# Senior Staff Nurse - Fox Ward > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-fox-ward/82e8b20f-0ac9-46c5-ab11-ae8b8ed5a931 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-fox-ward/82e8b20f-0ac9-46c5-ab11-ae8b8ed5a931.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive - **Contract type:** 1 x 12 months fixed term/secondment contract and 1x permanent contract - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-25T15:11:35.939Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Fox_Blood_Cells_Cancer_Directorate/Fox_Blood_Cells_Cancer_Directorate-v8184311 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8184311?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Fox ward is seeking for a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse who is keen to explore and develop their careers in children’s bone marrow transplant and join our existing team. You can make a real difference in the lives of our patients and their families. A big responsibility? Absolutely. But if you’re up for the challenge, we’re on the lookout for amazing professionals to join our team – talented individuals who can continue delivering our high level of care. Fox ward has 10 inpatient beds, specialising in Bone Marrow Transplant, Gene Therapy, Thymus Transplant, Immunology and ground breaking CAR T-cell therapy. We are one of only two paediatric centres in the UK to offer these specialist immunotherapy treatments. Patients have varying nursing care dependencies offering you the opportunity to care for acutely unwell children. Patients are admitted to our wards for an extended period of time and you will have the opportunity to build a close rapport with the patient and family which is extremely rewarding and fulfilling. As a Band 6 you will be leading the team to deliver evidence based, high quality, novel care to our patients and their families and will be key in guiding junior members of our team to excel in their work. ### Main duties of the job Clinical: - To be a clinical expert within the specialty. - To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for the children, young people and their families at all times. - Ensure that each child or young person is assessed, and that their care is planned, implemented and evaluated in negotiation with the family, and that this is accurately documented. - Promote Family Centred Care and ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring, clean and safe environment for the children, young people and their families. - To act as an advocate for the child, young person and family ensuring the provision of appropriate information and support services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients - Committed to family centred care - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Excellent numeracy skills - Good time management and teaching skills - Ability to work well both in a team and on own initiative - Ability to delegate tasks as appropriate - Demonstrates Compassion in practice **Desirable** - Administration of IV drugs - Central venous access management ### Our always values **Essential** - GOSH Values ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. - Experience of having worked with acute/chronically sick children or specialised transferable skills - Understanding of professional and current issues in children’s nursing - Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace. - Understanding of the importance of research and evidence-based practice - Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace - Basic knowledge of computer skills - Understating or evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation - Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures - Understanding of principles of clinical governance (e.g. risk management, audit, quality) **Desirable** - Understanding of nursing practice and innovation outside of GOSH - Knowledge of clinical incidents and complaints and reporting - Previous experience in the relevant specialty of post (preferably in an NHS setting) ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - NMC Registered Nurse (appropriate to clinical speciality) - Relevant nursing qualification - Evidence of ongoing professional development relating to clinical speciality **Desirable** - Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience ## Documents - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) - [diversity and inclusion (pdf, 166.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2485) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 664.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10488086) ## 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.