Job summary
Are you interested in a career in paediatric emergency nursing? If so there is a position here for you at East Kent. We are one of the largest acute Trusts in England and are in the enviable position of being surrounded by beautiful beaches and the Kent countryside but with easy links to the centre of London.

Now is an exciting time to join the Urgent and Emergency Care Group at East Kent Hospitals. We were one of the Top Ten trusts in England for improvements in our emergency care access standards last year. We have also recently invested £6.2million in improvements across our emergency floor.

Main duties of the job
We are a multi-site Trust with two acute hospitals in Ashford and Margate; we are a trauma unit and regularly receive major trauma and helicopter emergencies from the regional air ambulance and coastguard. We pride ourselves on being a clinically led organisation and are passionate about developing and empowering our staff.

Our paediatric emergency department team at East Kent Hospitals work closely together to provide a service to the local population of children and young people in East Kent. This includes links with the urgent care centres, community nursing teams and the South Thames Retrieval Services.

We work closely with adult ED, the paediatric inpatient wards and Children's Assessment Units who have Children's Advanced Nurse Practitioners providing senior clinical leadership.

About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Closing date: 17 November 2026

Person Specification
Clinical skills and experience

• Essential: Demonstrates patient focused approach
• Essential: Delivery of evidence-based practice
• Essential: Recent clinical experience in an acute setting for a Trust.
• Desirable: Evidence of on-going personal and professional development.
• Desirable: Previous experience at Band 5 within speciality.
• Desirable: Evidence of facilitating learning in practice.

Qualifications and training

• Essential: Registered NMC Child registered
• Desirable: Mentor Qualification

Personal/professional attributes

• Essential: Basic IT Skills
• Essential: Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
• Essential: Ability to develop working relationships with others.
• Essential: Time management and personal organisation skills
• Desirable: Experience using advanced IT programmes within a healthcare setting.

Other Requirements

• Essential: To be aware of and adhere to the Trust's Vision, Mission and Values

Governance

• Essential: Awareness of national access standards affecting ED Patients
• Essential: NMC Code of Conduct
• Desirable: National Patient Survey
• Desirable: Local nursing standards.

Employer details
Employer name: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Address: QEQM, Ramsgate Road, Margate, CT9 4AN, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/

Contact: Serena Bedingfield, Senior Sister, serenabedingfield@nhs.net, 01843225544

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.

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.