# Paediatric Staff Nurse - Daisy Ward

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Weston General Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Staff nurse
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16T11:01:14.713Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bristol/Bristol/Bristol_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Staff_Nurse_Daisy_Ward/Paediatric_Staff_Nurse_Daisy_Ward-v8293808
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8293808?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you ready to step up? Are you dynamic and committed? Do you have experience in critical care or burns nursing?

If the answer is yes, then apply for one of our Band 5 Staff Nurse positions on Daisy Ward. We have permanent and secondment options for Children’s Nurses who have completed their NHS preceptorship.

Daisy ward is a 10 bedded unit including a 6 bedded Neurosurgical, Trauma and Burns High Dependency Unit and a 4 bedded Burns Unit. For Burns we are the regional centre covering the entire southwest of the U.K. We are also the regional Paediatric Major Trauma Centre with many of these patients treated on the High Dependency Unit.

Ideal candidates will:

- Be able to demonstrate excellent inter-personal and communication skills
- Have the ability to forge and maintain relationships with a variety of clinical and non-clinical staff.
- Have the ability to manage a busy workload and to prioritise, quickly find solutions and to focus on the important issues when decision making is essential.

### Main duties of the job

So, what are you waiting for? Start your new life today by applying to join our team.

We pride ourselves on recruiting high calibre nurses who are compassionate, motivated and deliver the highest quality care. We offer you the support and opportunities to grow and develop your skills in our innovative research and teaching trust through our very own Faculty of Children’s Nurse Education and Research.

Frequently voted as one of the best places to live in the UK and brimming with art and culture, restaurants and nightlife, Bristol is a vibrant place where you can live and grow, raise a family and discover the true meaning of work-life balance.

You’ll have all the benefits of city-life just a stones-throw away from the sprawling countryside and the sea.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

### 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 & Abilities

**Essential**

- Demonstrate competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and MDT
- Computer skills
- Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids
- Ability to take the lead, initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient
- Clinical decision making ability
- Teaching/supervisory skills
- Ability to work with minimum supervision
- Act in a professional manner
- Self motivated
- A team player
- Recognition of own limits

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing practice within a hospital environment
- Interest in the clinical area

**Desirable**

- Experience of taking charge
- Experience of teaching

### Training & Qualifications

**Essential**

- RSCN/ RN child branch (NMC registered) or equivalent
- Current NMC registration

**Desirable**

- Work towards relevant university accredited post basic study programmes e.g. teaching and assessing course

## Documents

- [dbs charges information (pdf, 71.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3005)
- [dbs charges information (pdf, 119.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2397)
- [uhbw staff benefits book (pdf, 12.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2131)
- [paediatric staff nurse jd (pdf, 912.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10616081)
- [uhbw behaviours and values (pdf, 299.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2476)
- [policy statement - ex offenders (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=667)

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