# Paediatric Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** Aylesbury
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: May be required to work across site at WGH paediatric outpatient department
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Across all sites)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-21T12:31:10.976Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Paediatrics/Paediatrics-v7983224
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7983224?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a dedicated Paediatric Nurse to join our children’s outpatient team. You will deliver high-quality, child-centred care, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient needs across a range of conditions. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, you will support clinics, provide treatments, and offer education and reassurance to children and their families. You will maintain accurate documentation, uphold safeguarding responsibilities, and ensure compliance with infection control standards, while contributing to an efficient, supportive, and continuously improving outpatient service.

### Main duties of the job

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on \[email protected\] quoting the vacancy reference number.

## Job Details

We are seeking a dedicated Paediatric Nurse to join our children’s outpatient team. You will deliver high-quality, child-centred care, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient needs across a range of conditions. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, you will support clinics, provide treatments, and offer education and reassurance to children and their families. You will maintain accurate documentation, uphold safeguarding responsibilities, and ensure compliance with infection control standards, while contributing to an efficient, supportive, and continuously improving outpatient service.

## Responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on \[email protected\] quoting the vacancy reference number.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
- Awareness of current professional nursing issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality

**Desirable**

- Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting

### Special Circumstances

**Desirable**

- Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary

### Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

**Essential**

- Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate
- Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision
- Ability to solve problems and use initiative
- Ability to develop clinical skills
- Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications)
- Basic IT skills
- Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
- Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care Adaptable to change
- Ability to work rotating shifts
- Diplomatic approach with professionalism
- Flexible and approachable

**Desirable**

- Willingness to develop teaching skills
- Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
- Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision

### Education, Qualification & Training

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN

**Desirable**

- Evidence of further continued professional development
- Post qualification experience in relevant speciality
- Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

## Documents

- [job description (docx, 115.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10316266)
- [person specification (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10314310)
- [living in buckinghamshire (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1846)
- [functional requirement form (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10266312)
- [welcome to buckinghamshire nhs trust (pdf, 430.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1845)

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