The closing date is 22 March 2026
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year
Job summary
UHB Paediatrics 0-16 Years: Where a passion and career come together!
If you are an enthusiastic Paediatric nurse looking to start or advance your nursing career, then UHB is the trust for you! We are a busy District General Hospital that sees 10,000’s of children every year.
Our Paediatric service is run by a friendly, dynamic, talented team of professionals; we deliver high quality, compassionate care to the local community and beyond. We strive to provide a positive patient experience in a safe environment, and we actively promote family centred care.
We have substantive and temporary positions available for Child Branch or Dual Branch Registered Nurses.
Posts are within our Paediatric Assessment Unit, Inpatient Ward and High Dependency Team. These are busy clinical services which provide care to children experiencing acute and chronic illness.
Our services are based across Heartlands and Good Hope hospital. Shift patterns are 24-hour, 7 day a week, Full time and part time hours will be considered, and flexible working requirements can be discussed pre-employment.
You will be supported by the Paediatric education team to ensure you have the knowledge and skills to meet the expectations of the role. Training is tailored to your individual needs and area of employment. Additional training opportunities are provided for newly qualified nurses embarking on our HDU development programme.
If you have any questions, please get in touch!
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Child Branch Nurse on the NMC Register
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
Experience
Essential
- *Previous / recent experience or working in an acute secondary NHS care setting (can include student placements within the last 12 months )
- *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
- *Experience of working on own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision to others
- *Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
- *Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
- *Understanding of preceptorship and work based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge
- *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
- *Understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity
- *Awareness of health and safety issues
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Demonstrate achievement of numeracy (including drug administration calculations) and literacy skills. Ability to read / write and speak , receive and understand instructions in English
- *Good IT skills ability to record information electronically
- *Competent in a range of clinical skills willingness to undertake expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
- *Competent in managing the care of a group of patients / shift management and clinical leadership relevant to the practise setting
- *Professional appearance
- *Displays genuine interest in the post applied for and can articulate this when questioned
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- *Ability to communicate articulately others
- *Caring and approachable
- *Punctual
- *Reliable
- *Ability to work a varied shift pattern including nights / weekends unsocial hours where required
- *The applicant can describe why the Trust may deploy him /her to a different practice setting for a span of duty
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).