# 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/4a9a7bdc-0c62-4f97-8901-4f72f9dc87f7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/4a9a7bdc-0c62-4f97-8901-4f72f9dc87f7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Registered nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inclusive - **Contract type:** Secondment: 12 months (End date - 26/09/2027 & 31/11/2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working, self-rostering) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T08:59:45.929Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatrics/Paediatrics-v8358748 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8358748?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you have any experience in caring for children with Endocrine or Metabolic conditions or is this something you would be interested in us supporting you to explore? An exciting opportunity has arisen for qualified Band 5 paediatric nurses to join our friendly and welcoming team on Alligator Endocrine and Metabolic Ward. We are looking for nurses who seek to deliver high quality care to children and young people. Alligator Endo/Met Ward is a busy area with 6 beds, specialising in endocrinology and metabolic medicine. The patients are often very highly dependent, requiring frequent blood sampling and complex intravenous infusions. We would help you develop and improve your high dependency skills within the speciality. We care for a variety of children and young people with complex healthcare needs requiring both long and short term admissions. We care for a diverse age range of patients from newborn to 18 years, but the main age group would be neonates to toddlers. Some of the conditions are incredibly rare and interesting and you would learn lots of specialist and transferable skills. We would consider appointing an adult nurse into position if you had relevant experience and utilise your previous nursing skills with our paediatric population. ### 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 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 participate in informal and formal teaching - To supervise and orientate learners and new staff. - To maintain confidentiality surrounding the child’s or young person’s admission and treatment at all times. ### 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** - Collaboration - We work together to deliver safe, consistent, patient-centred care. Respect - We treat everyone with respect, kindness and equity. Curiosity - We stay curious to drive innovation that delivers exceptional patient outcomes. ### Academic/Professional Qualification/Training **Essential** - NMC Registered Nurse (appropriate to clinical speciality) - Relevant nursing qualification - Evidence of ongoing professional development linked to demonstrable competencies **Desirable** - Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 828.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10685065) - [our gosh values (pdf, 516.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3097) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) ## 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.