Band 5 Registered Children'S Staff Nurse

Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals Nhs Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 5 Registered Children’s Staff Nurse for Queen's Hospital, Romford. This permanent, full-time role offers opportunities to contribute to a wide range of pediatric services, including NICU and outpatient care.

The post supports a dynamic, multidisciplinary team with leadership development and training opportunities, under Agenda for Change pay scales.

Qualifications

• RSCN, RN (Child Branch) qualification and NMC registration.
• Able to work well under pressure with a calm, resilient approach.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate care without direct supervision.
• Educate and supervise learners; may be in charge of ward/shift and coordinate staff.
• Support knowledge expansion with clinicians and education modules.
• Contribute to patient flow and care coordination across shifts.

Skills

Work well under pressure

Education

RSCN RN (Child Branch) NMC

Job description

Band 5 Registered Children’s Staff Nurse

The closing date is 08 November 2026

Job summary

Our busy Children's Services span two sites - Queens Hospital and King George's Hospital.. We deliver a comprehensive range of general medical and surgical services to our local population and have two inpatient wards, one with a co-located 6 bedded HDU, we also have 2 Assessment Unit's across the sites (CYPAU - QH and Dahlia - KGH).

There is a day unit with a POSCU and haematology service, two Children's Outpatient departments with a GP 'hot clinic', a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists and two Children's Community Nursing teams serving the tri-boroughs.

Our well established 32 cot level 2 NICU has both community and outreach teams to support babies on discharge. We have a well-established Children's Site Practitioner team who have oversight of all areas each shift and support with patient flow, escalations of care and coordinate our new Martha's Rule initiative.

Our Children's nursing team is led by our Director of Nursing for Babies, Children and Young People. This is a Trust wide role to ensure children and young people receive high-quality care wherever they access services across our organisation.

We have in house leadership programmes and work with a range of universities to ensure you can progress through academic pathways to support your career development.

If you are an enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated nurse who is committed, caring and compassionate come and join our fantastic team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for assessment of care needs of patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision.

To assist with education and supervision of learners. At times expected to being in-charge of the ward / shift and to supervise and co-ordinate other staffs as appropriate, develops self and others professionally.

When you join our team, you will have lots of opportunities to expand your knowledge and ensure your skills are kept up to date with current evidence-based learning. You will be supported by Clinical Nurse Educators, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and Quality Managers, alongside our friendly multidisciplinary teams. You will receive Trust induction with corporate training and bespoke modules for Children's Nurses.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Details

Date posted: 27 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £36,943 to £44,900 a year per annum inclusive

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 162-8070-WC

Job locations: Queen's Hospital, Rom Valley Way, Romford, RM7 0AG, United Kingdom

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN, RN (Child Branch) qualification and registration with NMC

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

• Able to work well under pressure, demonstrating a calm and resilient approach

Desirable

• Member of external national forums e.g. RCN children's forums.

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

• A collaborative team member who role models excellent care and compassion both within and outside the Trust for Children's Nursing.

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 .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Queen's Hospital, Rom Valley Way, Romford, RM7 0AG, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ .

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Ward manager Wendy Gillham, [e-mail], 01708435000