# Paediatric Staff Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Staff nurse
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £36,943 - £44,900 pro rata per annum inc HCAS (outer London)
- **Contract type:** Permanent: pro rata per annum inc HCAS (outer London)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (pro rata per annum)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07T15:32:49.542Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Epsom/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Paediatric_Nursing/Paediatric_Nursing-v8314993
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8314993?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Caring and compassionate towards patients, families and colleagues
- Able to remain calm, focused and work under pressure
- Committed to personal and professional development
- Evidence of self awareness and reflective practice

**Desirable**

- Able to do phlebotomy on children or willing to do the training for this

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Acute, chronic and emergency paediatric care
- Safeguarding children and Young People within the Department

**Desirable**

- Awareness of clinical research/audit

### Experience

**Essential**

- Competent in IV drug administration or willing to do the training to acquire this
- Able to be responsive and flexible
- Worked with children

**Desirable**

- Mentorship, teaching and assessing
- Oncology experience or willing to undertake the training for this

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- RN Child with NMC registration

**Desirable**

- Degree in relevant health subject

## Documents

- [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677)
- [specification (pdf, 176.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10635939)
- [job decsription (docx, 577.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10635938)
- [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413)
- [jd supplementary information (pdf, 151.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1953)

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