About this role
Job summary
Nottingham Children's Hospital are pleased to announce we are recruiting!
We invite final year Children's Nursing students and Registered Children's Nurses with experience to apply.
To be eligible to you would need to be able to commence in position by Autumn 2026, pre-pin Nurses must be qualified by summer 2026.
We have opportunities in rotational posts, and for specific wards/departments including but not limited to;
Childrens emergency department
Children's Assessment Unit - A fast paced medical area, where you will gain a wealth of knowledge and skills in patient assessment.
Ward E17 - Children's Renal
Ward D34 and D35 - Across our surgical pathway you will be able to enhance skills in caring for patients covering a multitude of specialist surgery's including; cleft lip and palate, spinal, ENT, orthopaedic and gastrointestinal.
Paediatric Critical Care Units - where you will have the opportunity to enrol on the structured foundation programme.
E40 - Children's Neurology and Spinal
Ward D33 - General Medical
Childrens Outpatients Department
We also have day case areas such as Oncology Daycare. If you are looking for an area to enhance your skills with a more regular working pattern, this Unit has a great balance of long days 8-8pm but no nights. Some weekend working maybe required.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert
This is a really exciting time to join NCH as we became the first Children's Hospital in Europe to achieve ANCC pathway to excellence accreditation in 2020 and received our re-accreditation in late 2025.
This makes NCH a really special place to work, not only does this show that we provide excellent care to patients and family's it is also recognition that we have fantastic teams, leadership at all levels and a huge array of development opportunity's.
As a registered nurse at Nottingham Children's Hospital, you will be expected to maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out nursing procedures.
You will motivate colleagues, champion children's and families safety and dignity, and drive continuous improvement.
Nottingham Children's Hospital will support you in your role and provide the relevant education, training and support for you to deliver high quality care.
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached detailed job description and person specification attachments, for further information relating to this vacancy.
We have a very well established rotation and preceptorship programme supported by dedicated preceptorship development nurses. Our rotation posts offer opportunity to experience the whole of the childrens hospital including neonates, childrens emergency department, PCCU and all of our specialist wards and departments. It is important to us that our rotation is flexible to meet individual needs with some staff choosing to complete three six month rotations, two nine month rotations or an even more bespoke option.
As well as our rotation posts we also have the option for you to choose a specific ward or department to work in with the option of using our transfer window system to move at a later date, and for those newly qualified nurses who are passionate about having a career in paediatricintensive care nursing, we have our critical care foundation programme.
Applicants that are successfully shortlisted will be invited to a Childrens Hospital recruitment day where they will be able to find out more about all of the fantastic opportunitys at NCH.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Current level one NMC registration/Pre-pin due to qualify.
Desirable
Posession of mentor course or willingness to complete
Experience Essential
Experience of delivering nursing care to a group of patients Supervision of non registered staff and students
Desirable
Demonstarte evidence of a link role or involvement of project work
Communication skills Essential
Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills Demonstrates basic IT skills Awareness of own limitations and able to cummincate these
Desirable
Demonstration of team working
Analytical and Judegement Essential
Ability to assess plan deliver and prioritise care Demonstrate an undertsanding of the staff nurse role
Desirable
Demonstarte knowledge of current NHS issues
Physical skills Essential
Able to undertake manual handling and use medical equipment
Desirable
Evidence of moving and handling training
Other Essential
Flexible and adaptable Enthusiastic and well motivated
Desirable
Understanding of the rolve of advocacy
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address Queens Medical Centre
Derby Road
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
Employer's website https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)