# Senior Staff Nurse > 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/e5ffcd5f-2a7c-4df7-8327-d04f0b8a0b9a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse/e5ffcd5f-2a7c-4df7-8327-d04f0b8a0b9a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Salary:** £47951.00 to £56863.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-18T15:19:33.771Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8176218 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8176218?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 6 Nurse to join the expanding nursing team on Nightingale/Woodpecker Wards. Woodpecker Ward is our pre-operative admissions ward where patients are admitted and prepared for theatre. Once the patient goes to theatre they are returned, post-op, to the inpatient wards throughout the hospital for overnight stays. Nightingale Ward is our day case ward where patients will be admitted, prepared for theatre and then returned to the ward to complete their post-op recovery before being discharged later the same day. Previous day care experience is not essential but desired. This is a nurse-led unit where we care for the patient from admission through to discharge, developing advanced nursing skills that can be easily transferrable. The unit is committed to the training and development of staff and each individual is supported by the Senior Nursing Team. This service is constantly expanding, caring for children and young people from birth to 18 years of age from all specialities throughout the hospital. Our unit is open Monday to Friday 07.00-20.00. This a full-time post, working 11.5 hour shifts 3-4 days per week. ### Main duties of the job Woodpecker and Nightingale Wards are a place to develop or consolidate a variety of nursing skills including: time management on fast paced, high turnover clinical environment; close working relationship with our Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the pre-assessment of upcoming admissions; engagement with a wide range of clinical specialities; exposure to bed management through surgical bed meetings and forward planning for following week admissions; working in a clinical environment containing a broad range of ward-based healthcare professionals, including Healthcare Support Workers, Healthcare Assistants, Assistant Theatre Practitioners, Nursing Associates and Registered Nurses. We have a growing educational programme which will help assist you to contribute towards the high standards of nursing care we set across both wards by assisting in your own professional development. This development will be integral to maintaining such standards and by gaining experience within your role you will also be provided with in-depth training to give you the tools and confidence to develop within the role. ### 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 ### Combined Values **Essential** - Combined Values ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Excellent paediatric clinical skills - Relevant specialist skills and abilities for specialty - Effective managerial, leadership and organizational skills - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Effective teaching, training and preceptorship skills - Ability to delegate and prioritise - Administering medication under patient group directives - Administration of IV drugs - Able to problem solve and initiate change - Able to motivate and develop a team of staff **Desirable** - Phlebotomy and cannulation skills - Able to work across professional team and organizational boundaries ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrable knowledge and experience within relevant clinical speciality - Teaching, supervision and managerial experience - Experience of coordinating and managing patient care - Understanding of professional and current issues in children’s nursing. - Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues - Handling safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures - Understating or evidence of fulfilling PREP requirements for Revalidation - Awareness of equality and diversity - Information Technology/Computer literate - Committed to providing excellent Family Centred Care. **Desirable** - Previous experience of research and audit - Previous experience of change management and problem solving - Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints - Understanding of audit and research methodologies ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - NMC Registered Nurse (Child) or NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC registered ODP with extensive paediatric experience - Evidence of ongoing professional development relating to clinical speciality - Assessing & Mentoring qualification - APLS/PILS (High Dependency/ITU areas only / Recovery) - Basic life support **Desirable** - Relevant honours degree or in the process of obtaining** - NVQ D32/33 Assessors course ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 680.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10479030) - [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) ## 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.