Paediatric Surgical Nurse - Band 5

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

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is seeking a Band 5 paediatric nurse for its Children's wards at The Royal London Hospital. The role involves providing nursing care for children post-surgery and managing complex cases, requiring strong communication skills and adaptability. Opportunities for professional development and various training are available.

Benefits

Access to a range of benefits including pension schemes

Leisure and entertainment discounts

Parental leave and childcare support

Extensive career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Knowledge/experience of providing nursing care for children within an acute paediatric setting.
• Ability to work within a challenging clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective family-centered nursing care to patients and their families.
• Develop new skills and knowledge through available training opportunities.

Skills

Communication

Adaptability

Education

RSCN/RN Child

Job description

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Main area Paediatrics Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (covering Maternity) Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full Time) Job ref 259-084005RLH-55AD

Site Royal London Hospital Town London Salary £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inc Salary period Yearly Closing 22/06/2025 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

We are looking for a Band 5 paediatric nurse to work within our 7F Children’s wards at The Royal London Hospital.

7F specialise in Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, providing a continuation of care service for children following surgery and long term chronic illness. Additionally, we are lucky enough to be one of a few centres offering spinal surgery to our patients, with our dedicated spinal team. We also have an enhanced monitoring bay that is working towards High Dependency status. This area looks after the sickest patients in the children’s hospital, and acts as an intermediary between the wards and the Paediatric Critical Care Unit.

These areas are part of a versatile and dynamic service and the post holder will have excellent communication skills and be adaptable. They will be keen to learn and develop new skills and knowledge through the availability of a variety of training opportunities whilst facilitating the learning needs of others. We currently have access to a wide range of university modules including the HDU course, Evidence Based Orthopaedic Care as well as the paediatric in house trauma study days.

Barts Health has a busy and demanding children’s service requiring staff to be flexible in their working. The post holder will be required to work within a challenging clinical environment and undertake shift work which will include nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

There are opportunities to work within highly established inter professional teams with an emphasis on working in partnership with the children and their families.

The post holder will therefore have every opportunity to develop new skills and knowledge, working closely with all multi-disciplinary team members. Staff are also encouraged and given the opportunity to continue their professional development through attendance on relevant courses with both City and Southbank Universities.

Barts Health has a busy and demanding Children's service requiring staff to be flexible in their working. The post holder will be required to work within a challenging clinical environment and undertake shift work which will include nights and weekends.

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 centered nursing care to patients and their families. 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 form colleagues.

Person specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

• RSCN/RN Child

Experience

• Knowledge/experience of providing nursing care for children within an acute paediatric setting

Communication

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.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received.

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.