# Registered Children's Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-childrens-nurse/7a5df2d9-e940-455a-9ec9-acef8fa197e5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-childrens-nurse/7a5df2d9-e940-455a-9ec9-acef8fa197e5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Countess of Chester Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (maternity cover) - **Employment type:** Part time - 36 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-26T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-18T17:00:51.646Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Chester/Countess_Chester_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Women_Childrens/Women_Childrens-v8144265 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8144265?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.coch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working Part time: 36 hours per week Are you an enthusiastic, committed, experienced and motivated Registered Children's Nurse with a passion to help deliver high quality care? Are you a strong advocate for the nursing profession, patients and their families? Do you want to work in a brand new, state of the art Women and Children's building? yes?... An exciting opportunity has arisen, come and join our Team of Staff Nurses supported by Management and Band 6 Sisters where staff are valued, excellent quality of care is provided and the passion for continuous improvement is paramount. ### Main duties of the job - Be responsible for establishing and maintaining effective communication with patients, relatives and carers to always ensure their involvement in the decisions about treatment, planning and the delivery of their care including discharge planning - Practice in a compassionate, respectful way, maintaining dignity and wellbeing and communicating effectively and collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team whilst delivering high quality essential care to all patients. - Be accountable for performing regular assessments on patient needs, to plan, implement and evaluate care delivery and be adaptable to changing health care requirements. - Recognise own limitations, seek help appropriately and be responsible and accountable for safe, person-centered, evidence-based nursing practice ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - RSCN / RN Child Diploma - Achievement of teaching and assessing qualification 998 / 997 / mentorship or equivalent or date for this to be undertaken - All newly qualified staff must be willing to complete the trust preceptorship programme **Desirable** - Post-registration qualification or evidence of further study or working towards Relevant speciality qualification may be required for certain practice areas (critical care) ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting. - Basic knowledge of professional and NHS issues - Basic IT skills in word processing **Desirable** - Willingness to develop speciality knowledge ## Documents - [risk id (pdf, 368.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443288) - [how to travel to work (pdf, 186.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2810) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2608) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 792.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443287) ## 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.