Staff Nurse - Childrens Ward
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This Staff Nurse role on the Children's Ward involves promoting patient-centred care, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. You will support the Ward Manager, demonstrate leadership skills, and participate in staff and student education. The role also includes undertaking family-centred care and assisting with child protection issues.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Children
- Child Health Degree
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Demonstrate the relevance of patient centred care and interpret its meaning
- Willingness to expand practice to enhance patient care
- Recent experience in this speciality/experience
- Proven hospital based experience/equivalent or proven experience
- EPLS or equivalent
- Education & Qualification
- Registered Nurse Children
- Child Health Degree
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Demonstrate the relevance of patient centred care and interpret its meaning
- Willingness to expand practice to enhance patient care
- Recent experience in this speciality/experience
- Proven hospital based experience/equivalent or proven experience
- EPLS or equivalent
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Wye Valley NHS Trust
Staff Nurse - Childrens Ward
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
To promote multi-disciplinary patient centred care and take responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care, primarily. In the absence of senior members take charge of the ward/department on a frequent basis
Main duties of the job
1.1 Support the Ward/Departmental Manager and their deputy in the execution of their role.1.2 Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills.1.3 Work as an associate nurse/deputy team leader taking on the role of named primary nurse and team leader in the absence of a more senior nurse.1.4 Demonstrate basic leadership skills and participate in the education and supervision of all staff and students.1.5 Demonstrate an awareness of national and local professional issues.1.6 Demonstrate a valid input to the professional team at Ward/Department level.1.7 To undertake family centered care when dealing with the patients and their families.1.8 To provide information and assistance with child protection issues along with attending case conference, child concern conferences.1.9 Ensure that all documentation relating to patents are filled in both
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Wo
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