Nursery Nurse

Transformation Unit; Gateshead; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nursery Nurse to join the paediatric team. You will provide play preparation, distraction and support to children, young people and families, working two days a week (Monday and Friday) across Emergency and Children’s departments.

Join a multidisciplinary team in a Trust committed to compassionate care. The position is part-time (15 hours/week) with alignment to NHS Band 4 pay scale and opportunities to develop within Children’s services.

Qualifications

• Level 3 Childcare and Education Qualification (e.g. NNEB, NVQ Level 3, B-TEC or equivalent)
• Experience with children/young people in a hospital setting
• Experience with children/young people with additional needs/neurodivergent conditions
• Experience with children/young people with mental health needs
• 2 years post qualifying experience working with children

Responsibilities

• Assist the registered practitioner in providing high quality compassionate care to patients/relatives and their carers
• Use play and recreational interventions to support children in the healthcare setting
• Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure play opportunities for every child/young person
• Comply with Trust values and patient safety policies

Skills

Childcare experience

Hospital experience

Team collaboration

Education

Level 3 Childcare qualification (NNEB/NVQ L3/B-TEC)

Job description

Main area Nursery Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract Permanent: Monday and Friday working days Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Monday and Friday working days) Job ref 297-8084213

Employer Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen Elizabeth Hospital Town Gateshead Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

Nursery Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 4

All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Nursery Nurse to join the paediatric team, you will work within Children's services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital providing play preparation, distraction and support to children, young people and their families

You will job share with our current nursery nurse and work alongside our doctors, nurses and other health care professionals two days per week Monday and Friday. You will be based across both our Emergency care department and Children and Young peoples department supporting our patients to improve their overall hospital experience.

Main duties of the job

To assist the registered practitioner in providing high quality compassionate careand assistance to patients/relatives and their carers appropriate to their needs

• To use theoretical knowledge and evidence based practice to assess, plan,implement and evaluate therapeutic play and recreational interventions whilst in the healthcare setting
• To use theoretical knowledge and evidence based practice to assess, plan,implement and evaluate therapeutic play and recreational interventions whilst in the healthcare setting
• To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring every child/youngperson has the opportunity, encouragement and facilities for play: in a safe secure environment
• To comply with the Trusts ICORE vision and behavioural values

Working for our organisation

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Greet and receive patients, carers and other visitors to the ward/department in acourteous and compassionate manner, acting as a contact point for patients andcarers so that they are informed and provided with help appropriate to their needs.

• Orientate patients to the ward / department environment, providing appropriate verbal and written information to them about facilities and services.
• Provide and receive messages accurately in a way that this is understood by the recipient, referring issues to the most appropriate person where necessary. This could be face to face, in writing or verbally and involve the use of photocopiers and computer systems.
• Attend ward meetings, taking notes as required and contributing to discussions about improvement of patient care.
• Respond to informal complaints by patients, relatives or carers in the course of day to day duties, in line with local policy and procedures and elevate concerns you are unable to resolve to an appropriate person where a degree of tact may be required
• Escalate immediately any concerns regarding patient care to a more senior member of staff
• Have courage to raise concerns regarding quality and patient safety

Person specification

• Level 3 Childcare and Education Qualification, eg NNEB, NVQ Level 3, B-TEC or equivalent childcare courses
• Experience working with children/young people in a hospital setting
• Experience working with children/young people with additional needs/ neurodivergent conditions
• Experience working with Children/young people with mental health needs
• 2 years post qualifying experience working with children

Applications from job seekers who require Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications where the post is eligible. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

Candidates who require sponsorship are strongly advised to visit the UK Border Agency website and familiarise themselves with what is required. There is a facility on this site to access the points based calculator and work through an example which should assist candidates in their understanding of the process.

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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.