Paediatric Staff Nurse - Children's Ambulatory Unit
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a compassionate and motivated Paediatric Staff Nurse to join the Children's Ambulatory Unit at Whittington Hospital. You will provide high-quality, family-centred care to children and young people with varying clinical needs. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating individualised care, safely administering medicines, and responding to clinical deterioration. The position offers opportunities for professional development and working within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Children's Nurse (RN level 1- children)
- Evidence of recent training
Desirable criteria
- Additional clinical courses
- Skills and abilities
- Excellent written communication
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Ability to recognise and manage stress in self
- Ability to plan, implement and evaluate care
- Understands responsibilities of a preceptor role
- Knowledge and Experience
- Experience in total patient nursing care for children and adolescents
- Experience and understanding of multidisciplinary approach and team working
- Principles of medical and surgical nursing care
- Principles of family centred care
- Clear understanding of policies relating to child safeguarding
- Commitment to 6Cs (care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment) and how they underpin all nursing practice
- Committed to own professional development
- Demonstrates a commitment to upholding the trust values
- Education and qualifications
- NMC Registered Children's Nurse (RN level 1- children)
- Evidence of recent training
- Additional clinical courses
- Skills and abilities
- Excellent written communication
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Ability to recognise and manage stress in self
- Ability to plan, implement and evaluate care
- Understands responsibilities of a preceptor role
- Knowledge and Experience
- Experience in total patient nursing care for children and adolescents
- Experience and understanding of multidisciplinary approach and team working
- Principles of medical and surgical nursing care
- Principles of family centred care
- Clear understanding of policies relating to child safeguarding
- Commitment to 6Cs (care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment) and how they underpin all nursing practice
- Committed to own professional development
- Demonstrates a commitment to upholding the trust values
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £38,488 – £46,852 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Paediatric Staff Nurse - Children's Ambulatory Unit
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate, motivated and enthusiastic Paediatric Staff Nurse to join our friendly and supportive Paediatric Unit. This is an exciting opportunity to provide high-quality, family-centred care to children and young people with a range of clinical needs, from low dependency through to higher dependency care.
You will be responsible for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating individualised care, safely administering medicines, recognising and responding to clinical deterioration, and ensuring that children and their families receive safe, effective and compassionate care at every stage of their hospital journey.
You will work closely with experienced senior nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team, with the opportunity to develop your clinical knowledge, skills and confidence through a structured preceptorship (for newly qualified nurses) and ongoing professional development.
We are looking for a nurse who is committed to delivering excellent paediatric care, works well as part of a team, communicates effectively with children and families, and is willing to develop and expand their clinical skills.
In return, we offer a supportive environment where you will be encouraged to learn, develop and progr
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