Paediatric Nurse

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Paediatric Nurse to join our children\'s outpatient team. You will deliver high-quality, child-centred care across a range of conditions, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient needs while supporting clinics and safeguarding practices.

You will work with the multidisciplinary team to administer treatments, maintain records, and contribute to service improvement and efficient clinic flow across sites.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC PIN and relevant clinical experience.
• Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with commitment to safeguarding and infection control.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, child-centred nursing care in outpatient clinics.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care needs.
• Support and run nurse-led or multidisciplinary clinics.
• Administer treatments, medications and procedures safely.
• Monitor and record clinical observations and escalate concerns.
• Provide health education and reassurance to children and families.
• Maintain accurate, timely patient records and documentation.
• Adhere to safeguarding, infection control and governance standards.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to improve care and clinic flow.
• Ability to work cross-site and support service improvements.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Caseload prioritisation

Problem-solving

Clinical skills development

Willingness to train

Basic IT skills

NMC code knowledge

Safe clinical environment

Shift work

Diplomatic professionalism

Flexibility and adaptability

Teaching skills (desirable)

Quality and governance awareness

Education

Registered Nurse / awaiting NMC PIN

Continued professional development desirable

Post-qualification experience in relevant area desirable

Mentoring qualification desirable

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking a dedicated Paediatric Nurse to join our children's outpatient team. You will deliver high-quality, child-centred care, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient needs across a range of conditions. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, you will support clinics, provide treatments, and offer education and reassurance to children and their families. You will maintain accurate documentation, uphold safeguarding responsibilities, and ensure compliance with infection control standards, while contributing to an efficient, supportive, and continuously improving outpatient service.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high-quality, child-centred nursing care in outpatient clinics
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual care needs
• Support and run nurse-led or multidisciplinary clinics
• Administer treatments, medications, and clinical procedures safely
• Monitor and record clinical observations and
• escalate concerns
• Provide health education and reassurance to children and families
• Maintain accurate, timely patient records and documentation
• Adhere to safeguarding, infection control, and clinical governance standards
• Collaborate effectively with the multidisciplinary team
• Contribute to service improvement and efficient clinic flow
• Ability to work cross site

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.

As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.

Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Details

Date posted: 20 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number: 434-SCS8285373-A

Closing date: 03 November 2026

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Essential: Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate
• Essential: Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision
• Essential: Ability to solve problems and use initiative
• Essential: Ability to develop clinical skills
• Essential: Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications)
• Essential: Basic IT skills
• Essential: Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
• Essential: Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care. Adaptable to change
• Essential: Ability to work rotating shifts
• Essential: Diplomatic approach with professionalism
• Essential: Flexible and approachable
• Desirable: Willingness to develop teaching skills
• Desirable: Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
• Desirable: Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision

Experience

• Essential: Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
• Essential: Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Essential: Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Essential: Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
• Desirable: Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting

Education, Qualification and Training

• Essential: Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
• Desirable: Evidence of further continued professional development
• Desirable: Post qualification experience in relevant speciality
• Desirable: Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

Special Circumstances

• Desirable: Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address: Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager, Gemma Health, [e-mail], 01494425506

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