# Band 5 Paediatric Staff Nurse - Emergency Department > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-5-paediatric-staff-nurse-emergency-department/3a290142-0fe9-4709-879a-b34ff818e8b5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-5-paediatric-staff-nurse-emergency-department/3a290142-0fe9-4709-879a-b34ff818e8b5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St George’s Children & Young Persons Emergency Department - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Must be able to work a 24-hour shift rota, including days, nights, and weekends, in order to support full service provision.) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-19T08:40:45.801Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/St_Georges_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Accident_Emergency/Accident_Emergency-v8133891 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8133891?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview - Providing high quality nursing care and supporting team members to maintain best practice to all patients and visitors whilst following hospital and departmental policies. - The safety of self, colleagues, patients and visitors in the Emergency Department. - To support the emergency team, providing high quality nursing care. - Sharing in and contributing to the management of the department. - As skills and competencies develop taking charge and actively participating in and contributing to the management of the ward or department on a regular basis. - Supervising and mentoring junior staff. - Providing excellent nursing care. ### Main duties of the job Band 5 Staff Nurse – Children & Young Persons Emergency Department Are you looking for a challenge and excited by working in a fast-paced, dynamic emergency care environment? We are seeking enthusiastic Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our Children and Young Persons Emergency Department team. Our department provides care to a diverse patient group, ranging from minor illness presentations within our Urgent Treatment Centre through to major trauma cases within the Southwest London Major Trauma Centre. This offers an excellent opportunity to develop and consolidate a broad range of emergency nursing skills within a supportive and evolving service. This role is ideally suited to nurses who are keen to develop their career in emergency care and contribute to high-quality, patient-centred services within a busy acute setting. Please note: this post requires prior post-registration nursing experience in an acute clinical environment and is not suitable for student nurses or newly qualified nurses. ### Main duties of the role include: - Delivering safe, effective, and high-quality nursing care to children and young people - Supporting colleagues to maintain best practice across all areas of care delivery - Working in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and clinical guidelines - Promoting the safety and wellbeing of patients, visitors, colleagues, and self within the emergency department - Contributing to a culture of teamwork, learning, and continuous improvement Our Emergency Department is a friendly, supportive, and dynamic workplace that values staff wellbeing and strong teamwork in delivering high standards of care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information and also the person specification for this role. ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### General & Personal **Essential** - - Motivated and demonstrates an enthusiasm for the speciality. - - Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to patient care. - Sound verbal and written communication. - - Adaptable and responsive to changing needs. - - Ability to use own initiative. - Ability to identify stress in self and others and to take effective action to manage the situation **Desirable** - - Ability to motivate and lead staff for a shift. ### Education & Research **Essential** - - Demonstrates an understanding of the importance of research and evidence based practice. - - Able to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff. - - Understands the importance of developing self and others. **Desirable** - - Demonstrates an understanding of audit - - Ability to take on small research or audit project. ### Organisational Management **Essential** - - Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs. - - Ability to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs. - - Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources. - - Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk **Desirable** - - Has worked in an acute environment - - Computer literate ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Registered Nurse: Paediatric with post registration experience or Adult trained with extensive experience in a paediatric acute care setting **Desirable** - 6 month post registration - Completion of preceptorship programme - Venepuncture - IV drug Administration ## Documents - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2411) - [swl ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3045) - [band 5 staff nurse children's ed (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10431619) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.