Nurse - Children's Residential
Hampshire, South East, England
£18000 - £25000 per annum
Expiry date:13 Jan 2027
Start date:15 Oct 2026
Children’s Homes
Registered Nurse – Children's Residential Services
📍 Location: Hampshire
💰 Pay: £21.34 per hour
🕒 Hours: 15 hours per week, with the opportunity to increase to 20 hours
📄 Contract: Part-time
This role can't offer Sponsorship
About the Role Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Registered Children's Nurse looking to make a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people?
We are recruiting for a specialist children's residential care provider seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to support four residential homes across Hampshire. You will work with young people aged 8–18 who have complex and interconnected health, emotional and developmental needs.
Working closely with the Head of Care, Registered Managers and residential teams, you will help ensure each young person's health and well-being needs are understood, advocated for and incorporated into their daily care.
This is a varied, consultative role where you can use your clinical knowledge and experience to improve outcomes, strengthen staff practice and promote a trauma-informed approach to care.
Key Responsibilities
- Promote the physical health, emotional well-being and development of children and young people.
- Support health promotion, personal hygiene, self-care, sleep routines, puberty and identity-related needs in a sensitive and inclusive manner.
- Provide clinical guidance and advice to residential staff, helping them understand and respond to complex needs.
- Advocate for young people's health needs and contribute to care planning and risk assessments.
- Work collaboratively with Registered Managers, education professionals, social care teams and external health services.
- Support safeguarding, safety planning and effective multi-agency working.
- Contribute to clinical governance, quality assurance and the ongoing development of safe practice.
- Help develop staff knowledge through guidance, reflective practice, coaching and training.
- Current NMC registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Registered Children's Nurse.
- At least five years' experience working with looked-after children and young people.
- Strong knowledge of child development, trauma-informed practice, attachment theory and the impact of adversity.
- Experience of safeguarding, risk assessment and supporting children with complex emotional and behavioural needs.
- Excellent communication, advocacy and multi-agency working skills.
- Ability to work independently across multiple sites and manage competing priorities.
- Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
Benefits
- £21.34 per hour.
- Guaranteed contracted hours, with rotas issued 4–6 weeks in advance.
- Six weeks' paid annual leave.
- Free DBS check.
- Company pension scheme.
- Shopping discounts and Love2Shop referral rewards.
- Well-being support and access to a financial hardship fund.
- Ongoing training and career development
If you are interested in this role, please call Connor on 020 3154 2475 to discuss this position
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