Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatrics

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to join the team at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This role involves providing high-quality care to children on Starlight Children's Ward and requires the ability to make effective decisions autonomously. Ideal candidates will have experience in paediatrics and possess effective communication skills. The position offers a salary between £46,419 and £55,046 annually and has a fixed-term contract of 9 months, part-time.

Qualifications

• High levels of clinical experience with children.
• Experience of managing a ward/team for defined periods.
• Understanding of NMC Codes and Guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Support the Ward Manager in daily operations.
• Provide mentorship for team members.
• Ensure high standards of nursing practice.

Skills

Effective decision-making

Highly effective communication

Workload management

Reflective practice

Education

NMC registered Nurse - Child branch

Post Registration Qualification ENB 998 or prep for mentorship course

Job description

Overview

Go back Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 10 October 2025

We are looking to recruit band 6, Senior Staff Nurse, to our growing team, to help us achieve the best health outcomes for the babies, children, and young people of Hackney.

Starlight Children's Ward is a general paediatric ward caring for children from 0-16 years of age with a variety of conditions including bronchiolitis, asthma, sepsis, cellulitis, diabetes, and meningitis as well as day case surgery. We undertake level 1 and level 2 high dependency care and can provide training, support, and access to high dependency care courses to develop your clinical skills. We have close links with the child and adolescent mental health team and provide care for children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties. We also have close links with the children's community nursing team, allowing us to promote early discharge where this is clinically safe, enabling patients to continue with treatment in their home, i.e. ongoing iv antibiotics.

Our Ward Manager, Practice Development Nurse and Clinical Practice Facilitator are available to support your development on a day-to-day basis and can provide opportunities for you to undertake trust development training focusing on areas such as leadership, undertaking appraisals or recruitment and interview techniques.

Main duties of the job

• To support the Ward Manager in the day-to-day running of the unit and in achieving team objectives.
• Uses clinical expertise and specialist knowledge base to work in a collaborative way to extend the role of nursing to meet the needs of children, parents and families.
• Act of role model to develop and encourage harmonious relationships and professional rapport within the department and with other disciplines, departments and external agencies.
• Working in conjunction with the Ward Manager and Practice Development nurse to ensure that nursing practice within the ward is of high standard, evidence based and clinically effective.
• To work in conjunction with members of the medical team in delivering the highest quality care to our patients.
• To act as a team leader for a given group of nurses within the ward. This will involve providing mentorship for them, undertaking appraisals and working with them to achieve their professional development goals.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• NMC registered Nurse - Child branch
• Post Registration Qualification ENB 998 or prep for mentorship course.

Skills/ Abilities

• Able to make effective decisions autonomously and in partnership with children, families and the multidisciplinary team.
• Highly effective communication skills.
• Ability to manage own workload.
• Ability to reflect on and develop own practice and that of team members.
• Able to function at experienced nurse level.

Experience

• High levels of clinical experience with children.
• Experience of working with families under stress.
• Experience of managing a ward/team for defined periods of time.
• Experience of working within an acute and/or community paediatric team.
• Experience in the development of a new service.
• Experience of facilitating care of children between different care settings

Knowledge

• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
• Knowledge of the current issues and trends in paediatrics and the Health Service.
• NMC Codes and Guidelines.
• Understanding of budget management

Trust Values

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values.

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.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£46,419 to £55,046 a year p.a. inc. pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

293-CCS-0772

Job locations

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust