Children’s Community Nursing Clinical Lead
Are you an inspiring and patient focused Clinical Lead in Children’s Services, with a passion for supporting your colleagues to deliver excellent care at the heart of the community? If this sounds like you, we would like to invite you to apply for a Clinical Lead role within our Children’s and Young Peoples Community Nursing Team based in Chichester.
You will be key in clinically leading a multidisciplinary Children’s and Young Peoples Community Nursing Team that engages across multiple health care partners. You will contribute to the clinical development of the Team, whilst prioritising specialist practice effectively to support the demands of the Service, focusing on the health and wellbeing of children on the caseload. You will have had previous clinical expertise within Children Services, alongside proven and compassionate leadership skills, and be able to promote and work within a culture of innovation and quality improvement that supports Children, Young People and their families to remain at home.
We are delighted to offer this post to support the clinical delivery of the Children’s and Young Person Community Nursing Team in Chichester. As a Registered Nurse‑child, you will work alongside clinical and operational colleagues to provide clinical guidance and support the team which focuses on the public health nursing of children and young people and families across West Sussex.
This role will sit within the Leadership team for the Chichester Children’s and Young Peoples Community Nursing Team, which is one of the teams that comprises the Sussex Wide Children’s and Young Peoples Community Nursing Service. The role supports and deputises for the Band 8a Matron role, working alongside the Service’s Team Lead and Practice Development Nurses. The role is to ensure the smooth clinical delivery of the service, working across professional and clinical disciplines, aligning clinical standards with operational performance.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
* Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
* Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
* Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
* Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
* Cost‑effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
* Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
* Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
* Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Chloe Blake
Job title: Children's Community Nurse Clinical Lead
Email address: chloe.blake2@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01243 793619
Contact Children and Young People's Community Nursing Matron, Tash Langmaid - natasha.langmaid@nhs.net
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