Newly Qualified Paediatric Nurse

Company Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

NHS Band 5: £32,073 – £39,043 per annum

Hours Per Week: full time 37.5

Contract Type: Permanent

Are you a Newly Qualified Paediatric Nurse and are committed to providing excellent care? Do you have a desire to develop as a professional with a friendly, kind and supportive team to guide you on your journey? If this is you, come and join our team.

We care for children from 0 through to their 18th birthday, with a variety of needs which will increase your knowledge and skills and keep you challenged. We have practice educators, nurse specialists, play specialists who are all part of our team along with physiotherapists, dieticians, pharmacists and the medical team. Together we make an award‑winning team reflected in our high staff retention.

For newly qualified staff we offer the Wessex preceptorship programme, which is an ideal opportunity to consolidate skills and progress over the first year of your career.

• Promote and set high standards of nursing care and maintain the delivery of quality care within the trust policies, protocols and guidelines.
• Provide and deliver a high standard of evidence‑based nursing care through the assessment, planning and evaluation of individual patients’ needs based on evidence. Initialise and co‑ordinate care in the clinical area for a specified group of patients.
• Recognise and respond to a change in patient status undertaking first‑line interventions within scope of practice and refer on to the appropriate clinician as required.
• Actively promote safe and effective working practices to prevent harm to the patients within your care and take part in safety audits to maintain high quality standards.
• Communicate and work with the multidisciplinary team to improve quality of care, and informed clinical decisions. Promote innovation and share any new ideas to improve patient care.
• Participate in the allocation of workload and ensure efficient bed management and effective patient flow.

• Current RN registration with NMC and any other relevant post‑registration qualifications.
• BSc degree in a relevant field.
• An awareness of research and evidence‑based practice relevant to the clinical area.

• Relevant qualifications required or course to area.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Teaching and mentoring skills.
• Team building skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others.
• Organisational skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to support the development of others.
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
• Knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Health promotion.
• Advocacy skills.
• Willingness to work flexible shift patterns, internal rotation to day and night duty and unsocial hours according to service needs.

• Ability to adapt to change within the working situation.
• Computer literate, knowledge of patient administration system.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We offer staff benefits including an on‑site nursery, a free Beach Hut, an on‑site wellness centre with a gym and a swimming pool, and support through staff networks such as LGBTQ, Race Equality and Dis Ability. We also hold awards ceremonies to recognise achievements.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026.