Bank Registered Childrens Nurse | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Online shift booking

Paid mandatory training

Full induction support

Job summary

The University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Bank Registered Children's Nurses to join its Temporary Staffing Bank serving Bristol and Weston. This role offers flexible shifts, weekly pay, and exposure to a range of children's services in a leading NHS environment.

You will provide family-centred care to children and young people, work within multidisciplinary teams, and gain valuable experience across acute hospital settings.

Qualifications

• Registered Children's Nurse with current NMC registration
• Have at least 12 months post-registration experience (15 months for Newly Qualified Nurses including preceptorship)
• Have recent acute hospital experience within the last 18 to 24 months
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to delivering outstanding patient care
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Adaptable, reliable, and professional approach to work
• Have the right to work in the UK

Responsibilities

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for children and young people
• Supporting patients and families throughout their healthcare journey
• Administering medication and treatments in line with Trust policies
• Maintaining accurate clinical records
• Promoting safeguarding and patient safety at all times
• Contributing to a positive patient and family experience
• Ability to work within a team and as an independent practitioner
• Ability to work in fast paced, high pressure areas
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage own workload
• Recognition of the sick child

Skills

Registered Children's Nurse

NMC registration

UK hospital experience

Job description

Bank Registered Childrens Nurse | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Join the Temporary Staffing Bank at Bristol Foundation Trust

Are you a passionate and dedicatedRegistered Children's Nurse (RCN)looking for flexibility, variety, and rewarding opportunities?

Bristol Foundation Trust (BFT)isseekingenthusiastic and experiencedBank Registered Children's Nursesto join our Temporary Staffing Bank and support our children’s services across Bristoland Weston.

Why Join Our Staff Bank?

• Flexible shifts to fit around your lifestyle
• Opportunities to work across a range of specialist children's services
• Gain experience in a leading children's healthcare environment
• Weekly pay and easy online shift booking
• Paid Mandatory Training and Full Induction Support
• Opportunities Across Multiple Clinical Specialties

We welcome applications from experienced RegisteredChildren’sNurses who candemonstraterecent acute hospital experience within the UK healthcare system. Newly Qualified Nurses may apply once they have successfully completed their preceptorship programme and gained at least 15months clinicalexperience.

As a Bank Registered Children's Nurse, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, family-centred care to children and young people. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing safe, compassionate, and effective nursing care across a variety of clinical settings.

Responsibilities include:

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for children and young people
• Supporting patients and families throughout their healthcare journey
• Administering medication and treatments in line with Trust policies
• Maintainingaccurateclinical records
• Promoting safeguarding and patient safety at all times
• Contributing to a positive patient and family experience
• Ability to work within a team and as an independent practitioner
• Ability to work in fast paced,high pressureareas
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage own workload
• Recognition of the sick child

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

• Registered Children's Nurse with current NMC registration
• Have at least 12 months post-registration experience(15 months for Newly Qualified Nurses including preceptorship)
• Have recent acute hospital experience within the last 18 to 24 months
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to delivering outstanding patient care
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Adaptable, reliable, and professional approach to work
• Have the right to work in the UK

This advert closes on Sunday 18 Oct 2026

£20.91 - £33.46 Bank rates may vary between Hospital Operating Units.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

£20.91 - £33.46 Bank rates may vary between Hospital Operating Units.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

£20.91 - £33.46 Rates may vary between Hospital Operating Units.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust