Children's Staff Nurse

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks Children's Staff Nurses to deliver high-quality care to children and young people in a dynamic team environment. The role includes planning and implementing patient care while working closely with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates must be NMC Registered Child Nurses with experience in hospital or community settings. This position offers training opportunities for professional development and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Supportive work environment

Commitment to diversity inclusion

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital or community settings.
• Experience working in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to manage responsibility for junior staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams and families.
• Support senior nurses in achieving service objectives.

Skills

Ability to support in area of clinical practice

Ability to communicate with parents and children

Ability to prioritise / delegate

Teaching mentoring skills

Ability to assess health and care needs

Ability to manage change and conflict

Education

NMC Registered Child Nurse

Tools

PC skills - email, word

Job description

Children's Staff Nurse

The closing date is 26 December 2025

Starlight Paediatric Ward is seeking 3 Band 5 Nurses who are passionate about delivering high-quality care to children and young people in our local community.

Homerton is an 18-bed unit providing holistic care for babies, children, and young people aged 0-16, with an emerging pathway for 16-17-year-olds. We care for children with a wide range of medical conditions, day cases, and some emergency surgery. Our unit offers HDU care for deteriorating patients prior to transfer if intubation and ventilation are required.

We regularly support children with learning difficulties, disabilities, and mental health conditions, and we provide training to help you develop your skills in these areas.

As a Band 5 Nurse, you will:

• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT)
• Plan, implement, and evaluate patient care
• Access support from our Practice Development Nurse and Practice Facilitator to plan your professional development

Training opportunities are available to help you grow and progress in your career

*Please note - this vacancy is not suitable for Overseas Registered Nurses required to take the OSCE exam.*

Main duties of the job

• To work closely with clinical colleagues within children and families' services and the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• To work closely with parents and carers of children and young people
• To support care programmes and care pathways
• To support the senior nurses in achieving service objectives
• To liaise appropriately with all members of the multidisciplinary team in a manner that promotes effective teamwork, participation in MDT meetings.
• To document all patient details to the required standard in relation to the admission, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care using the systems where appropriate.

We welcome informal visits so you can meet members of the team.

Interviews will be held face to face.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• NMC Registered Child Nurse

Experience

• Hospital or Community Experience
• Experience of working in a multicultural environment
• Multidisciplinary work – teaching / managing / responsibility for junior staff / students / support staff.

Skills / Abilities

• Ability to support in area of clinical practice
• Ability to prioritise / delegate, advise & support junior staff teaching mentoring skills.
• Ability to assess health and care needs, plan care, deliver care and evaluate outcomes.
• Ability to use PC - email, word
• Ability to manage change, conflict, own workload.

Knowledge

• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
• Knowledge of current developments around the provision and delivery of care for children both locally and nationally.

Trust Values

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values.

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.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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