Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatric A&E

Main area Paediatric Emergency Department Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week) Job
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Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Paediatric ED St Thomas' Hospital Town London Salary £47,951 - £56,863 p.a inc. HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 26/07/2026 23:59

Are you passionate about delivering exceptional emergency nursing care to children and young people?

We are seeking experienced Band 6 senior staff nurses to join our skilled multi-disciplinary team. The role involves co-ordinating and leading a shift on a regular basis. The role also involves providing professional and inspirational leadership to ensure that patients and their families receive high quality clinical care and an excellent patient experience.

If you have a desire to enhance your acute emergency and minor injury skills, look no further. We believe in developing our staff, providing access to APLS training, as well as other professional development.

Please note this role will require you to work days, nights and weekends. You will be given notice of your shifts to enable you to plan your work and home life.

Closing date:
July 26th 2026

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning and provision of specialist nursing advice and carries out specialist nursing procedures. The post holder will provide clinical supervision to other staff, students and may undertake research, lead clinical audits in own specialist area.

Ensuring the safety and well being of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

For full details of duties and responsibilities for each criteria please see the attached Job Description.

• Clinical and Patient Care
• Quality
• Education and Leadership
• Research and Development
• Management and Leadership
• Compliance and Governance
• Communication

• RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality
• Post registration qualification in or demonstrate relevant experience and competence (appropriate area of speciality)
• Mentorship/Teaching Qualification
• Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD

• Able and willing to work flexible shift patterns, internal rotation to day and night duty and unsocial hours, according to service needs

• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues. Knowledge of evidence based practice.
• Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
• Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information. To include dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill & other challenging situations
• Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management and how this effects their role and the department
• Demonstrates ability to influence and negotiate with others. Ability to organise and plan own time and that of junior staff and learners.

• Previous post registration experience within the relevant specialty
• Experiencing of co-ordinating a shift
• Supervision of junior staff
• Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make…