Staff Nurse - Paediatrics

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Ormskirk is looking for a dedicated Staff Nurse for the Children's Ward. This full-time position involves shift work and requires a registered Children’s Nurse with strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team. The role includes providing high-quality care to young patients, ensuring safety, and participating in clinical decision-making. Competitive salary of £31,049 to £37,796 per year, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice.
• Experience of working in a clinical environment.
• Understanding of NMC professional Revalidation.

Responsibilities

• Provide and receive complex information related to patient care.
• Communicate empathetically and sensitively.
• Maintain safe custody of drugs and manage clinical incidents.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to de‑escalate complex situations

Computer literacy

Ability to work within highly distressing or emotional circumstances

Education

1st Level Registered Children's Nurse (degree/diploma)

Current NMC Registration

Job description

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Staff Nurse - Paediatrics

The closing date is 19 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Children's Nurse to work on our Children's Ward at Ormskirk Hospital.

The Children's Ward comprises 17 beds with one High Dependency bed and 4 day case beds, all supported by our busy 6‑bed Paediatric Assessment and Observation Unit. We also have a dedicated Paediatric ED department, outpatient clinics and a Children's Community Outreach Team.

On site is also a 10‑cot Level 2 Neonatal Unit.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Children's nurse or Learning Disabilities nurse with an interest in Paediatric nursing, who is an excellent role model, self‑motivated and committed to the delivery of high standards of quality care. Experience is preferred but not essential.

If you are a Children's or LD nurse, committed to providing high quality care and would like to develop your clinical skills, this position could be for you.

The post is shift work, rotational to night duty and the ability to work as part of a team is essential.

The posts will have a rotational element to allow you to develop a wide range of skills across more than one area, which will be discussed further at interview. Further information available on request.

Main duties of the job

Provides and receives complex information, communicating sensitively and confidentially information relating to patients/clients (e.g., care plan discussions with patients).

Communicates in a compassionate and empathetic manner, using persuasion and reassurance.

Ability to recognise barriers to communication, and ability to modify communication style as and when required.

Demonstrate effective communication skills with the wider MDT team.

To maintain safe custody of drugs, ensuring that checking, witnessing and administration procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements.

In the absence of Sister/Charge Nurse, effectively respond to complaints/concerns and escalated as required.

To ensure clinical incident/near misses are managed and reported and escalated in a timely manner.

To be part of the multidisciplinary team decision making, acting when required as the patient's advocate to support the patient's pathway.

To undertake risk assessments and implement risk‑reducing measures; to report and escalated to the Line Manager any deficiencies in the arrangements for minimising risk.

Ensure that privacy, dignity and safety of individuals are maintained at all times.

To actively participate in the effective and efficient use of the ward/departmental resources and equipment, including stock management and care and maintenance of equipment.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five‑Star Patient Care.

Our Services

• Acute Care – Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
• Primary Care – Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
• Community Services – Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancs. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
• Specialist Regional Services – We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Proposed Interview date: TBC

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st Level Registered Children's Nurse (degree/diploma)
• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge & Experience

• Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code
• Experience of working in a clinical environment
• Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
• Experience of working within a multi‑disciplinary team
• An understanding of national, regional, and local NHS issues
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information

Skills

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels
• Effectively prioritises and co‑ordinates own workload.
• Ability to de‑escalate complex situations
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non‑verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times
• Computer literacy e.g., experience of electronic patient record

Other

• Frequent moderate effort for several short periods of time such as manual handling of patients and equipment.
• Frequent concentration required for drug calculation and administration.
• Dealing with frequent interruptions and competing demands.
• Ability to work within highly distressing or emotional circumstances e.g., end‑of‑life care.
• Ability to communicate distressing information.
• Ability to communicate in a challenging environment.
• Able to carry out direct clinical care as required on ward or department.
• Potential blood or body fluids exposure.

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.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum, pro rata