Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse - Scunthorpe

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Scunthorpe is seeking a Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse to coordinate and supervise care for children. You will lead and support junior colleagues, ensuring effective and safe care delivery. Ideal candidates will have two years post-qualification experience, hold a band 5 status, and be EPLS trained, with a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 pro rata.

Qualifications

• 2 years post qualifying experience in a similar role.
• Existing band 5 with 2 years paediatric ward experience.
• Previous ward coordinating experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise care for children.
• Act as an advocate for children and families.
• Deliver holistic care and ensure safe discharge.

Skills

Clinical expertise in children's nursing

Leadership and role modeling

Effective communication

Emergency response skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

EPLS trained

Job description

Go back Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse - Scunthorpe

The closing date is 21 October 2025

The post of Senior Staff Nurse on Disney Ward is to coordinate and supervise care for children, to ensure safe and effective care is provided, acting as an advocate for children and their parents/carers. You will be required to be an effective leader and role model for junior colleagues and other Senior Nurses, dealing with the day-to-day management of the shift in collaboration with the Ward Manager and Children's Matron.

You will be expected to be a clinical expert in children's nursing and provide education and support during your shift, liaising with the nursing colleagues in ECC and other professionals in the MDT to ensure children are cared for safely.

Main duties of the job

Independently care for a group of children on the ward, delivering holistic care, to promote health and wellbeing and ensuring a safe discharge with safety netting. Be an expert in the assessment of acutely ill children, developing an appropriate plan of care, implementing and evaluating care given and escalating concerns. Recognise deterioration in a child's health and wellbeing, using appropriate tools and respond appropriately. Ensure appropriate and timely communication with children and families/carers, providing advice, instructions and support as needed. Ensure children and their families/carers have access to information in order to make informed decisions about their care. Advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness. Respond to emergency situations appropriately such as paediatric resuscitation and fire. Document in line with the NMC Code, and local guidelines/standards. Making sure all entries are clear, accurate, legible and timely.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

Person Specification

• 2 years post qualifying
• Existing band 5 with 2 years paediatric ward experience
• EPLS trained
• Previous ward coordinating experience

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

The salary for this role is £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata.