Staff Nurse - Children's

Main area 317 Ward 14 Paediatric Oncology Day Unit Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (x4 days between Monday-Friday) Job

Site Royal Victoria Infirmary Town 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 27/10/2026

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus.

Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

NMC Registered Children’s Nurses are employed in wards and departments at the Great North Children’s Hospital, Neonates at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) and Cardiothoracic at Freeman Hospital. Adult registered nurses are employed in Neonates at the RVI and the Cardiothoracic PICU at Freeman Hospital but need to apply to the Trust’s adult staff nurse advert.

We welcome applications from qualified Paediatric Nurses for a full time post to work on Ward 14, the Children's Oncology and Haematology Day Unit and Clinic, this is a busy Day unit and clinic looking after patients with an Oncological and Haematological condition requiring a range of Day unit based treatments and assessments.

• Interview Date: 27 October 2026

37 hours 30 minutes/week

We want all of our paediatric nurses here at Newcastle Hospitals to feel supported and have opportunities for learning and development.

Our Education Team is here to help and will support:

Bespoke paediatric Oncology clinical skills day –

Bespoke speciality days including – tracheostomy care, respiratory, diabetes, acute illness management, orthopaedic care and wound care.

Clinical Educator support in the clinical area during supernumerary period and to gain further knowledge and skills within Paediatric Oncology and Haematology.

Yearly mandatory training update dates.

Job role will include IV, Blood Product and Chemotherapy administration, training will be given in all of these areas, Central line care, Peripheral blood sampling and cannulation, assessment of unwell child and Triaging of patients presenting unwell.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our…