Job Title: Paediatric Staff Nurse
Agency: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 29,970 to 36,483 £ / Year

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Job summary

Join the Penguin Ward at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC), where every day offers the opportunity to make a difference. We are seeking passionate and skilled children’s nurses who have completed their preceptorship to join our dedicated team.

We have a permanent role and also four-month secondments for internal staff wanting to rotate and experience all that Penguin has to offer

Penguin is our inpatient surgery ward. Here we predominantly care for children aged 0 – 10 years old with various surgical conditions. As the regional centre, we accept referrals from the south west of England and Wales into our 22 beds. We are renowned for our capabilities in both emergency and elective surgical cases.

Penguin ward is a busy, friendly ward with a good team spirit.

The ward hosts a variety of opportunities to progress your nursing career and skills in paediatric surgery, from neonates to teenagers.

You will gain experience in specialties, including:

• Gastroenterology
• Trauma and Orthopaedic
• Ear, Nose, and Throat
• Emergency Surgery
• Plastic and cleft
• General surgery
• Urology

You will also develop your skills through working alongside the Clinical Nurse Specialists and other members of the multidisciplinary team who are involved in the patient pathway.

Acute pain management, parental nutrition, complex fluid management, and planning and assessing care for complex post-operative surgical patients will all be skills you can learn or build on.

Main duties of the job

As a gifted Children’s nurse, we understand your value. That’s why we want you to join our vibrant team at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC), in a Trust rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, and help us deliver world-class care in departments that feel like a family.

If you are a registered adult nurse but have experience and competence in working with paediatric surgery patients, then we welcome your application. Unfortunately, we are unable to support nurses who require an OSCE in order to register with the NMC UK.

So, what are you waiting for? Start your application today!

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing practice within a hospital environment
• Interest in the clinical area

Desirable

• Experience of teaching
• Experience of taking charge

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrate competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and MDT
• Computer skills
• Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids
• Ability to take the lead, initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient
• Clinical decision making ability
• Teaching/supervisory skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Act in a professional manner
• Self motivated
• A team player
• Recognition of own limits

Public Sector Language Competency

Essential

• Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard

Qualifications and and Training

Essential

• RSCN/ RN child branch (NMC registered) or equivalent
• Current NMC registration

Desirable

• Work towards relevant university accredited post basic study programmes e.g. teaching and assessing course

Closing Date: 12 July 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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