# Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatric Outpatients > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-paediatric-outpatients/47010abf-bab1-4f47-9300-b72e849a6e7e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-paediatric-outpatients/47010abf-bab1-4f47-9300-b72e849a6e7e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 p.a. incl. - **Contract type:** Secondment: 6 months (Full Time) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9-5) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T13:50:37.257Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Starlight_Paediatrics/Starlight_Paediatrics-v8167842 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8167842?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking to recruit band 6,  Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse, to our busy team, to help us achieve the best health outcomes for the babies, children, and young people of Hackney. This role is is based in Children's Outpatient Services. Starlight Children’s Unit encompasses a general paediatric ward and outpatient services caring for children from 0-16 years of age with a variety of conditions. Children are reviewed in children's outpatients by speciality clinicians in areas such as ENT, allergy, epilepsy, cardiology and surgery. You will have a close working relations with these clinicians, our clinical nurse specialists, service manager and other members of the MDT. Our Ward Manager,  Practice Development Nurse and Clinical Practice Facilitator are available to support your development on a day-to-day basis and can provide opportunities for you to undertake trust development training focusing on areas such as leadership, undertaking appraisals or recruitment and interview technique ### Main duties of the job Main duties include: - To support the Ward Manager in the day-to-day running of OPD and in achieving team objectives. - Uses clinical expertise and specialist knowledge base to work in a collaborative way to extend the role of nursing to meet the needs of children, parents and families. - Act of role model to develop and encourage harmonious relationships and professional rapport within the department and with other disciplines, departments and external agencies. - Working in conjunction with the Ward Manager and Practice Development nurse to ensure that nursing practice  is of high standard, evidence based and clinically effective. - To work in conjunction with members of the medical team in delivering the highest quality care to our patients. - To act as a team leader for a given group of nurses within the ward. This will involve providing mentorship for them, undertaking appraisals and working with them to achieve their professional development goals. ### 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 on this page. The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues - Knowledge of the current issues and trends in paediatrics and the Health Service. - NMC Codes and Guidelines. **Desirable** - Understanding of budget management ### Experience **Essential** - High levels of clinical experience with children. - Experience of working with families under stress. - Experience of managing a ward/team for defined periods of time. - Experience of working within an acute and/or community paediatric team. **Desirable** - Experience in the development of a new service. - Experience of facilitating care of children between different care settings ### Trust Values **Essential** - Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values. ### Skills/ Abilities **Essential** - Able to make effective decisions autonomously and in partnership with children, families and the multidisciplinary team. - Highly effective communication skills. - Ability to manage own workload. - Ability to reflect on and develop own practice and that of team members. **Desirable** - Able to function at experienced nurse level. ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - NMC registered Nurse – Child branch - Post Registration Qualification ENB 998 or prep for mentorship course. **Desirable** - PILS/APLS Mentorship ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10469619) ## 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.