Paediatirc Staff Nurse - Outpatients

Main area Paediatric Grade NHS AfC:
Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (2 days varying between 08.30 to 16.30 or 09.30 to 17.30) Job
-NUR
8005-MR

Site Childrens Outpatients Town Bedford Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 07/10/2026 23:59

An exiting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 paediatric nurse to join our team in Paediatric Outpatients, two days a week.

The department hosts a number of paediatric clinincs, including cardiac, respiratory, epilepsy, diabetes, jaundice to name a few.

Our paediatric phlebotomy service is also based within outpatients, as well as our ambulatory service where by children may attend for diagnostic tests or procedures.

We also run nurse led weekly pre assessment clinincs for those children who will be attending the inpatient unit for day surgery.

• Assessing and monitoring children's physical, emotional and developmental needs.
• Supporting clinical procedures, investigations, treatments and medication administration.
• Providing reassurance and advocacy for children, young people and their carers.
• Safeguarding children and responding appropriately to welfare concerns.
• Coordinating care with paediatricians, specialists, community teams, schools and other professionals.
• Maintaining accurate records and following infection-control, confidentiality and clinical-governance standards.
• Assisting with phlebotomy
• Confidently lead on the delivery of the pre assessment clinic

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff.

As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

• Be responsible for the safe and effective operational management of the outpatient Department.
• Be competent in delivering the phlebotomy service in the absence of the paediatric phlebotomist.
• Be able to competently assist with ambulatory procedures.
• Ensure nursing is practiced within the Clinical Governance Framework and create an environment in which excellence in care flourishes.
• Demonstrate effective leadership and staff management / development.
• To be clinically competent and contribute to direct patient care on a regular basis.
• Responsible for ensuring that appropriate assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of care are provided.
• To use evidence-based standards to…