Staff Nurse - Paediatrics

NHS; Bath; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 39.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Paediatric Staff Nurse (Band 5) to join the Children’s Department. This full-time post (37.5 hours per week) covers day, night and weekend shifts, providing care to children from 0-18 years with a range of medical and surgical conditions.

The role offers development opportunities within paediatrics, support from a dedicated team, and a supportive learning environment.

Qualificações

• Paediatric trained nurse with Band 5 registration.
• NMC registered to practice paediatrics in the UK.

Responsabilidades

• Act as Named Nurse and coordinate care within the team.
• Coordinate discharge planning in line with policy.
• Educate patients and carers on care plans and healthy lifestyle choices.
• Develop teaching skills and participate in staff education programs.
• Maintain quality standards and participate in governance.

Conhecimentos

Paediatric care

NMC registration

Formação

Paediatric Trained

NMC registration

Descrição da vaga

Main area Paediatrics Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (days,nughts and weekends) Job ref 427-8395265

Employer Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Children's ward Town Bath Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59

Staff Nurse - Paediatrics

Band 5

Job overview

We are seeking Paediatric Nurses to join the Children's Department at the Royal United Hospitals Bath. We welcome applications from experienced Paediatric Nurses, newly qualified nurses and student nurses qualifying in 2026/27

You’ll be joining us at an exciting time as we develop our services to care for children with a wide range of medical and surgical conditions from 0-18 years. You will deliver care to some of the most vulnerable patients including newly diagnosed diabetics, oncology patients and those in our high dependency area.

If you’re a newly qualified nurse who wants to work for a Trust that invests in developing your skills and practice – this is the perfect place to begin your career. You’ll work across all areas within the department and will have the support from a dedicated, exceptional team of practitioners.

Alice, Paediatric Nurse said: “Working on the Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) and looking after both surgical and medical patients on the ward who have different conditions has been really beneficial to me in gaining knowledge and experience. The RUH has a friendly feel and the staff on the ward are lovely.”

Join our team as an experienced Paediatric Nurse and we can offer you access to learning and development opportunities to support your professional development so you can take on new roles and challenges.

Main duties of the job

• Acting as a Named Nurse, to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within
  the framework of team nursing.
• To co-ordinate the patients’ discharge arrangements in accordance with the RUH Discharge Policy.
• To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals.
• To educate patients and their carers as required where a need has
  been identified.
• To provide information which enables patients to make choices
  about adopting a healthy lifestyle
• To develop own teaching skills and participate in staff/student
• education programmes.
• To help maintain a suitable learning environment for staff and act as a facilitator in the supervision and teaching of less experienced staff.
• To contribute to the setting and monitoring of measurable standards of care and be accountable for maintaining standards.
• To maintain awareness of the national, professional and local quality issues relevant to the delivery of nursing services, e.g. Clinical Governance.
• To uphold quality initiatives that improve ‘customer care’ and enhance the interface between staff, patients and visitors.
• To develop and maintain an awareness of budgeting, exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person specification

• Paediatric Trained
• NMC registration
• Paediatric Trained
• NMC registration

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should reviewthe eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

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.