Paediatric Staff Nurse - Burns & Plastics Outpatients
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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 is a Band 5 Registered Children's Nurse position in Rainforest Outpatients, specializing in Burns, Plastics, Spinal Surgery, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and General Paediatrics. The role involves working closely with Daisy Ward, a 10-bedded burns unit. The successful candidate will join a dedicated team in an internationally renowned Children's Hospital, focusing on patient care within the regional centre for burns and paediatric major trauma.
Essential criteria
- RSCN/ RN child branch (NMC registered) or equivalent
- Current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Work towards relevant university accredited post basic study programmes e.g. teaching and assessing course
- Knowledge, Skills and abilities
- Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing practice within a hospital environment (A), (I)
- Interest in the clinical area (A), (I)
- Demonstrate competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area (A), (I)
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and MDT (A), (I)
- Computer skills (A), (I)
- Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids (A), (I)
- Ability to take the lead, initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient (A), (I)
- Clinical decision-making ability (A), (I)
- Teaching/supervisory skills (A), (I)
- Ability to work with minimum supervision (A), (I)
- Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard (A), (I)
- Experience of taking charge (A), (I)
- Experience of teaching (A), (I)
- Self-motivated (A), (I)
- A team player (A), (I)
- Ability to work with minimum supervision (A), (I)
- Act in a professional manner (A), (I)
- Training & Qualification
- RSCN/ RN child branch (NMC registered) or equivalent
- Current NMC registration
- Work towards relevant university accredited post basic study programmes e.g. teaching and assessing course
- Knowledge, Skills and abilities
- Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing practice within a hospital environment (A), (I)
- Interest in the clinical area (A), (I)
- Demonstrate competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area (A), (I)
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and MDT (A), (I)
- Computer skills (A), (I)
- Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids (A), (I)
- Ability to take the lead, initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient (A), (I)
- Clinical decision-making ability (A), (I)
- Teaching/supervisory skills (A), (I)
- Ability to work with minimum supervision (A), (I)
- Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard (A), (I)
- Experience of taking charge (A), (I)
- Experience of teaching (A), (I)
- Self-motivated (A), (I)
- A team player (A), (I)
- Ability to work with minimum supervision (A), (I)
- Act in a professional manner (A), (I)
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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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Staff Nurse - Burns & Plastics Outpatients
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
Are you ready to step up? Are you dynamic and committed? Do you have experience in burns and or wound care nursing?
We currently have a vacancy for a band 5 Registered Children's Nurse to join our dedicated and caring team within children's outpatients who has completed their NHS preceptorship programme.
Primarily working in Rainforest Outpatients, which sees approximately 250 patients a week within the specialities of Burns, Plastics, Spinal Surgery, Neurology, Neurosurgery and General Paediatrics and working closely with Daisy Ward; a 10 bedded burns unit including a 6 bedded Neurosurgical, Trauma and Burns High Dependency Unit. For burns we are the regional centre covering the entire south west of the U.K and also the regional Paediatric Major Trauma Centre.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will:
- Be able to demonstrate excellent inter-personal and communication skills
- Have the ability to forge and maintain relationships with a variety of clinical and non-clinical staff.
- Have the ability to manage a busy workload and to prioritise, quickly find solutions and to focus on the important issues when decision making is essential.
- Have experience in burns and or wound care dressings
- Be able to implement know
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