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Job summary

Main area
CED/CAU
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
361-7414542
Employer
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lister Hospital
Town
Stevenage
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum - pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/09/2025 23:59

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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust logo

Registered Children's Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 5

Here at  East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

 

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Registered Children's Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Our newly designed Children’s Emergency Department is purpose-built to provide exceptional care, featuring 2 paediatric resuscitation bays, 6 major treatment spaces, and a 10-bed Children’s Assessment and Decision Unit. In addition, we have a 20-bed acute children’s ward, a dedicated day services unit, and a wide range of community-based children’s services.

We are committed to supporting your professional growth and development, tailoring opportunities to help you advance your career in the direction you choose. Whether you want to progress or stay in your current role, we’ll work with you to help you become the best healthcare professional you can be.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. 

Main duties of the job

You will provide comprehensive care for a designated group of patients within the unit by identifying, assessing, planning, implementing, and regularly evaluating their needs in collaboration with the child and their family.

The person successful in this role will deliver the highest quality of care that addresses the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of each child and their family, supporting their journey toward optimal health.

The post holder will respect and honour the customs, values, and spiritual beliefs of children and their families at all times.

You will foster a supportive environment that meets the psychosocial and developmental needs of children and young people, including access to play, recreational activities, and educational resources. You will ensure tailored support is available for those with special needs.

The successful candidate will maintain a courteous and helpful demeanour toward all patients and visitors within the ward or department.

You will also commit to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people at all times.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. 

We run the following hospitals: 

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage 
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City 
  • Hertford County, Hertford 
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood 

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.  We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. 

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.  This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. 

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
  • Commitment to lifelong learning
  • Evidence of further education, training and on-going learning
  • Ability to product updated personal professional portfolio
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification
  • Evidence of appropriate Specialist Qualification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Ability to work within a team
  • Good self-awareness
  • Good organisational skills
  • Ability to priorities and organise workload
Desirable criteria
  • Flexibility around working hours
  • Computer literacy
  • Venepuncture
  • Cannulation

Other requirements

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
  • Evidence of commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion for everyone
  • Evidence of commitment to the Trust’s values and the ability to demonstrate them at all times
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Evidence of commitment to the Trust’s values and the ability to demonstrate them at all times
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion nonsupervisory posts
  • Role model our Trust values every day
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of appropriate specialist nursing care requirements
  • Resource management awareness

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident employerStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Fran Chambers
Job title
Ward manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01438284333
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