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RSCN / RN Child
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Evidence of Professional Development
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Sound clinical knowledge and practice skills
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Mentorship in Practice or other teaching qualification
Job overview
Band 5 Paediatric Staff Nurse
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic Paediatric Nurse who enjoys working as part of an innovative and dynamic Paediatric Team? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The paediatric in-patient ward, Bumblebee has recently moved to a new purpose-built home. This new ward has a large footprint and includes twelve isolation cubicles with ensuite facilities, two of which are designated for high dependency care, and three four bedded bays.
The paediatric services at The Hillingdon Hospital consists of a 24-bedded general medical and surgical ward, which includes a level 1 POSCU, 5-bedded paediatric day care unit, a four bedded day surgical ward, and a paediatric outpatients department. Paediatric services at Hillingdon also included of our award winning, dedicated paediatric diabetes team; paediatric respiratory and allergy services; paediatric oncology and paediatric epilepsy service and level 1 HDU service. We also have close links with our paediatric community nursing team; paediatric emergency department; PATCH service, neonatal unit and child development centre.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, enthusiastic and possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our fantastic multi-disciplinary team. If you are a passionate and caring paediatric nurse who is team oriented, patient focussed, and ready for new and exciting challenges to develop your career, there are many opportunities for you here at Hillingdon. We can offer a supportive environment to help you develop and consolidate new competencies and are committed to helping you realise your potential.
This is an exciting opportunity to join us as the band 5 Paediatric staff nurse.
For further information please contact Chris Mann – Paediatric Nursing Services Manager – chris.mann4@nhs.net
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
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.
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This advert is for Staff Nurse- Bumblebee Ward with The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Uxbridge, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Staff nurse role. The advertised salary is £36,943 - £44,900 Per Annum inc HCAA. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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