Staff Nurse - Child Health

Job Overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for a detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting time to join the team at Southampton’s Children’s Hospital. We are offering Rotation posts across our Children's Hospital for experienced paediatric staff Nurses to join our team.

Are you an experienced paediatric staff nurse ready for a new challenge? Would you like to work for an innovative forward-thinking hospital? Every patient is special to us, which means every nurse who cares for them must be too.

Southampton’s Children’s Hospital is a 115 bedded hospital catering for both local and regional children from the Wessex Region including the Channel Islands.

Our Children’s Hospital prides itself on providing a variety of specialist tertiary services and therefore rotations can include any of the following areas within critical care for children incorporating Paediatric ICU, Neonatal Intensive Care and Paediatric HDU, Oncology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Orthopaedics and Major Trauma, Urology, Nephrology, ENT Surgery, Outpatients and Children's Day Unit JADW. The Children’s Hospital has a dedicated Children’s Emergency Department and is a Paediatric Major Trauma Centre.

We are looking for highly motivated colleagues who have excellent care values and a strong sense of team spirit. We are a friendly, welcoming, and supportive team and there are opportunities to work across departments gaining clinical leadership and management skills along the way.

Working for our organisation

University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.

Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.

At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.

At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Southampton Children’s Hospital is a tertiary paediatric Hospital which offers the following services:

1. Dedicated children's emergency and short stay department
2. Paediatric Major Trauma Centre
3. Paediatric Intensive care and Retrieval service
4. Paediatric Outreach service
5. Tertiary Oncology, Cardiology, Neurological, Surgical, Orthopaedic
6. Medical and Endocrine centre
7. Haemodialysis Unit
8. CAHMS team / Learning Disability Nurse
9. Dedicated Play Team
10. Tertiary medical, cardiac, and surgical neonatal unit
11. Neonatal retrieval service
12. Paediatric Medical Unit (PMU)
13. Paediatric High Dependency Unit (HDU)
14. G2 Paediatric Neurology
15. G3 Orthopaedics
16. G4 SUN (Surgery, Urology, Nephrology)
17. Piam Brown (Oncology)
18. John Atwell Day Ward (JADW)
19. E1 Ocean Ward (Surgical & Cardiology)
20. PICU
21. Children's Out Patients
22. Bursledon House
23. Neonatal Unit

Rotation examples can include PICU E1 Cardiac Ward, PICU PHDU, ED Paediatric Admissions Unit PMU, G3, G4 Surgical Wards, all combinations will be considered. Rotations will consist of 9-month placements in 2-3 of your chosen areas.

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

1. Qualified Nurse (Degree/Diploma)
2. Registered nurse on appropriate part of the register
3. Knowledge of current issues within acute Health Service
4. Understanding of personal accountability
5. Knowledge of own role within the team
6. Provide evidence of teaching and supporting learners in practice in the role of practice supervisor
7. Awareness of evidence-based practice
8. Awareness of responsibilities for management of infection control
9. Evidence of ongoing personal development
10. Able to use initiative

Desirable criteria

1. Evidence of recent study
2. Previous experience/qualification in relevant specialty
3. Teaching experience