Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7305459
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £44,485 - £52,521 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Staff Nurse - Ocean Day Unit
Band 6
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic band 6 Paediatric nurse or experienced band 5 nurse with significant experience working within an acute paediatric setting to join our dynamic workforce. If you would like to become part of a team delivering excellent care and take advantage of many opportunities available to you, we would like to meet you.
We can offer you excellent educational opportunities from in house study courses to post graduate education through Middlesex University.
To apply for this post, you must be a strong leader who can work efficiently within an established multi-disciplinary staff group. Must be passionate and committed to delivering high standards of care, and need to ensure that all the people who use our services have a positive experience.
Main duties of the job
Our Ocean Day Unit is a 5 bedded unit which provides treatment and care to patients from multiple specialities, including Haematological, Endocrine, Allergy, Oncology, Rheumatology, and many more. Children attend the unit for procedures, treatments, and diagnostic scans.
COPD runs in conjunction with Ocean Day Unit. It caters for all disciplines within the paediatric service and offers opportunities to work alongside teams providing a truly multi-disciplinary approach to health care, including nurse-led clinics.
Ocean Day Unit has close relationships with PAU a 15 bedded paediatric assessment unit, Paediatric A&E department which provides family-centred care for babies and children from a diverse local community presenting with minor and major illnesses and Rainbow ward which is an acute general paediatric ward comprising of 18 beds it takes a variety of admissions ranging from surgical, orthopaedic, oncology, haematology and various other conditions for children and young people aged 0-16 years old, up to 18 years for some specialties.
Working for our organisation
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.
Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.
We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.
For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Nursing or equivalent experience
- RSCN/RN child with current NMC
- Registration or RN adult with significant paediatric experience
- Teaching/Assessing/mentoring or equivalent qualification
- EPALS/APLS
- CVAD compliant
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having attained a degree in field of nursing or working towards attaining one
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Cannulation/phlebotomy skills – or willingness to undertaking training.
- Central Venous Access Device competencies or willingness to achieve competencies
- Ability to plan and care for a group of patients.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work well within a team
- Committed to family centred care
- Able to make effective decisions autonomously and in partnership with children, families and the multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to teach, supervise and support carers, children, colleagues and students
- Highly effective communication skills
- Ability to manage own workload Ability to reflect on and develop own practice and that of team members.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant acute paediatric experience at Band 5
- Broad experience of clinical paediatric nursing practice within a hospital environment
- Experience of having worked with acute/chronically ill children
- Experience of taking charge
- Experience of working with families under stress
- Experience of supervising junior staff and peers
- Experience of managing a ward / team
- Experience of working within an acute and / or community paediatric team.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the application of evidence based practice.
- Knowledge of the current issues and trends in paediatrics and the Health Service.
- Understanding of audit
- Working knowledge of child protection procedures
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Professional approach to work.
- Accountability – Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
- Openness – Shares information and good practice appropriately.
- Mutual respect – Treats others with courtesy and respect.
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kean Dennis
- Job title
- Ward Manager - Children's Outpatients
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 887 2716
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