Registered Paediatric Nurse

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Registered Paediatric Nurse to work on Ward 1 at Queen's Hospital Burton.

We are seeking a motivated registered children's nurse to work within our Paediatric Ward.

We are an 8 bedded inpatient ward caring for a range of patients from 0-16 years of age. Ward 1 cares for patients with a wide range of medical, surgical and mental health needs. We also are a paediatric shared care unit for oncology patients from Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Alongside our inpatient beds we also run a surgical and medical day case 3 times a week. The day case area cares for a wide variety of patients from ENT surgery to allergy tests and regular infusions.

The post will involve a variety of shifts over a 7 days week including bank holidays, rotating between night and day shifts.

Informal visits are welcomed.

Main duties of the job

Ward 1 has a committed philosophy of Family Centred Care where parents/carers are actively encouraged to be involved in their baby/child’s care with support and education from the nursing staff.

Preferably applicants should hold RSCN or RN child branch qualification alongside relevant experience.

We will support you through a wide range of in-house study days and training, we work very closely with our clinical educators to enhance learning.

Applicants main duties:

• Care planning
• Patient observations using NPEWS
• Care of medical, surgical and mental health patients
• Medicine administration
• Risk assessing
• Safeguarding
• Family centred care

Closing Date: 26th August 2026

Interview Date: 09th September 2026

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

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.