CCN Team Lead

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust CCN Team Lead

The closing date is 22 February 2026

We are looking for a highly skilled, enthusiastic and forward thinking senior paediatric Nurse to lead our established Community Children's Nursing (CCN) team in Southampton.

Our CCN team works collaboratively with babies, children, young people (BCYP) and families within the wider MDT to ensure care is provided within the community wherever possible. We provide high quality and holistic, family centred care to BCYP with a nursing need across Southampton and west Hampshire area including those with long term conditions, disabilities, complex conditions, those requiring continuing care, life-limiting and life-threatening illness, including those requiring palliative and end of life care.

The ideal candidate will hold the CCN Specialist Practitioner Qualification/SCPHN or demonstrable equivalent leadership experience. The ideal candidate will have experience of clinical leadership, caseload management as well as line management/supervision. As a senior Nurse within the CCN service, you will have the opportunity to shape and lead the team, supporting the Nurses to deliver specialist care.

If you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to lead as a team player, as well as the initiative to work autonomously and effectively this could be the challenge for you. We encourage you to contact the recruiting manager prior to interview to discuss this post further.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist clinical and managerial advice, training and education to healthcare professionals within and outside the Trust, nationally and internationally through a variety of teaching methods, encouraging a positive learning experience.
• Assess the training and development needs of colleagues and use appropriate strategies to share specialist knowledge and influence the practice of others.
• Continually develop and improve knowledge, skills, and attitudes in structured ways, including accessing clinical supervision and participating in the Trust annual appraisal process.
• Share good practice through creating positive opportunities to network locally, regionally, and nationally, and contribute to the wider development of the specialist area of practice through publication and dissemination.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification Qualifications

• NMC Registered Children's Nurse
• Practice assessor/supervisor
• Evidence of relevant continued professional development/Post registration, specialist training relevant to CCN
• Evidence of leadership and management experience

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.

Address

Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre

£47,810 to £54,710 a year. Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern Reference number

348-CFS-10402

Job locations

Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre