# Band 7 - Senior Paediatric Nurse, Children's Emergency Department

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Location:** Watford General Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £51657.00 to £58785.00
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 23 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13T12:32:36.896Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8363640
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8363640?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced, and highly motivated Band 7 Paediatric Clinical Nurse to join our dynamic Paediatric Emergency Department team for a fixed term, covering maternity leave.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled paediatric practitioner, perhaps currently working at Band 6 who would like to challenge themselves further.

You should have substantial experience within emergency care experience to provide expert clinical leadership, coordinate the delivery of high-quality, child-centred care, and support the ongoing development of the service.

### Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent clinical decision-making, effective communication, and a commitment to patient safety and quality improvement. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in supporting staff development, maintaining clinical standards, and ensuring the delivery of compassionate, evidence-based care to children, young people, and their families in a fast-paced emergency environment.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care with the multidisciplinary team and Children's & Young Peoples (CYP) families/carers. They will practice as a clinical expert and have overall continuing responsibility for the delivery of high quality care.

They will manage and be responsible for the supervision and development of a large multi-disciplinary team consisting of all grades of nursing staff, students and support workers, and effectively manage the department resources including, pay and non-pay budgets, human resources and the clinical environment with the support of the matron.

### 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

### Skills

**Essential**

- Experience in Paediatric ED
- Recent and extensive A&E Experience
- Shift management/team leadership

### Education

**Essential**

- A & E Specialist Course
- EPLS/APLS
- Registered Paediatric Nurse

### Experience

**Essential**

- Knowledge and understanding of safe guarding and paediatric mental health
- In depth knowledge of Emergency Care targets

**Desirable**

- HR Processes and issues relating to Staff Management

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 848.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10690570)

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