Staff Nurse Countywide Children's Clinic

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; Redditch; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Redditch seeks a Band 5 Staff Nurse for their Countywide Children's Clinics. This role emphasizes patient-centered care, clinical competence, and working as part of a multi-professional team. Applicants must be registered children's nurses with experience in pediatric care. Competitive opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Extensive induction program

Preceptorship programme

Opportunities for career progression

Qualifications

• Registered Children's Nurse on part 1 of the professional register.
• Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses.
• Experience working with acutely ill children.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care.
• Educate patients and their carers.
• Provide supervision and support to unqualified staff and students.

Skills

Excellent time management

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Ability to mentor

Education

Registered Children's Nurse

NMC recognised Mentorship qualification

Teaching and Assessing Qualification

Job description

Staff Nurse Countywide Children's Clinic

The closing date is 05 October 2025

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

We have a vacant post for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join the team in our Countywide Children’s Clinics. Clinics are held in Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Alexandra Hospital and Kidderminster Treatment Centre.

We are looking for experienced & motivated registered children's nurses who share our trust values, are enthusiastic, professional, caring, and compassionate with proven clinical competence.

In return we encourage new ideas and ways of working within a supportive environment and development of skills and knowledge in a wide range of clinical areas.

Main duties of the job

• Use clinical experience and skills to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care.
• Patient centred care.
• Educate patients and their carers
• Developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness.

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 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.

Job responsibilities

Role Summary

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.

Benefits of working in this role

This key role is central to our core purpose of delivering safe, high quality, compassionate care. In addition to all the benefits you would expect from working for an NHS Employer, we will also provide you with an extensive induction and a preceptorship programme to support you in achieving your ongoing development. As you progress in your career, there are opportunities to develop into a Band 6 Nurse and undertake specialist training.

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 adopting a healthier lifestyle.

You will complete patient documentation correctly.

You will communicate effectively with patients, carers and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team.

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 within 24 hours of admission and document and plan care accordingly e.g. manual handling, pressure risks, slips 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, you will be able to undertake clinical / shift management within the department.

Our Core Purpose

To be the major provider of acute / specialist services for the people of Worcestershire (and wider) with a strong reputation for providing outstanding, high quality, reliable, accessible and integrated healthcare for local people.

Person Specification

Skills and abilities

• 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
• Significant proven knowledge and experience in speciality

Qualifications

• Registered Children's 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
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification

Experience

• Experience working with acutely ill children
• Venepuncture and cannulation skills or willingness to undertake training
• Assessment skills or willingness to undertake training

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.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust