258715 - Registered Nurse – Childrens Services

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Wishaw; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 35 days

NHS pension

Incremental salary progression

Sick leave

NHS discounts

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Registered Children's Nurse to join our paediatric unit as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will assess needs, develop care plans, implement and evaluate programmes to ensure high quality care for patients.

The post involves rostered duties across inpatient and outpatient services, with supervision of junior staff and adherence to the NMC Code and local policies.

Qualifications

• Assess and plan, develop, implement and evaluate paediatric care.
• Maintain effective communications with patients, relatives and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Adhere to National policies, procedures and the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate care programmes.
• Maintain effective communications with patients and relatives.
• Adhere to national policies and ward procedures.
• Report child protection concerns to senior staff.
• Organise workload for self and junior staff.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Time management

IT literacy

Education

Nursing qualification (Children's Nurse)

NMC registration

Tools

Electronic Patient Records

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

About The Organisation

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

As part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will have responsibility for assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care, and/or the implementation and evaluation of these programmes ensuring the delivery of high quality care to patients.

The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision. The post holder may be required to demonstrate procedures to and supervise registered and/or unregistered staff, as well as student nurses.

The paediatric unit comprises a 24hour triage service, outpatient service, day surgery service as well as an inpatient service. Cover is also provided on a rostered basis to ENT services at Monkland’s District General Hospital.

The job holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure the highest possible standard of care is delivered to patients, families, carers and significant other. This will be done through assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care while considering issues such as lifestyle, race, gender and culture.

Please note this is a fixed term post until 30/09/2026. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

In This Key Role, You Will

Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patients to ensure delivery of a high standard of care.

Maintain effective communications with patients, relatives and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that appropriate information is shared and patient needs are met.

Knowledge of all relevant National and Local Policies, legislation, procedures, PREP, etc

Work within, and adhere to, defined National policies, procedures, standards and protocols of the Ward, Directorate and Division.

Be fully compliant with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other relevant guidance documents, which support and maintain standards of professional practice.

To ensure that all changes in patients condition and / any concerns relating to child protection [ Children’s Act 1989] are reported to appropriate senior members of staff

Organise own and more junior staff workload and utilise time management skills to ensure that the interests of patients/clients are met.

What You'll Bring

• Registered Childrens Nurse with valid NMC Registration
• The post holder will be required to demonstrate excellent team working skills with the ability to work using own initiative
• Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent time management skills
• Working knowledge of basic information technology

What We Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.