continuous service improvement, working collaboratively across CCN leadership, Learning & Development teams, and external education partners.

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About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

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Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

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Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential

Registered Children's Nurse (RN Child) with current NMC registration

Educated to degree level (BSc or equivalent)

Relevant postgraduate study or clear commitment to Masterslevel development

Practice Educator / Practice Assessor qualification or equivalent experience with willingness to obtain

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Desirable

Postgraduate qualification in education, leadership, workforce development or related field

SPQ/SCPHN Qualification

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Experience

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Essential

Experience working in a senior children's nursing role within community or equivalent setting

Experience of safeguarding children and managing child protection processes

Experience of supervising staff and supporting appraisal and personal development

Experience of supporting clinical education of learners within a skill mixed workforce

Experience of partnership working across health, education, social care and/or voluntary sectors

Involvement in clinical governance activity, including audit, quality improvement or service evaluation

Experience contributing to policy, protocol or practice development

Experience supporting or leading service or workforce change

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate highly complex, sensitive or contentious information

Ability to lead, motivate and develop others, fostering a positive learning culture

Ability to assess competence, provide constructive feedback and support professional development

Strong organisational skills with ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines

Ability to work autonomously within scope of professional accountability

Ability to analyse information, identify risk and make sound judgements

Effective problem solving and decision making skills

Ability to facilitate learning and supervision within practice based environments

Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships across professional boundaries

Up to date knowledge of national guidance, policy and best practice relevant to children's community nursing

Sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation, mental capacity and information governance

Understanding of clinical governance, quality improvement and risk management

Knowledge of learning, teaching, assessment and supervision principles in practice

Understanding of multi agency working and models of children's community nursing

Knowledge of NHS structures, priorities and current healthcare context

Demonstrates awareness of effective use of resources to support quality and safety

Confident in the use of IT systems for data collection, reporting, analysis and communication

Demonstrates commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in practice and leadership

Acts with professionalism, integrity and accountability

Emotionally intelligent, reflective and self aware

Adaptable and resilient in a changing service environment

Demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning and professional development

Eligible to work in the UK

Able to work with children and vulnerable adults

Able to travel across Trust localities as required

Holds a full UK driving licence

Maintains professional registration throughout employment

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Desirable

Experience in workforce development, education leadership or practice learning coordination

Experience of managing training programmes, CPD funding or placement capacity

Coaching or mentoring skills

Experience influencing practice change across a service

Knowledge of workforce planning, education commissioning or practice education governance

Experience of managing or contributing to CPD, education or training budgets

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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.

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UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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For help with your application, contact:
Jennifer Wright

[email protected]

07471020038

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Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

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Band

Band 7

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Salary

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£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly

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Contract

Permanent

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Working pattern

Part-Time

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Reference number

348-CFS-11734

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Job locations

Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre

William Macleod Way

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 4XE

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Battenburg Avenue Clinic

Battenburg Avenue

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO2 0TA

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Attachments

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Job Description

JD - Childrens Community Nursing Clinical Development Lead.pdf – 394KB Opens in a new window

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Additional document 1

EmployeeBenefits_hiowh_v1-compressed_3.pdf – 1001KB Opens in a new window

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