Paediatric Staff Nurse
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Newport, PO30 5TGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
26 October 2026
7 days leftJob description
Paediatric Staff Nurse Band 5 (£32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum) 37.5 hours per week (Full Time) - 2 Posts Available We are recruiting for two fu...
The main ward duties will include but are not limited to:
- Assessing- Planning- Implementing care- Evaluating care- Acting as a supervisor to students and providing family-centred care- Working as part of the MDT- Possessing excellent communication skills- Carrying out nursing procedures
To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Attached you will find the person specification document for staff nurse role, this will provide more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust serves a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an on-site day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire the Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem of the south coast off England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The Island offers an amazing coast line with beautiful countryside, year round events, festivals and award winning attractions.
Our 2024-2029 'Working Together, Improving Together' strategy sets out our objectives for the next 5 years, setting the framework for our collaboration to deliver our vision of working together to deliver excellence in care for our patients and communities.
Qualifications
Essential
- RN/RSCN/ RN child with current NMC registration
- Good basic education including use of English and Maths
- Basic IT skills
- Evidenced based and experience of reflective practice
- NHS experience in service working with children and young people
- Good understanding of child and adolescent development, Child Protection issues
- Principles underlying confidentiality and information sharing
Desirable: - Effective team working within a multi-agency framework.
Physical Skills
Essential: - Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients
Desirable
- Attend annual update and complete e-learning modules, as required in relation to manual handling
- Able to physically perform all aspects role and responsibilities
Aptitudes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously in stressful situations
- Boundary keeping
- Able to use initiative to cope in a variety of situations
- Good time management skills
- Ability to maintain effectiveness under pressure
- Able to work as part of a team
- Act in ways that support equality and diversity
Desirable: - Ability to prioritise work and complete within deadlines; - Support equality and value diversity
Abilities
Essential
- Be willing to take part in training and development opportunities
- Able to be flexible in relation to service demands
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding ethos, and be confident to express concerns to more senior staff, should they arise
- Ability to adapt to change within working situation
- Client engagement
- Ability to utilise clinical assessment skills and tools effectively
Communication Skills
Essential
- Communicates with a limited range of people on day-to-day matters
- Able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of confidentiality
- Positive and proactive attitude towards the client/patient group and professional colleagues
Desirable
- Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters
- Able to reflect on and address; barriers to communication; provide feedback to others on their communication at appropriate times; keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with guidelines, policies and procedures, having received the appropriate training
- Ability to practice in a variety of clinical settings
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
13 October 2026
Last checked
15 October 2026
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