Children’s Staff Nurse

Main area Nursing, Paediatrics, Children's Grade Band 5 Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full time / Part time) Job
-NOTSS-8042930-B5

Site John Radcliffe/Horton Town Oxford/Banbury Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/08/2026 23:59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this
Delivering Compassionate Excellence
and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use
Value Based Interviewing
to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please

Please contact the Paediatric Practice Development Sister, Cat Leeman,  or Practice Development and Education Lead, Danni Ingamells,  for further information.

Please note sponsorship is not being offered for this post.

Robin’s Ward is the specialist surgery ward caring for children requiring craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate, plastics, ENT and Neurosurgery.

Kamran’s Ward cares for Children of all ages receiving treatment for cancer or haematology conditions.

Bellhouse Drayson Ward provides care for children with all medical conditions specialising in Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Cardiology and Respiratory medicine as either elective or emergency admissions.

Children's CDU is a 24-hour unit that accepts patients from both the Children’s Emergency Department and GP referrals. It provides care for children across a range of specialties, offering further assessment, observation, continuation of treatment, or to await results.

Melanie’s Ward cares for teenage patients. The work is varied and interesting as it covers all specialities seen in Oxford including psycho-social and mental health aspects of care.

Tom’s Ward is a surgical unit caring for children requiring both elective and emergency surgical treatment. The Ward specialises in Neonatal surgery, orthopaedic, spinal and general surgery.

The Ambulatory care service sees patient’s in two Outpatient departments and the Children’s Daycare Ward. Children have day case surgery, investigations or treatment for a wide variety of conditions.

The Ward teams and Clinical Educators are dedicated to supporting the professional advancement of every team member

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this
Delivering Compassionate Excellence
and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH You Tube channel .