Registered Children’s Nurse

VISSPO; Norwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme and annual/le

Wagestream - access up to 40% of your;

Free Park & Ride service to NNUH Colne

Free 24-hour confidential counselling

On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane

On-site cafes offering staff discounts

Support in career development

Flexible staff bank

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lea

Job summary

Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is seeking an experienced paediatric nurse. The role involves caring for children across inpatient and ambulatory wards, with opportunities to develop skills in HDU and multidisciplinary collaboration.

The post requires a Registered Nurse with NMC registration and experience in a hospital setting, with a focus on teamwork and delivery of high-quality paediatric care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register.
• Post-registration qualification relevant to the clinical area (desirable).
• Recent experience in an acute hospital setting.
• Experience mentoring, supervising, teaching and assessing.
• Experience managing/leading a team and coordinating workload.
• Competency in clinical skills including enhanced practice.
• Demonstrates PRIDE values alignment.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care for paediatric patients.
• Coordinate workload and lead a nursing team.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical skills

NMC registration

Team leadership

Education

NMC Registration

Job description

• Flexible working hours
• Support in career development

There has never been a more exciting time to come and join the vibrant Jenny Lind Children\'s Hospital team at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. With our recently approved aspirational Children\'s Strategy and being one of the largest Children\'s units in the Eastern Region, we are continually seeking to improve and expand our existing services. We are very proud of our Hospital's PRIDE values which underpin our improvement strategy. Everyone who works here plays an important role in our journey to outstanding. We have a wide variety of nursing staff from our paediatric specialist nursing and day ward team to our nurses working in children\'s urgent and emergency care and in our level 2 HDU and inpatient areas.

Main duties of the job

Our Jenny Lind Children\'s Hospital incorporates Children\'s Inpatient, Ambulatory, Emergency, Neonatal and Outpatient care. We treat children and young people across a broad range of specialties including Paediatric Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, plastics and much more. We also have a dedicated Surgical and medical HDU. Our collaborative team care for children living in Norfolk and for those accessing specialist treatments across the Eastern Region. We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled.

We currently have positions within Buxton, our paediatric inpatient ward with 33 inpatient beds including a 6 bedded level 2 high dependency unit, which cares for children from all medical and surgical specialities from birth to 16 years.

We cross work between departments when necessary to improve our skills and form part of the larger Jenny Lind Children\'s Hospital team. As part of your role, you will be working in a team of Nurses, Doctors, Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioners, Healthcare Assistants and Play Specialists to provide high quality care for our patients.

Training opportunities include triage skills, advanced life support, ECG\'s, venipuncture and cannulation, blood gases and chemotherapy administration.

This is an advert for an experienced paediatric nurse so applicants to have or working towards their level 2 HDU qualification.

About Us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Details

Date posted 31 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary £32,073 to £39,043 a year

pro rata

Contract Permanent

Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number 234-26-D1016

Job locations Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Norwich

NR4 7UY

United Kingdom

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register

Desirable

• Post registration qualification relevant to the clinical area

Experience

• Recent experience of nursing in an acute hospital environment
• Experience of mentoring, supervision, teaching and assessment
• Experience of managing / leading a team and co-ordinating workload

Skills

• Competency in clinical skills including enhanced practice relevant to the level of experience and clinical area

Attitude

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Person Specification

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.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Address

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Norwich

NR4 7UY

United Kingdom

https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/