Registered Nurse (Paediatric Emergency Department)

Ekhuft; Margate; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parking

Relocation policy

Flexible working

Car sharing / public transport

Job summary

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust in Margate is hiring a Paediatric Emergency Department Nurse (Band 5). This full-time role (37.5 hours) offers flexible working, a salary of £32,073–£39,043 per annum, and development within a large acute trust serving around 800,000 people.

You will deliver child-focused emergency care in a busy ED with a multidisciplinary team. NMC Child registration is required; relocation and parking options may be available.

Qualifications

• Registered with NMC as a Child nurse.
• Recent acute-care experience in a Trust.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver paediatric emergency care in a busy ED.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team to provide safe care.
• Support development and adherence to clinical standards in ED.

Skills

Patient-focused care

Evidence-based practice

Acute care experience

Personal development

Band 5 experience

Learning facilitation

Education

NMC Child Registration

Tools

Healthcare IT systems

Job description

Registered Nurse (Paediatric Emergency Department)

Band 5

Main area Paediatric Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 344-0831QEH

Site QEQM Town Margate Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you interested in a career in paediatric emergency nursing? If so there is a position here for you at East Kent. We are one of the largest acute Trusts in England and are in the enviable position of being surrounded by beautiful beaches and the Kent countryside but with easy links to the centre of London.

Now is an exciting time to join the Urgent & Emergency Care Group at East Kent Hospitals. We were one of the Top Ten trusts in England for improvements in our emergency care access standards last year. We have also recently invested £6.2million in improvements across our emergency floor.

Main duties of the job

We are a multi-site Trust with two acute hospitals in Ashford and Margate; we are a trauma unit and regularly receive major trauma and helicopter emergencies from the regional air ambulance and coastguard. We pride ourselves on being a clinically led organisation and are passionate about developing and empowering our staff.

Our paediatric emergency department team at East Kent Hospitals work closely together to provide a service to the local population of children and young people in East Kent. This includes links with the urgent care centres, community nursing teams and the South Thames Retrieval Services.

We work closely with adult ED, the paediatric inpatient wards and Children’s Assessment Units who have Children’s Advanced Nurse Practitioners providing senior clinical leadership.

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Person specification

Clinical skills and experience

• Demonstrates patient focused approach
• Delivery of evidence-based practice
• Recent clinical experience in an acute setting for a Trust.
• Evidence of on-going personal and professional development.
• Previous experience at Band 5 within speciality.
• Evidence of facilitating learning in practice.

Qualifications and training

• Registered NMC Child registered

Personal/professional attributes

• Basic IT Skills
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to develop working relationships with others.
• Time management and personal organisation skills
• Experience using advanced IT programmes within a healthcare setting.

Other Requirements

• To be aware of and adhere to the Trust’s Vision, Mission and Values

Governance

• Awareness of national access standards affecting ED Patients
• NMC Code of Conduct
• National Patient Survey

There are lots of great opportunities at East Kent Hospitals, where staff are caring and put patients first, innovation fl#roshes and you can develop your career. We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a local Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work,
there’s never been a better time to join us. To find out more about east Kent visit our website . The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.

We have a relocation policy for eligible candidates, parking available at Trust sites but we encourage other options, like car sharing or public transport.

The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements.

The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer facing roles.

Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check.

Applicants for eligible roles requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship must meet UK Visas and Immigration eligibility criteria.

We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds.

If you are applying via NHS Jobs your application will be sent to our recruitment system TRAC. All subsequent information will be generated from TRAC so you won’t be able to see the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs and we won’t be able to respond to e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to us transferring your application and details to our system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records. Good luck with your application, we’ll contact you via email so please check your junk/spam folders.

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

To help us manage recruitment effectively, we use an application limit and we will close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications and the limit is met. If you are interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.