# Registered Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Department > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-nurse-paediatric-emergency-department/c7b0bdb1-e75c-4beb-bbff-1324962c3cae - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-nurse-paediatric-emergency-department/c7b0bdb1-e75c-4beb-bbff-1324962c3cae.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Registered nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T13:16:06.416Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Kings_Lynn/The_Queen_Elizabeth_Hospital_Kings_Lynn_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Emergency_Department/Paediatric_Emergency_Department-v8324029 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324029?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an enthusiastic children’s nurse looking for a new opportunity? Do you have a passion for delivering high quality care to children, young people and their families in the emergency department? If so, this is the opportunity for you! We have close links with the Paediatric ward, Paediatric Assessment Area, and the Day Surgery Unit who care for children and young people undergoing day case surgery. This is a fixed term position to cover maternity leave. ### Main duties of the job You will be assisting in the delivery of a family-centered, clinically effective and dynamic service from the child/young person’s admission to discharge. You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well organised and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change. Within the Emergency Department we are willing to be flexible and accommodating to ensure you achieve a healthy work life balance. We would consider full and part time hours, flexible working and fixed patterns of working. As part of our vision, we are looking to develop our team approach to ensure the provision of the highest quality care for our children/young people and their families. You should be able to demonstrate a desire for personal and professional development. You will be supported by the practice development team in meeting your individual learning needs and if newly qualified, throughout the preceptorship programme. If this role fits your profile, we would love you to join our team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information regarding this opportunity. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of the importance of the clinical governance framework. - Understanding of the safeguarding process. - Understanding of the NMC Code. **Desirable** - New-born Life Support (NLS) provider ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant recent experience of looking after patients in an acute healthcare environment. - Relevant Post-Registration clinical experience in Acute Paediatric Nursing - Experience of drug administration - Minimum 6 months experience in Emergency department **Desirable** - Clinical Governance experience - Risk Management experience ### Qualifications/training **Essential** - Registered Nurse (Child) or RSCN with the NMC or a student nurse working towards registration & due to qualify in the next six months - Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent - Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS) - Safeguarding Level 3 **Desirable** - Teaching and Assessing qualification - Undertaken mentorship training/or equivalent - European Paediatric Advanced Life Support / Advanced Paediatric Life Support ### Skills/Ability/Competencies **Essential** - Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients. - Committed to family centred care. - Able to prioritise and manage time. - Ability to work well both within a team and independently. - Ability to work as part of a team - Ability to provide holistic nursing care - Good organisational & team building skills - Ability to use basic IT skills **Desirable** - Competent in the administration of intravenous drug and fluids. - Teaching, assessment and supervision of others ## Documents - [our values (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2570) - [our trust (pdf, 674.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2671) - [say hello to stream (pdf, 7.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2393) - [establishing identity (pdf, 243.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1315) - [recruitment policy overview (pdf, 125.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2961) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 276.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10645977) ## 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.