Paediatric Staff Nurse - Children's Emergency DepartmentBand 5

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Band 5 Paediatric Staff Nurse in the Children's Emergency Department, providing 24/7 emergency care for children. This role offers opportunities for professional development in a supportive team environment handling diverse paediatric needs. Applicants must possess relevant nursing qualifications and a dedication to patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in acute, chronic, and emergency paediatric care.
• Knowledge of safeguarding children and young people.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidenced based, high quality assessment and care to children and families.
• Supervise and educate team members, including nursing and medical students.
• Ensure safe and effective clinical practice, enhancing patient experience.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Caring and compassionate

Ability to remain calm under pressure

Commitment to professional development

Education

RN Child with NMC registration

Degree in relevant health subject

Job description

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Paediatric Staff Nurse - Children's Emergency DepartmentBand 5, Surrey

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Client:

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Location:

Surrey, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for Band 5 Paediatric Nurses to join our Children's Emergency Departments at Epsom .

Our team provide 24 hour paediatric emergency care in our dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department. We provide care for children with acute and urgent physical and mental health needs, as well as complex and long term conditions.

The teams include dedicated paediatric advanced care practitioners, and are supported by the Trust Paediatric Nursing and Medical Teams, as well as our Emergency Department colleagues. There are opportunities for professional development which includes access to our Trust wide paediatric simulation courses.

Paediatric services at Epsom General Hospital include our acute paediatric ward, medical day units and children’s outpatients. We also host a Level 1 Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Service at Epsom and have a dedicated paediatric psychiatric liaison service. We also have over 25 paediatric specialist nurses, two community children’s nurses and a specialist children’s safeguarding teams. Therefore there are opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills in a range of areas, to complement your emergency nursing skills.

Paed ED now has its own new dedicated Practice Educator for Paediatric ED alone. This will support existing and new nurses in the department and help with learning new skills necessary in Paed ED

Main duties of the job

The post holder will;

• provide evidenced based, high quality assessment and care to children and their families attending the Emergency Department
• supervise, support and educate other team members, including nursing and medical students
• develop and maintain advanced Emergency Nursing skills
• advise on health promotion and prevention of illness/injury
• advocate for children and families
• ensure safe and effective clinical practice and enhance patient experience.
• ensure the promotion and implementation of trust policies and the effective delivery of organisational objectives

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for Band 5 Paediatric Nurses to join our Children's Emergency Departments at Epsom .

Our team provide 24 hour paediatric emergency care in our dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department. We provide care for children with acute and urgent physical and mental health needs, as well as complex and long term conditions.

The teams include dedicated paediatric advanced care practitioners, and are supported by the Trust Paediatric Nursing and Medical Teams, as well as our Emergency Department colleagues. There are opportunities for professional development which includes access to our Trust wide paediatric simulation courses.

Paediatric services at Epsom General Hospital include our acute paediatric ward, medical day units and children’s outpatients. We also host a Level 1 Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Service at Epsom and have a dedicated paediatric psychiatric liaison service. We also have over 25 paediatric specialist nurses, two community children’s nurses and a specialist children’s safeguarding teams. Therefore there are opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills in a range of areas, to complement your emergency nursing skills.

Paed ED now has its own new dedicated Practice Educator for Paediatric ED alone. This will support existing and new nurses in the department and help with learning new skills necessary in Paed ED

Main duties of the job

The post holder will;

provide evidenced based, high quality assessment and care to children and their families attending the Emergency Department

supervise, support and educate other team members, including nursing and medical students

develop and maintain advanced Emergency Nursing skills

advise on health promotion and prevention of illness/injury

advocate for children and families

ensure safe and effective clinical practice and enhance patient experience.

ensure the promotion and implementation of trust policies and the effective delivery of organisational objectives

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details about this exciting role

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

RN Child with NMC registration

Desirable criteria

Degree in relevant health subject

Experience

Essential criteria

•Prioritising and organising work load, delegating and supervising tasks appropriately •analysing, resolving issues and making sound judgements on clinical issues, using initiative, whilst demonstrating an awareness of own limits •working collaboratively with multiple members of the internal and external multidisciplinary team •ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care

Desirable criteria

•mentorship, teaching and assessing

Knowledge

Essential criteria

•Acute, chronic and emergency paediatric care •Safeguarding children and Young People within the Emergency Department

Skills

Essential criteria

•Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal •Caring and compassionate towards patients, families and colleagues •Able to remain calm, focused and work under pressure •Committed to personal and professional development •Evidence of self awareness and reflective practice

Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS : We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

______________________________________________________ Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at: Telephone: [phone] Text: 07501066267 Email:@. Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.______________________________________________________

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Applicant requirements

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.

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