Job summary
Are you a compassionate and motivated nurse with a passion for paediatric care? We're looking for a Band 5 Paediatrics Staff Nurses to join our dedicated Children's Emergency Department team, where every day brings new challenges and every action makes a difference.

This role is offered on either a full-time or part-time basis, giving you flexibility to balance your career with your lifestyle.

• You'll be expected to work the full spectrum of shifts, which includes long days, long nights, and twilight hours.
• Each shift lasts 11 hours and 45 minutes, and we do not operate short shifts.
• Flexibility and commitment to covering all shift types is essential

Why join us?

• Be part of a skilled, multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality emergency care to children and young people.
• Work in a modern, purpose built Emergency Department with brand new dedicated paediatric area. This includes its own resus, high dependency rooms, telemetry monitoring, sensory room and mental health space.
• Continuous professional development opportunities.
• Supportive leadership and a strong focus of staff wellbeing and career progression.

Main duties of the job
What we're looking for?

• Registered Nurse (Children's) with current NMC registration.
• A confident, compassionate communicator with excellent clinical judgement.
• A team player with a flexible approach and a genuine passion for paediatric emergency nursing.
• Previous experience in an emergency setting is desirable but not essential, we welcome nurses looking to transition into paediatrics emergency nursing.
• Please note that we have concluded our Newly Qualified Nurses campaign for 2026 and are unable to accept any additional applications at this time.

Ready to take the next step in your paediatric nursing career? Apply now and be part of something extraordinary.
Main duties of the job:

• Provide safe, effective, and family centred care to children and your people with a wide range of urgent and emergency presentations.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
• Offer support and clear communication to children and their families during stressful and uncertain times.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, safety and excellence in paediatric emergency care.
• Play an active role in shaping and advancing the standards of care we deliver.
• We're committed to your growth too, you'll be encouraged and supported to pursue your own professional development, keeping your skills sharp and your career moving forward, with the support of our current team of experienced paediatric nurses and clinical practice educators.

About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high quality care to a defined patient group within the acute hospital. They are responsible for the assessment, development, delivery and evaluation of evidence based individualised patient care within the boundaries of their role.

The post holder will contribute to the continuing development of standards of care including developments of nursing standards and monitoring of outcomes. The post holder will be expected to continue with their own professional development.

Please see attached Full Job Description

Qualifications
Essential

• First Level Registered Children's Nurse
• Current/live registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council

Desirable

• Level 3 Safeguarding Children
• FLAP Course

Experience
Essential

• Recent experience nursing children in an acute / community setting or recently completed a Return to Paediatric Nursing course
• Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge and practice after qualification and Preceptorship
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team environment.

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).