Nursery Nurse

Integrated Care System; St Helens; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in St Helens is looking for a part-time Nursery Nurse to assist in paediatric services. You will support children's care, conduct assessments, and work closely with medical professionals to ensure high-quality treatment. The ideal candidate will have experience in childcare and relevant qualifications. This position offers a salary between £25,147 and £27,596 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Understanding of children's emotions and needs.
• Experience of relevant work in childcare.
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care to children.
• Conduct sleep assessments for children.
• Coordinate ADHD screening assessments.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical skills

IT skills

Teamwork

Education

NNEB/NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care

GCSE level in Maths or English

Job description

Go back Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Nursery Nurse

The closing date is 22 August 2025

An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a part time Band 4 Nursery Nurse role in the Developmental Paediatric services.

The Developmental Paediatric service provides a wide range of specialties for patients from the St Helens area. This role is to support the Paediatric service in covering clinics from 09:00 - 17:00. The service provides treatment and coordination for a range of paediatric conditions including, neuro-developmental diagnoses and complex needs.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for Children is required for this post.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Nursery Nurse is to work with Registered Nurses and Medical staff to provide and monitor high quality care by contributing to the ongoing assessment of children and young people with being investigated or treated as agreed with supervising clinician(s) in line with the service pathways.

The Nursery Nurse will develop a a breadth of knowledge to provide holistic and person centred care and support for children and young people being assessed and treated for neurodevelopmental diagnoses.

The Developmental Paediatric Service is seeking to employ a Nursery Nurse to improve the quality and safety of care delivered to our children and young people. The Nursery Nurse will work across the Millennium Centre and Lowe House Health centre to support care with full training provided for specialist areas of treatment such as Qb screening tests, specialised sleep support and clinical observations/intervention for children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions.

The Nursery Nurse will also support medical and nursing staff with procedures, including chaperoning, conducting height, weight, blood pressures, receiving patients into clinic and providing them with the necessary information and advice as advised by the clinical staff to provide a high standard of direct nursing care to ensure patient dignity and safeguarding are maintained.

About us

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

• CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES

• To have an understanding of the different emotions and needs of the children attending the department, demonstrating good communication skills and a friendly manner.
• Utilising IT skills ensure patient electronic records are available for consultation and contain relevant information prior to the commencement of the clinic.
• Give information and advice when appropriate to patients both verbally and written and ensure patients understanding of information and direct patients to other departments when necessary.
• Carry out appropriate patient care during assessments.
• Conduct sleep assessments for children and young people who are open to Developmental Paediatrics.
• Provide behaviour support where necessary for children and young people who are open to Developmental Paediatrics.
• Undertake Qb screening as part of the ADHD assessment
• Coordinate other screening ADHD assessments

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Arrange, co-ordinate and conduct QB testing for children and young people
• Use clinical decision making as to whether to retest a child/young person for QB and document reason/s
• Document observations and results of QB testing, discuss with clinicians as/where necessary
• Supervise Band 3 with all aspects of QB procedures
• Arrange and undertake sleep assessments with the support of the nursing staff
• Develop resources for sleep support for children with neurodevelopmental conditions
• Ensure that nursing care provided is appropriate and is consistent with clinical guidelines.
• To ensure confidentiality of patient information at all times.
• To support trained nursing staff within the department in the delivery of patient care.
• To ensure the privacy and dignity of patients is paramount and not compromised.
• To communicate effectively with staff and patients to ensure that the highest possible standard of care is provided to patients.
• To be caring and competent and to ensure patient safety and well-being is paramount at all times.
• In accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the post holder will actively participate in the prevention and control of infection within the capacity of their role. The Act requires the post holder to attend infection prevention and control training on induction and at regular updates and to take responsibility for the practical application of the training in the course of their work. Infection prevention and control must be included in any personal development plan and/or appraisal.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure patient records are kept up to date and accurate and recording is done in line with Trust policies and procedures.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES

• To support other colleagues and students within the clinics as appropriate

RESEARCH & AUDIT

• To commence and participate in research/special projects as directed by the Department manager

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NNEB/NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development or equivalent. e.g.CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education or BTEC National Diploma in Children's Care, Learning and Development .
• Educated to GCSE level in Maths or English or equivalent qualification or relevant experience in a Health Care Setting
• Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g foundation degree, or NVQ3 Level qual or relevant experience equivalent to diploma level.

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
• Experience of relevant work in childcare
• Knowledge of Safeguarding/Children and Vulnerable Adults procedures
• Be able to work under remote supervision
• Evidence of working within a team
• Experience in working within an Outpatient setting.

Skills

Other

• Motivated individual, keen to develop within the role

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.

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£25,147 to £27,596 a yearper annum, pro rata