Paediatric Nurse

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Paediatric Nurse in High Wycombe. You will work in a dynamic team, providing exceptional care to children and their families. This part-time role offers flexibility and a supportive environment for professional growth.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

NHS discount schemes

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting.
• Evidence of further continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care needs.
• Co-ordinating workload and liaising with senior staff.
• Delivering high quality care in partnership with children and families.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN

NMC approved mentoring qualification

Tools

Basic IT skills

Job description

Main area Paediatric Nurse Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

24 hours per week (9 shifts per 4 weeks) Job ref 434-SCS7124882

Site Wycombe Hospital Ward 11 Town High Wycombe Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/05/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• provide specialist spinal services at our world renownedNational Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

The post holder will work within a team of nursing and medical staff and act as an allocated nurse for a group of patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating their care needs. The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating their allocated workload, reporting to and liaising with senior staff.

The post holder will work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality care in partnership with children and their families whilst working to meet the RCPCH Standards for children and young people in an emergency care setting and short stay area.

Main duties of the job

1. Work closely with the nursing team, ensuring individual programmes of care is formulated according to patient needs and current research/guidelines.

2. Ensure planned nursing care is delivered safely and effectively taking into account the views of the child and their parents / guardians.

3. Ensures plans of care are updated as appropriate.

4. Ensures arrangements for the admission, transfer and discharge of children are made safely, efficiently and effectively in line with Trust policies.

5. Advise on health promotion and the prevention of illness.

6. Recognise situations that may be detrimental to the health and well being of the individual and take appropriate action.

7. Carry out those activities involved when conducting the comprehensive assessment of a child’s nursing requirements.

8. Undertake the essential nursing assessment of the child, taking into account all the activities of daily living.

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.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

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

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.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main 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.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
• Evidence of further continued professional development
• Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

EXPERIENCE

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

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

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

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary
• Maybe required to work in other departments if requested to do so

PPE requirements:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successfulat interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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.