Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Skills
Caring and compassionate towards patients, families and colleagues
- Skills
Able to remain calm, focused and work under pressure
- Skills
Committed to personal and professional development
- Skills
Evidence of self awareness and reflective practice
- Knowledge
Acute, chronic and emergency paediatric care
- Knowledge
Safeguarding children and Young People within the Department
- Experience
Competent in IV drug administration or willing to do the training to acquire this
- Experience
Able to be responsive and flexible
- Experience
Worked with children
- Qualifications
RN Child with NMC registration
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Able to do phlebotomy on children or willing to do the training for this
- Knowledge
Awareness of clinical research/audit
- Experience
Mentorship, teaching and assessing
- Experience
Oncology experience or willing to undertake the training for this
- Qualifications
Degree in relevant health subject
Job overview
- Paediatric Staff Nurse - Band 5 To provide child centred, evidence based, high quality care to children and their families in the paediatric assessment and day unit setting. To implement and evaluate family centred care and to be responsible for the delivery of care and assessment, development and evaluations of individual programmes of care To take delegated responsibility for children working as part of a team to ensure care delivered is to a high standard To be responsible for mentoring pre-registration students
Main duties of the job
- To deliver evidence based care to a high standard, providing a holistic approach to nursing care, to children and young people admitted who require day admissions for tests or reviews from the medical team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details about this exciting 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.
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This advert is for Paediatric Staff Nurse with Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in Carshalton, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Staff nurse role. The advertised salary is £36,943 - £44,900 pro rata per annum inc HCAS (outer London). The contract type is Permanent: pro rata per annum inc HCAS (outer London). The application deadline is 21 Oct 2026.
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