# Paediatric Critical Care Transport Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-critical-care-transport-nurse/067932e3-d3bd-486c-9ce5-4c5925e46cdc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-critical-care-transport-nurse/067932e3-d3bd-486c-9ce5-4c5925e46cdc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (nights and weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-19T11:10:42.960Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Critical_Care_Transport/Paediatric_Critical_Care_Transport-v8128498 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8128498?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) is a 24-hour service dedicated to delivering the highest standard of paediatric intensive care to critically ill children and their families, from first point of contact through to arrival at their destination unit. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Band 6 PICU nurse with a particular interest in the stabilisation and transfer of critically ill children. This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic, multi-professional team at the forefront of paediatric retrieval medicine. You will demonstrate a commitment to innovation and service improvement, and will be responsible for delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to children requiring intensive care transport. Excellent communication skills, sound clinical judgement, and the ability to work confidently and effectively in unfamiliar and challenging environments are essential requirements of this post ### Main duties of the job To ensure clinical practice reflects all current NMC documentation regarding nursing practice To work within the Trust’s Policies and Procedures and the parameters set down in agreed local clinical protocols and guidelines and national guidelines such as those published by NICE Maintains accurate multidisciplinary clinical records Maintain clinical expertise in specialty area Advise staff in relation to specialist area of practice Identify learning needs in relation to specialist area of practice Develop and evaluate teaching / learning resources Provide teaching and learning support in a variety of settings Establish and maintain internal and external links to promote and develop the service Contribute to the development of specialist service in collaboration with CATS senior leadership team To be proactive in developing own professional practice, demonstrating evidence of increased clinical judgment and decision-making skills To participate in the Trusts’ system of annual appraisal and personal development planning To assist in ensuring safety on transfer. Risk management is a major part of the PCC transfer process and the participation in clinical audit, clinical risk and quality issues, including the managing and reporting of clinical incidents is essential To ensure effective communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team, referring hospital departments, receiving hospital departments, relatives and visitors ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Excellent relevant paediatric knowledge – relevant specialist skills and abilities for the department/specialty e.g. ITU - Effective managerial, leadership and organisational skills - Able to motivate and develop a multi-professional team approach to PCC transport medicine - Able to problem solve, initiate manage and sustain change - Self-discipline, ability to work well both in a team and on own initiative with good time management to support periods of lone working. - Excellent verbal and written communication and listening skills - Excellent teaching, training and preceptorship skills - Demonstrates compassion and empathy in practice - Ability to deal with conflict situations, excellent negotiating skills - Able to work across professional team and organisational boundaries. Ability to delegate and prioritise ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Excellent knowledge relevant to the specialty/ department / field of practice - Evidence of on-going, dynamic, continuing professional development within the specialty, linked to the PCC Transport Passport Competencies Document. - Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures and Reporting - Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues. (Clinical Governance Agenda) - Demonstrates understanding of the role and fit of the Nurse within service provision - Understanding of professional and current issues in children’s nursing and healthcare and how these will impact on the delivery of health care services in the future - Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints recognising the subtle difference when working across organisational boundaries - Understanding the principles of clinical governance (e.g. risk management, audit, quality) - Evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation - Previous experience of research, audit and benchmarking ### GOSH Culture and Values **Essential** - Our Always values - Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives - Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace. - Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - On the relevant part of the NMC Register - Evidence of on-going, dynamic continuing professional development within the specialty, linked to demonstrable clinical competencies - Possession of or near completion of a relevant degree programme - PCC Transport Experience **Desirable** - Assessing & Mentoring Qualification - APLS/EPALS Accredited/Provider ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 534.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551254) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) - [diversity and inclusion (pdf, 166.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2485) ## 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.