Paediatric Staff Nurse (RN Child) - Substantive
Job Description
Job summary
Closing Date:27th April 2025 (this may change dependent on response)
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: Commencing 28th April 2025
Interview expected to take place: Commencing 12th May 2025.
Paediatric Staff Nurse (RN Child)
Are you a registered children's Nurse or a student nurse who is due to qualify in 2025?
If so Children's Ward 30 /Children's Urgent Care department are recruiting and would love to hear from you.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Children's Nurse to join our Children's Services team.
We provide a bespoke and comprehensive training and education package.
Main duties of the job
Children's Inpatient Unit (Ward 30)
Ward 30 is a Children's Inpatient Unit that was purpose built in 2016. The unit includes 35 inpatient beds and a two-bedded stabilisation area. The ward has an adolescent room, school room, play room and we are currently designing a new sensory room.
Children's Urgent Care
The Children's Emergency Department (ED), Children's Clinical Decisions Area (CCDA) and Short Stay became one unit in November 2023. The Urgent Care nursing team work across the 3 areas.
Children's ED is a busy department who currently see large volumes of children every year in an area specifically dedicated to children. Children who are attending with urgent care complaints are streamed straight to this area.
The CCDA sees children referred from GPs, children with direct access and children sent from ED requiring a further assessment. The short stay area is for children who require a prolonged period of observation but who are unlikely to need a full admission to hospital, this could include fluid challenges, spacing of inhalers and review by other specialities.
A team of clinical skills educators will be on hand with a supportive and robust training package across both inpatients and urgent care, including:
Triage
Trauma skills
Care of complex inpatients
Safeguarding
Enhanced Paediatric nursing skills
Palliative care
Wound care/minor injuries
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job responsibilities
See attached job description and person specification. Please get in touch if you have any questions about the role or require further information.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience within a paediatric environment
Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN, RN Child
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication/interpersonal skills.
- Motivation to learn
- Ability to plan time and manage others
- IT skills
- IV skills.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Use own initiative and act independently within the bounds of existing knowledge and skills
- Capable of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Positive attitude
- Self-Motivated
- Innovative and Dynamic
- Flexible with regard to hours
- Able to manage and cope with stressful situations
- Decisive
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ
