Paediatrics Staff Nurse (Emergency Department)

Are you a compassionate and motivated nurse with a passion for paediatric care? We're looking for a Band 5 Paediatrics Staff Nurses to join our dedicated Children's Emergency Department team, where every day brings new challenges and every action makes a difference. This role is offered on either a full-time or part-time basis, giving you flexibility to balance your career with your lifestyle. You'll be expected to work the full spectrum of shifts, which includes long days, long nights, and twilight hours. Each shift lasts 11 hours and 45 minutes, and we do not operate short shifts. Flexibility and commitment to covering all shift types is essential.

Responsibilities

Provide safe, effective, and family centred care to children and young people with a wide range of urgent and emergency presentations; Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care; Offer support and clear communication to children and their families during stressful and uncertain times; Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, safety and excellence in paediatric emergency care; Play an active role in shaping and advancing the standards of care we deliver; Responsible for the assessment, development, delivery and evaluation of evidence based individualised patient care; Contribute to the continuing development of standards of care including developments of nursing standards and monitoring of outcomes; Continue with own professional development

Requirements

First Level Registered Children's Nurse; Current/live registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council; Registered Nurse (Children's) with current NMC registration; Recent experience nursing children in an acute / community setting or recently completed a Return to Paediatric Nursing course; Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge and practice after qualification and Preceptorship; Working within a multi-disciplinary team environment; Confident, compassionate communicator with excellent clinical judgement; Team player with a flexible approach and genuine passion for paediatric emergency nursing; Flexibility and commitment to covering all shift types, including long days, long nights, and twilight hours, with each shift lasting 11 hours and 45 minutes; Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Nice to have

Level 3 Safeguarding Children; FLAP Course; Previous experience in an emergency setting

Benefits

Be part of a skilled, multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality emergency care to children and young people; Work in a modern, purpose built Emergency Department with brand new dedicated paediatric area including resus, high dependency rooms, telemetry monitoring, sensory room and mental health space; Continuous professional development opportunities; Supportive leadership and a strong focus on staff wellbeing and career progression; Encouraged and supported to pursue your own professional development