Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse - Band 5

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Band 5 Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse at The Royal London Hospital. Operate in a dynamic and supportive environment, providing essential care for critically ill children while developing critical care skills. The role demands commitment towards excellence and evidence-based practices within one of the UK's top teaching hospitals.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Leisure and entertainment discounts

Parental leave and childcare support

Cycle to work scheme

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Evidence based practice at all times.
• Experience in a relevant unit such as NICU, HDU, PICU.
• Commitment to developing knowledge and managing care of critically ill children.

Responsibilities

• Caring for critically ill children with support from senior staff.
• Participating in a team environment to enhance clinical skills.
• Providing family-centred care and ensuring safety in clinical care.

Skills

Family Centred Care

Teamwork

Adaptability

Evidence Based Practice

High Dependency Care

Education

NMC Registration

BSc or working towards

HDU course or relevant acute skills course

Job description

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Whether you’re looking to gain experience in a large, fast-paced hospital or get out into the community, we have a range of opportunities that allows you to build yourentire careerin one trust.

For us, every day is different. We provide care to a diverse population of 2.5 million across east London – that’s 6,000 people every day, speaking over 60 different languages. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to ensuring that people living in east London live healthy lives.

Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse - Band 5

Band 5

Main area Intensive Care Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 259-787322RLH-90AD

Site The Royal London Hospital Town London Salary £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inc. Salary period Yearly Closing 15/06/2025 23:59

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

Are you an experienced Paediatric nurse looking to increase your high dependancy and intensive care skills? Would you like the opportunity to work within the acute paeditric wards and rotate to the critical care areas? Would you like to join a team of committed, supportive and dedicated nurses, caring for some of London’s most unwell children?

Then join our team, we will encourage and support you to develop acute care skills you need, to be the best you can be. You will need a willingness and commitment to develop the knowledge and skills required to manage the care of critically ill children.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 you will be caring for critically ill children with the support of senior staff, to allow you to enhance your skills. You will need to be adaptable to the changing pace of clinical care; enjoy learning and participating in team work.

This is an exciting time to become part of a developing Service and shape the vision of Children’s services within the top teaching hospital in England. We look forward to welcoming you to our team.

Informal visits are encouraged.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide effective family centred nursing care to patients and their families.
To ensure that evidence based practice is performed at all times, taking responsibility for updating own knowledge and skill in line with Trust policies and procedures and NMC code of professional conduct.

For newly qualified band 5 nurses, it will be an important step in consolidating practice and completing all relevant clinical competencies, receiving adequate support from colleagues.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• BSc or working towards
• HDU course or relevant acute skills course

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in a relevant unit. (NICU, HDU, PICU, Theatres, A&E, tertiary unit, surgery/medicine)

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

you’ll have access to range of benefits including one of thebest pension schemes in the UK , leisure and entertainment discounts andparental leave and childcare support schemes we’re really proud of.

We're also committed to ensuring that you are supported in gaining and developing the skills and knowledge needed to carry out your work safely and effectively, and to achieve your full potential. We offer a range of apprenticeships at all levels, as well as an extensive range of career development opportunities.