Staff Nurse Children'S Clinic

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Nhs Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a part-time experienced Children’s Nurse (Band 5) for the Countywide Children’s Clinic in Worcestershire. This 20 hours per week permanent role offers flexible working within our multi-professional team, covering outpatient and day-case care across Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster facilities.

Internal applicants only. You'll deliver holistic care to children and young people, develop your clinical skills, and participate in service

Qualifications

• Registered Children's Nurse with current UK registration.
• Venepuncture and cannulation skills.
• Experience with acutely ill children.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the team.
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers, and MDT to ensure high-quality care.
• Provide supervision and education to unregistered staff and students.
• Assist in staffing and shift management within the ward.
• Discharge planning and safeguarding of children and young people.

Skills

Venepuncture

Cannulation

Time management

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Registered Children's Nurse

NMC Mentorship qualification

Job description

Job summary

This vacancy is currently only open to Internal applicants from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

RN Child/RSCN Staff Nurse Band 5

20 hours per week permanent position for Qualified Nursing Staff in Countywide Children's Clinic.

Are you a Children's Nurse looking for permanent part time hours and the opportunity to work as part of our friendly, dynamic and innovative multi professional team where your special skills will be recognised.

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join us in our team that covers outpatient and medical day case care at Worcester Hospital and Outpatient care at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and Kidderminster Treatment Centre.

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated applicants who wish to deliver the highest standard of holistic care to Children and young people and their families.

For informal enquiries or to arrange an informal visit please contact Marie Welch on 01905733957 or alternatively email [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

• Supporting general paediatric clinics: Heights/Weights/Observations/Phlebotomy/Chaperone/urinalysis
• Support of speciality Clinics- Diabetes/Allergy/Oncology/Endocrine/Gynae/Cardiology/Respiratory/Cystic Fibrosis/nephrology/epilepsy
• Nurse led phlebotomy Clinics
• Nurse led Vaccination clinics
• Nurse led day case procedures: Endocrine testing, sub cut immunotherapy, sedated bloods/MRI, blood transfusions for non-oncology patients
• Day case admissions for GA MRI, Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment, blood product transfusions
• Day Case admissions for cannulation
• Skin prick testing
• Preoperative assessment
• Seeking feedback from patients and their family to improve our service
• Service improvement through constructive feedback and problem solving

Our aim is to provide the best service for our patients.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Details

Date posted: 27 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9365-26-0849

Job responsibilities

• Using your clinical experience and skills you will work with your team as a named nurse to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing.
• Acting with compassion you will put patients at the centre of all you do.
• You will communicate effectively with patients and their carers regarding their care and educate patients where there is a need.
• You will communicate effectively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure high quality patient care.
• You will show commitment to sustaining and developing your clinical competence and professional awareness.
• You will provide supervision, support and education to unqualified staff and students.
• This role will require you to work variable hours in order to fulfil the needs of the ward.
• You will show courage by embracing new ways of working and doing the right thing by the people you care for, including speaking up when you have concerns.
• You will develop, implement and evaluate the programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.
• You will safeguard vulnerable Children and Young People.
• You will participate in preceptorship programmes as appropriate and act as a facilitator / mentor / preceptor / role model to less experienced staff.
• You will educate patients, and their carers as required where a need has been identified, including information on a adopting a healthier lifestyle.
• You will complete patient documentation correctly.
• You will be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in accordance with Revalidation requirements and to maintain a professional portfolio with evidence of reflective practice.
• You will assist in the training and development of student nurses and health care assistants and complete assessors training as required.
• You will contribute to research and development programmes within the ward / department.
• You will contribute to the setting and monitoring of measurable standards of care and be accountable for maintaining standards.
• You will participate in handling complaints in accordance with Trust policy.
• You will maintain a safe clean clinical environment and ensure all appropriate general risk assessments are carried out, document and plan care accordingly e.g. manual handling, pressure risks, slips trips and falls, nutrition, safeguarding.
• You will show an awareness of budgeting, exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment.
• You will assist in the assessment of staffing requirements, report problems to the appropriate manager.
• In the absence of a more senior member of staff and as part of your development programme, with support, will be able to undertake clinical / shift management within the department.

Person Specification

Experience (Essential)

• Teaching and Assessing Qualification
• Venepuncture and cannulation skills or willingness to undertake training

Experience (Desirable)

• Assessment skills or willingness to undertake training

Skills and Knowledge (Essential)

• Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
• Able to record and deal with facts, figures and information accurately
• Able to follow Trust and departmental policies and procedures
• Effective communicator both written and verbal
• Able to problem solve and be flexible to change in demands of service
• Ability to mentor and provide effective support to unregistered and students.
• Ability to Use technology as required to the role
• Ability to identify and manage risk
• Determination and tenacity in challenging situations
• Ability to identify personal development needs

Skills and Knowledge (Desirable)

• Significant proven knowledge and experience in speciality

Qualifications (Essential)

• Registered Childrens Nurse on part 1 of the professional register
• Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
• NMC recognised Mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards within 18 months of commencement of post
• Experience working with acutely ill children
• Venepuncture and cannulation skills or willingness to undertake training

Qualifications (Desirable)

• Teaching and Assessing Qualification
• Assessment skills or willingness to undertake training

Behaviours (Essential)

• Communicating Listening to patients and carers and treating them with dignity and compassion, involving Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure high quality patient care
• Caring - Acting with compassion you will put patients at the centre of all you do
• Performing Able to use and act on feedback from others on my performance and behaviour to increase my own self awareness
• Lead Professional in matters of confidentiality, security, integrity honesty, performance, attendance and appearance
• Collaborating Know the importance of my own behaviour and body language when communicating and working with others.
• Innovating Suggest and be open to alternative ways of working to make continuous improvement

Internal Job Vacancy (Essential)

• This vacancy is currently only open to internal applicants from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Could you please confirm below that you are a current member of staff?

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Children's Clinic Countywide Manager, Marie Welch, [e-mail], 01905733957

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