# Senior Healthcare Assistant/Nursery Nurse (Children's) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-healthcare-assistantnursery-nurse-childrens/b9a370ac-da42-4a9a-ba41-e2f6643eee5a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-healthcare-assistantnursery-nurse-childrens/b9a370ac-da42-4a9a-ba41-e2f6643eee5a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bradford Royal Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent: Full time and part time hours available - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (11.5 hour shifts including nights and weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-03T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-20T08:30:38.731Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Bradford/Bradford_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Childrens_Services/Childrens_Services-v8222926 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8222926?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Closing Date: 3rd September 2026 Shortlisting to take place after closing date: Commencing 4th September 2026 Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: W/C 14th September 2026 Due to current Home Office Guidelines, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is unable to provide sponsorship for this role. Are you a passionate and dedicated healthcare assistant looking for a new adventure? Do you want to be part of our growing team at an exciting time? We are recruiting Healthcare Assistants to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team at Bradford Royal Infirmary. Children’s Services went through a transformational change with the merging of nursing teams across the Paediatric Emergency Department and the Children and Young People’s Unit. The successful candidate will be offered the opportunity to work across all areas with your preferred area being your main place of work. ### Main duties of the job Children’s Emergency Department (ED) Children’s ED is a busy department who currently see large volumes of children every year in an area specifically dedicated to children. Children who are attending with urgent care complaints are streamed straight to this area. Children’s Clinical Decision Area (CCDA) and Short Stay The Children’s Decision Area sees children referred from GPs, children with direct access and children sent from ED requiring a further assessment. The short stay area is for children who require a prolonged period of observation but who are unlikely to need a full admission to hospital. Ward 30 (Children’s Inpatient Unit) Ward 30 is a Children’s Inpatient Unit that was purpose built in 2016. The unit includes 35 inpatient beds, a two-bedded stabilisation area. The ward has an adolescent room, school room, play room, and an accessible bathroom. Each bed space also has state of the art bedside monitoring. A team of clinical skills educators will be on hand with a supportive and robust training package, including: - Obtaining physiological observations - Meeting the care needs of children - Venepuncture & cannulation - ECG monitoring - Bladder scanning - Blood glucose & ketone monitoring - Urinalysis - Care of a child with a tracheostomy - Caring for children requiring long term ventilation ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached person specification and job description for further information. Alternatively please get in touch. ### Applicant requirements 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** - Numeracy and literacy skills. - Ability to organise and manage own workload. - Basic IT skills. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability, commitment, and aptitude to learn all elements of the healthcare assistant role - Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working as part of a team - Experience, knowledge, and awareness of patient care need, e.g., patient monitoring - Experience of dealing with members of the public - Experience of working in a NHS/healthcare setting or equivalent. - Experience of communicating professionally with others. **Desirable** - Experience in a paediatric setting ### Qualifications **Essential** - Basic Maths and English. - QCF/NVQ Level 2 Health/Health and social care (or equivalent) - QCF/NVQ Level 3 Health/Health and Social Care (or equivalent)** **Desirable** - Care certificate* ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 160.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10533550) - [ps (pdf, 264.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10533551) - [useful links (pdf, 110.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2589) - [candidate pack (pdf, 22.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2803) - [people strategy (pdf, 640.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2592) - [standard information (pdf, 232.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2904) - [terms and conditions - afc (pdf, 96.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2804) - [voluntary living wage guidance (pdf, 65.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2595) - [guidance for applicants including values (pdf, 246.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2591) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 94.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2593) - [code of practice for disclosure and barring service (pdf, 54.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2590) - [policy statement on the secure handling off disclosure information (pdf, 67.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2594) ## 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.