Paediatrics

Job overview

We are seeking a dedicated Paediatric Nurse to join our children’s outpatient team. You will deliver high-quality, child-centred care, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient needs across a range of conditions. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, you will support clinics, provide treatments, and offer education and reassurance to children and their families. You will maintain accurate documentation, uphold safeguarding responsibilities, and ensure compliance with infection control standards, while contributing to an efficient, supportive, and continuously improving outpatient service.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high-quality, child-centred nursing care in outpatient clinics
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual care needs
• Support and run nurse-led or multidisciplinary clinics
• Administer treatments, medications, and clinical procedures safely
• Monitor and record clinical observations and escalate concerns
• Provide health education and reassurance to children and families
• Maintain accurate, timely patient records and documentation
• Adhere to safeguarding, infection control, and clinical governance standards
• Collaborate effectively with the multidisciplinary team
• Contribute to service improvement and efficient clinic flow
• Ability to work cross site

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Person specification

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate
• Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision
• Ability to solve problems and use initiative
• Ability to develop clinical skills
• Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications)
• Basic IT skills
• Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
• Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care Adaptable to change
• Ability to work rotating shifts
• Diplomatic approach with professionalism
• Flexible and approachable

Desirable criteria

• Willingness to develop teaching skills
• Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
• Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision

Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality

Desirable criteria

• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting

Education, Qualification & Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of further continued professional development
• Post qualification experience in relevant speciality
• Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

Special Circumstances

Desirable criteria

• Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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