Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatric High Dependency Unit

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is hiring a Senior Staff Nurse for the Paediatric High Dependency Unit. The ideal candidate will have a BSC in Paediatric Nursing, be NMC registered, and possess significant experience in a similar setting. The role focuses on providing high-quality care while working collaboratively in a team setting. The salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum pro rata, with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• BSC/1st Degree in Paediatric Nursing or equivalent qualifications.
• NMC registered and experience with Paediatric HDU/ITU.
• Ability to work shifts and supervise others.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care in a Paediatric High Dependency Unit.
• Collaborate with Lead Nurse and the healthcare team.
• Contribute to the development of the new unit.

Skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Compassion

Education

BSC/1st Degree in Paediatric Nursing

NMC registered

QIS PCCU/High Dependency Course

Mentoring Course

Job description

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatric High Dependency Unit

The closing date is 20 November 2025

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity to join our newly established Paediatric Critical Care Level 2 UnitatKing's Mill Hospital. We are looking to recruit a dedicated team ofBand 6 Senior Staff Nurses who are passionate about delivering high-quality care and eager to be part of a pioneering venture for the Trust.

As a Senior Staff Nurse, you will play a pivotal role in embedding clinical excellence within our new unit. You will work collaboratively across the network and with the Lead Nurse to ensure that care delivery is consistently high-quality and evidence-based.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of anew and innovative unit, shaping its development from the ground up. You'll be supported by a forward-thinking team and have access to professional development opportunities within a Trust that values its staff.

If you feel you have the qualities and skills we are seeking, please do not hesitate to contact Carol Hind, Lead Nurse PHDU [phone] Ext. 6175 or email [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, covering day, nights and weekend duties

Knowledge

• Ability to communicate in a highly sensitive manner.
• Provide confidential information concerning patients/clients requiring empathy, persuasion, and reassurance.
• Skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients.
• Flexible and adaptable
• Caring and Compassionate
• Enthusiastic and well-motivated
• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise, and evaluate patient care
• Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
• Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
• Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
• Competent and capable of using medical equipment
• Able to undertake patient / non patient handling manoeuvres
• Audit or research within the clinical area.
• Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance in a strength-based approach.
• Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies.
• Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills.
• Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team.

Qualifications

• BSC/ 1st Degree in Paediatric Nursing or equivalent qualifications/ training and experience.
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses
• NMC registered
• QIS PCCU / High Dependency Course in Paediatrics
• Suitable teaching qualification / Mentoring Course.
• Sign off mentor

Further Training

• Mandatory training and updates.
• Evidence of moving and handling training.
• Attendance at conferences / study days.
• QISR
• Leadership Courses

Experience

• Significant post registration experience, including experience within Paediatric HDU / ITU setting.
• Significant experience at band 5.
• Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students.
• Evidence of ability to mentor.
• Ability to have awareness of how to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients; gives specialist advice to patients/clients/carers.
• Research training / experience.
• Recent or current experience within the paediatric ITU/ HDU.
• Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work.
• Evidence of formal teaching experience.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team, prioritise workload of self and others, and effective time management skills.
• Successful implementation and management of a nursing change process.
• Understanding of the role of advocacy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata