Paediatric Staff Nurse - Daisy Ward

Paediatric Staff Nurse – Daisy Ward

Closing date: 29 June 2026

We are looking for experienced Band 5 Staff Nurses to join Daisy Ward, a 10‑bed unit with a 6‑bed Neurosurgical, Trauma and Burns High Dependency Unit and a 4‑bed Burns Unit. The role requires completed preceptorship and experience in critical care or burns nursing.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to forge and maintain relationships with clinical and non‑clinical staff
• Ability to manage a busy workload, prioritise and make decisions quickly

Responsibilities include providing high‑quality nursing care in a high‑dependency and burns environment, supporting the multidisciplinary team, teaching, supervision, and ensuring patient safety.

• RSCN/RN child branch (NMC registered) or equivalent
• Current NMC registration
• Work toward relevant university accredited post‑basic study programmes, e.g., teaching and assessing course

• Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing practice within a hospital environment
• Interest in the clinical area
• Experience of taking charge
• Experience of teaching

• Competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with patients, carers and MDT
• Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids
• Ability to take the lead and ensure appropriate action in response to deteriorating patients
• Clinical decision making ability
• Teaching and supervisory skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Professional conduct
• Self‑motivated, team player, recognition of own limits

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

UHBW is an equal opportunities employer committed to a diverse workforce and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We aim to recruit and retain a workforce that represents the local population.

£32,073 to £39,043 a year (pro rata for part‑time roles)