Job summary
Welcome to Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Incorporating Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Women's Hospital we're proud to be by your side every step of the way, with our patients and families at the heart of everything we do.

We would like to invite Registered and Experienced Band 5 Nurses to apply for a job on our specialised medical ward. Specialising in Gastroenterology, Neurology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases.

We are a busy 17 bedded ward that cares for a variety of conditions that require specialist care.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated individuals with a passion for delivering care to our children. At BWC we have a positive learning culture and offer excellent comprehensive professional development opportunities to ensure that our nurses are supported in their new and exciting role. There are a range of training opportunities available along with expert clinical support from our most experienced staff.

At BWC staff experience and wellbeing is important to us. We offer a wide variety of benefits, award and recognition initiatives, opportunities to get involved with networks, along with health and wellbeing support. In addition, we also offer flexible working opportunities.

We are a friendly, diverse and enthusiastic team who take pride in our ward and support one another to provide excellent care.

About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.

Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Closing date: 30 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract: Fixed term, 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 284-26-8109487-DMUT
Job locations: Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: RN Child with clinical experience
• Essential: Current NMC registration paediatric
• Essential: Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
• Essential: Take Charge
• Desirable: Mentors and Assessors course
• Desirable: tracheostomy care
• Desirable: TPN competent

Knowledge

• Essential: Experience of working with children and young people
• Essential: Understanding of professional and current issues in children's nursing

Skills

• Essential: Able to work well independently and as part of a team
• Essential: Able to think quickly in a rapidly changing acute environment
• Essential: Excellent Verbal and written skills

Professional / Managerial / Specialist Knowledge

• Essential: Able to plan and prioritise daily workload to ensure high quality and safe care for children and young people
• Essential: IT skills: Basic computer skills
• Essential: Planning and organizational skills
• Essential: Time management skills
• Essential: Communication/Relationship skills: Excellent communication skills - Able to communicate effectively in challenging situations

Employer contact details
Ward Sister Grace Butler, grace.butler1@nhs.net, 01213339048

Employer's website: https://bwc.nhs.uk/

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.