Paediatric Emergency Care Nurse

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Lancaster seeks a motivated Paediatric Emergency Care Nurse to deliver high-quality care in the Emergency Department. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in acute settings, effective decision-making skills, and a commitment to child advocacy. This role offers opportunities for leadership development within a supportive multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Post registration experience in acute setting.
• Ability to recognise a sick child.
• Able to work in MDT.
• Evidence of teaching and developing staff.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care needs and maintain clinical standards.
• Support planning and directing activities for optimal standards.
• Advocate for children and families.

Skills

Decision making

Ability to manage a wide variety of patient conditions

Understanding of clinical governance

Education

Registered Nurse - Child

Specialist training including short courses

Safeguarding level 3

APLS

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Paediatric Emergency Care Nurse

The closing date is 05 October 2025

This is your opportunity to help shape the future for Children attending the Emergency Department.

Are you ambitious and a focused person already working in an acute setting?

Are you looking for a development opportunity?

This is your opportunity to help shape the future for Children attending the Emergency Department.

Main duties of the job

You must be highly motivated and willing to take on new challenges, in paediatric emergency care.

You must be willing to participate in health promotion to care for the children of our community.

Have continuing responsibility for the delivery of care needs and maintenance of Clinical Standards on the ward/dept.

Support to all grades of staff, planning and directing activities to provide the optimal standard of care.

Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence based, holistic family centred care with the Multi-disciplinary team to children and young people.

To act as an advocate on behalf of children and their families.

Ensure that the ward/dept. is clean and provides a safe environment for children, parents and staff.

The aim of this post is to gain competences, knowledge, skills and experience in ED to progress to leadership level.

You must be highly motivated and willing to take on new challenges, in paediatric emergency care.

About us

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

• Registered Nurse - Child
• Specialist training including short courses essential to the role
• Safeguarding level 3
• APLS

Experience

• Post registration experience in acute setting
• Ability to recognise a sick child
• Able to work in MDT
• Evidence of teaching and developing staff

Skills

• Decision making
• Ability to manage a wide variety of patient conditions
• Understanding of clinical governance

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 Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust