Children'S Nurse (Band 5)

Airedale Nhs Foundation Trust; Aberford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking band 5 Paediatric trained nurses or soon-to-qualify students to join our enthusiastic and friendly department. If you have a positive attitude to ensuring children receive the best possible care, we'd love to hear from you.

Following significant investment in our paediatric nurse staffing we align to RCN staffing recommendations for CYP including a supernumerary nurse in charge.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continual development
• Able to demonstrate written and oral skills
• Registered children's Nurse (essential)
• Degree or working towards (desirable)
• Experience in a multi-disciplinary team (essential)
• Acute paediatric experience (desirable)
• Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & Understanding the New NHS (essential)
• Understand principles of confidentiality (essential)
• Understand principles of safeguarding children (essential)

Responsibilities

• To assess patient's needs, plan, implement and evaluate care in accordance with the Children's Charter.
• To maintain contemporaneous, accurate and precise documentation relating to patient care
• To work within national, regional and local guidelines relating to nursing practice
• To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain existing clinical expertise and develop new skills as appropriate
• To participate in a programme of formal clinical supervision
• In all these respects to perform as a role model for junior staff

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for band 5 Paediatric trained nurses or soon to qualify students to join our enthusiastic and friendly department. If you have a positive attitude to ensuring children receive the best possible care, we'd love to hear from you. Working with us will provide you with a broad range of skills and experiences which will help in your career progression. Following significant investment in our paediatric nurse staffing we are delighted to confirm that our newly agreed work force model aligns to RCN staffing recommendations for CYP including supernumerary nurse in charge. This will enable you to be supported in practice and help you to provide quality care to your patients. You will also be supported to develop your knowledge and skills in providing acute paediatric care through our dedicated paediatric practice educator and preceptorship programme. Our workforce model will also flex to meet demands of the service over winter and summer by increasing the number of staff who can take annual leave over the summer months (March to September). The post will involve nursing children on elective day case lists, acute inpatient admissions as well as children in our assessment area. 1.0 Full time Fixed term contract until 31st March 2027, 4.0 Full time fixed term contracts till 31st july 2027

Main duties of the job

• To assess patient's needs, plan, implement and evaluate care in accordance with the Children's Charter.
• To maintain contemporaneous, accurate and precise documentation relating to patient care
• To work within national, regional and local guidelines relating to nursing practice
• To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain existing clinical expertise and develop new skills as appropriate
• To participate in a programme of formal clinical supervision
• In all these respects to perform as a role model for junior staff

About us

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future. We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached documents which provide further details including job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of continual development
• Able to demonstrate written and oral skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered children's Nurse

Desirable

• Degree or working towards

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Acute paediatric experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & 'Understanding the New NHS'
• Understand principles of confidentiality
• Understand principles of safeguarding children

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).

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

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Airedale General Hospital
Skipton Road
Steeton
BD20 6TD
United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact

Senior Sister, Children's Unit
Marilyn Noble-Munn
[e-mail]
01535292173

Details

Date posted

07 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

Depending on experience pro rata per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

423-8289947

Job locations

Airedale General Hospital
Skipton Road
Steeton
BD20 6TD
United Kingdom

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).