Staff Nurse - Children's

Transformation Unit; Newcastle upon Tyne; Teletrabalho; GBP 32 000 - 39 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Staff Nurse - Children's to join Ward 14, the Children’s Oncology and Haematology Day Unit and Clinic. This is a busy unit caring for paediatric patients with oncological and haematological conditions.

The post offers a full-time contract with 37.5 hours per week, NHS Band 5, and a supportive Education Team for professional development.

Qualificações

• Registered Nurse with paediatric nursing registration (NMC).
• Experience in paediatric oncology/haematology is desirable.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and patient-centred care.

Responsabilidades

• Provide clinical care to paediatric patients in Ward 14 and Day Unit.
• Administer medications, IV therapies, and chemotherapy under supervision.
• Support patient and family education and MDT collaboration.

Conhecimentos

Cannulation

IV drug administration

Basic IT skills

Formação académica

NMC registration

Diploma/Degree in Nursing

Willingness to undertake training

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Main area 317 Ward 14 Paediatric Oncology Day Unit Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (x4 days between Monday-Friday) Job ref 317-2026-40-03-DR

Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Victoria Infirmary Town 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 27/10/2026

Staff Nurse - Children's

Band 5

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

NMC Registered Children’s Nurses are employed in wards and departments at the Great North Children’s Hospital, Neonates at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) and Cardiothoracic at Freeman Hospital. Adult registered nurses are employed in Neonates at the RVI and the Cardiothoracic PICU at Freeman Hospital but need to apply to the Trust’s adult staff nurse advert.

We welcome applications from qualified Paediatric Nurses for a full time post to work on Ward 14, the Children's Oncology and Haematology Day Unit and Clinic, this is a busy Day unit and clinic looking after patients with an Oncological and Haematological condition requiring a range of Day unit based treatments and assessments.

• Interview Date: 27 October 2026

37 hours 30 minutes/week

• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

We want all of our paediatric nurses here at Newcastle Hospitals to feel supported and have opportunities for learning and development.

Our Education Team is here to help and will support:

Bespoke paediatric Oncology clinical skills day –

Bespoke speciality days including – tracheostomy care, respiratory, diabetes, acute illness management, orthopaedic care and wound care.

Clinical Educator support in the clinical area during supernumerary period and to gain further knowledge and skills within Paediatric Oncology and Haematology.

Yearly mandatory training update dates.

Job role will include IV, Blood Product and Chemotherapy administration, training will be given in all of these areas, Central line care, Peripheral blood sampling and cannulation, assessment of unwell child and Triaging of patients presenting unwell.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide effective support to both patient and carers throughout their Treatment and care pathway.
• Act as role model, teacher and supervisor for junior staff and students, participating in mentor and preceptorship programmes
  To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
• Provide support for and depending on experience deputise for nurse in charge in their absence.
• Act as patient advocate in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code / Health and Care Professions Council standards of conduct, performance and ethics.
• Work collaboratively as an effective member of MDT.
• Participate in 24 hour on call service when appropriate to role.

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE

• Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development
• Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
• Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
• Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements for mentorship if relevant to role

SKILLS

• Basic IT skills
• Relevant clinical skills relating to the specialty e.g. cannulation, IV drug administration

EXPERIENCE

• Relevant and recent clinical experience
• Previous experience in speciality

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
• NMC registration
• Diploma / Degree in Nursing completed or willingness to undertake) or equivalent experience

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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.