Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 229-SUR-8412842
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Children's Ward
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Childrens Ward
Band 5
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Job overview
Main duties of the job
- Deliver high-quality, compassionate, family-centred care to children and young people across Paediatric Services.
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised nursing care to meet patients' physical, emotional, and developmental needs.
- Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and effective patient care.
- Support the Ward Manager in the day-to-day running of the ward and department.
- Act as a named nurse, coordinating and managing care for allocated patients and families.
- Take charge of the ward or department and lead shifts in the absence of senior nursing staff.
- Demonstrate effective communication with children, young people, families, and colleagues using both verbal and non-verbal skills.
- Contribute to the supervision, support, and education of students, healthcare support workers, and newly qualified staff.
- Promote and maintain a positive learning environment that supports professional development.
- Participate in safeguarding activities, including recognising and escalating child protection concerns.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and professional patient records.
- Contribute positively to the ongoing development of Paediatric Services across the General Paediatric Ward, Paediatric Assessment Unit, Paediatric Outpatients, and Paediatric Emergency Department.
- Ensure care is delivered in accordance with Trust policies, professional standards, and evidence-based practice.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read Job description and personal specification attached to advert. If you require any further information please contact Jess Duncalfe
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Children
- Child Health Degree
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate the relevance of patient centred care and interpret its meaning
- Willingness to expand practice to enhance patient care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience in this speciality/experience
- Proven hospital based experience/equivalent or proven experience
Desirable criteria
- EPLS or equivalent
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Duncalfe
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 364163
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