Paediatric Critical Care Nurse

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Paediatric Critical Care Nurse to provide high-quality, family-centered nursing care at Staffordshire Children's Hospital. You will work under the supervision of senior staff and play an essential role in delivering effective care while promoting team development and education. This position requires a UK NMC registered Children's Nurse with experience in an acute hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Experience as a student or registered nurse in an Acute hospital setting.
• Previous experience of working within Children's High dependency or Intensive care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe and effective quality care.
• Assess, develop, implement and evaluate nursing care needs.
• Support teaching and supervision of all team members.

Skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Use own initiative

Use a computer

Education

UK NMC registered Children's Nurse

Job description

Go back University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Paediatric Critical Care Nurse

The closing date is 28 August 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Paediatric Intensive Care Staff Nurse at Staffordshire Children's Hospital @ Royal Stoke.

Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification or contact Ward Manager, Lena Russell on 01782 676157

Main duties of the job

All Children's ICU Nurses will work under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Sister and Senior Clinical Nurses to deliver safe and effective quality care.

The post holder will provide effective family centered nursing care underpinned by evidence based practice.

Ability to assess, develop, implement and evaluate nursing care needs of children and families/carers within the ward or department in order to provide and maintain a high standard of informed and effective holistic care following a formal period of preceptorship.

To support teachingandsupervisionof all members of the team and pre-registration nursing students.

To work a mixture of day and night shifts as well as rotate to other clinical areas as requested, to meet the demands of the service and fulfil professional educational needs.

To participate in the development of clinical audit, ensuring that a prominent nursing contribution is made.

To be responsible for updating own knowledge and skill in line with the NMC Code; and Trust policies / procedures.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification or contact Ward Manager, Lena Russell on 01782 676157

Person Specification

Qualifications

• UK NMC registered Children's Nurse

Knowledg, Training and Experience

• Has experience as a student or registered nurse in an Acute hospital setting
• Is able to recount/discuss the requirement for high standard of care
• Ability to use a computer
• Previous experience of working within Children's High dependency or Intensive care

Personal Qualities

• Able to use own initiative
• Ability to work as part of a team

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust