# 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/staff-nurse/08ef335d-7aff-43c5-bc8d-59192ba3f270 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/08ef335d-7aff-43c5-bc8d-59192ba3f270.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** London - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 pro rata per annum inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (nights, weekends, long days) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-05T09:10:43.353Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cardiac_Nursing/Cardiac_Nursing-v8207323 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you looking to join a friendly and highly skilled team that is dedicated to providing the highest levels of care for children and young people? Do you wish to advance in a rewarding specialism that offers cutting-edge technologies? We are looking for NMC-registered nurses to join Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to work in their well-established team within the Heart and Lung Directorate. This is an exciting time at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Cardiac Nursing. We are expanding our service and need your help. Cardiac services are embarking on an exciting programme of change in order to meet the challenges of providing a world leading cardiac programme. Over the next 2 years we are expanding the service to open a 16 bedded high dependency Unit. This will help children needing cardiac surgery to be nursed in the right place at the right time allowing for timely discharges. You can help be part of this change. Bear and Alligator ward are two areas consisting of 24 beds (inclusive of 8 HDU beds) that specialises in Cardiothoracic patients involving the heart, lungs and tracheal. Great Ormond Street Hospital is the UK centre for Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension, providing specialist care for patients up to 18 years old. The typical cases that present on the ward are those patients who require CPAP, optiflow, chest drains, inotropes, TPN, blood transfusions and pacemakers. We also manage patients pre and post heart/lung transplant. ### Main duties of the job - To provide the highest standard of nursing care for the children, young people and their families at all times - To plan, assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care for individual children and to supervise other staff in this activity - To ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the children, young people and their families - To act as an advocate for the child, young person and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to the relevant support services where appropriate. - To supervise and support members of the ward team as required, ensuring that all patients receive appropriate care - To ensure that treatments prescribed by the medical staff are carried out, and that multidisciplinary team members are informed of changes in the patient’s condition - To actively assist in the education and practical training of learners and junior staff at every opportunity. To work in co-operation with their university in order to provide uniformity and promotion of professional standards - To maintain confidentiality surrounding the child’s or young person’s admission and treatment at all times, - To ensure that all patient care is documented, and that all relevant - documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Trust approved documentation, in line with NMC, CQC and Trust standards ### 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 ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - 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 the importance of research and evidence-based practice - Basic knowledge of computer skills - Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures - Understating or evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation - Understanding of principles of clinical governance (e.g. risk management, audit, quality) - Experience of working as part of a diverse team. - Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture **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) - Knowledge of ward specialties ### GOSH Culture and Values **Essential** - Our Always values ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - NMC Child Registered Nurse - Relevant nursing qualification - Evidence of ongoing professional development linked to demonstrable competencies **Desirable** - Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 648.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10514125) - [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.