# Staff Nurse - Paediatric A&E > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-paediatric-aande/9be3c0f8-b488-4599-9487-f37dafa0f18b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-paediatric-aande/9be3c0f8-b488-4599-9487-f37dafa0f18b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Hillingdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £36,943 - £44,900 per annum (incl. of HCAA) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-22T13:40:57.450Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Uxbridge/The_Hillingdon_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Accident_Emergency/Paediatric_Accident_Emergency-v8387944 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8387944?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.thh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Our friendly, dynamic, and talented team requires a motivated and experienced children's nurse to join them. Interested? Looking for a challenge? Do you have experience of working in a Children's Emergency Department or HDU/PICU setting? This is a rewarding but demanding post that requires committed and dedicated nurses to provide quality care to infants, children, young people, and their families/carers from a diverse population. We offer all of our Band 5 Staff Nurses the opportunity to undertake a nurse-in-charge programme, so if you are an experienced nurse looking for more responsibility, we will positively support your development. The Paediatric A&E Department at Hillingdon Hospital is a separate unit based within the main A&E Department. On average, 25% percent of our emergency attendances are infants, children, and young people. We endeavour to provide the highest possible level of care to them at all times. The department has close links with the paediatric wards, specialist nurses, and our community nursing team. Please note we will only be able to interview experienced NMC registered Children's Nurses. An interview date is yet to be confirmed, we reserve the right to close the post early once sufficient applications have been received. ### Main duties of the job - Under the supervision of senior colleagues be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. - Act as a supervisor to student nurses in training and assessor once full training is completed. - Under the supervision of senior colleagues facilitate the professional and clinical development of paediatric practice through the application of research. - Under the supervision of senior colleagues provide clinical support to the infants’, children’s and young people’s Emergency Department. - Ensure that the communication of issues relating to the child’s care is communicated in a manner that is appropriate and understandable to both the child and family. - To ensure that patient documentation is accurate and legible and is aware of the legal implication of these documents. - To be able to assess child’s individual needs and have the ability to recognise a sick child and initiate urgent when necessary. A passion for children's emergency care, with proven communication/assessment skills, enthusiasm, and the ability to be flexible are essential for this role. In exchange, we train all of our nurses in Manchester Triage, venepuncture, cannulation, and plaster of paris application. Those wishing to progress further will be able to apply for their APLS/EPLS certification, emergency Nurses Course and Advanced Trauma Nursing Courses. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You must be an NMC registered Children's Nurse to apply for this vacancy. Please see 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. ## Person Specification ### Person specification **Essential** - Current NMC Registration - 1st Level registered RN Child/RSCN - Experience of working as a registered nurse in a Children’s Emergency Department or HDU/PICU setting. - Awareness of current Professional nursing issues - Awareness of current A&E Issues/Safeguarding Issues **Desirable** - SSSA Supervisor and Assessor - Paediatric Intermediate Life Support course ## Documents - [job description (docx, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10717584) - [person specification (docx, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10717586) - [culture & values - cares behaviours (pdf, 155.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1043) ## 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.