Band 8a Children’s Site Practitioner (CSP)

BHR Hospitals; Romford; Sur place; GBP 64 000 - 71 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

BHR Hospitals in Romford is seeking an experienced Band 8a Children’s Site Practitioner to provide senior nursing leadership across children’s services. You will lead clinical care, advise on complex cases, and support safe patient flow within the Directorate.

The post requires RSCN/RN (Child), acute paediatric experience, and a strong grasp of safeguarding. You will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, contribute to quality improvement, and help manage resources and risk across Trust

Qualifications

• RSCN / RN (Child) registration.
• Knowledge of National Policy context for nursing practice and safeguarding.
• Experience in a children's acute setting.

Responsabilités

• Provide a clinically credible senior children’s nursing service.
• Offer expert nursing guidance and lead the on‑call medical team.
• Liaise with site team and bed managers to optimise bed use.
• Develop and implement cost controls and risk management with senior staff.

Connaissances

NHS policy knowledge

Safeguarding children

Formation

RSCN / RN (Child)

Description du poste

Band 8a Children’s Site Practitioner (CSP)

Band 8a

Main area Womens and Childrens Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 24 hours per week Job ref 162-8084-WC

Site Children Management Town Romford Salary £63,665 - £70,887 Per Annum HCA inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

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We are seeking an exceptional, highly motivated, and experienced Children's Nurse to join our expanding Children's Directorate as a Children's Site Practitioner (CSP). This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished nursing leader to make a significant contribution to the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care for children, young people, and their families. As a CSP, you will provide visible, credible, and inspirational leadership across a range of children's services, promoting excellence in patient care, safety, and experience. Working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, you will deliver expert clinical advice and utilise advanced clinical skills to support high-quality decision-making and patient management across the Directorate. The post holder will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of high standards of clinical care, maintaining effective patient flow, and supporting operational decision-making across the organisation. You will proactively identify risks, resource challenges, and service pressures, taking timely action to develop and implement effective solutions that support safe and efficient care delivery. This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic and forward-thinking nurse who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people, driving quality improvement, and leading teams through complex clinical and operational challenges.

Main duties of the job

Provide a clinically credible senior children’s nursing service, demonstrating expert knowledge and clinical skills, as the practitioner responsible for the assessment of children’sneedsandutilisationofappropriateresourcestomeetthem,inassociation with the on‑call

Medical team and as part of the children’s hospital at night team.

Provideexpertadviceonissuesrelatedtochildren’s nursing.

LiaisewiththeTrustSiteTeamandbedmanagers tomakesurethatthebed base is used to optimum efficiency. Identify any shortfall to the Service

Manager/SeniorSiteOperationsManagerifbeds areclosedforstaffing orInfection reasons.

To work closely with the children’s services/NICU Matrons and ward managers, to developandimplementsystemsforreviewingexpenditurecontrols,costpressures and risks related to areas of responsibility

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

Person specification

EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS

• RSCN / RN (Child)

SKILLS/ ABILITIES

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the National Policy context for nursing practice and development, knowledge and understanding of quality and safety and evidence of up to date knowledge for Safeguarding children.

EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE

• Relevant children’s experience in an acute setting

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Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or job sharing where service needs allow.

Pre-employment checks
Please provide references from your current or most recent employer, including your line manager or supervisor. Successful applicants will also be required to complete pre-employment checks, including identity verification through TrustID and any role-specific clearances.

Certificate of Sponsorship
In line with UKVI guidance, we are unable to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship for Band 2 and Band 3 roles.

Inclusion
BHRUT is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applicants who declare a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or identify as a Care Leaver and choose to be considered under our Disability Confident or Care Leaver schemes will be guaranteed an interview where they meet the essential criteria.

Safeguarding
BHRUT is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk. All employees are expected to share this commitment and follow the Trust's safeguarding policies.

Smoke-free Trust
BHRUT is a smoke‑free Trust. All employees are expected to comply with our smoke‑free policy.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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