The closing date is 17 July 2026

Job summary
We welcome newly qualified Children's Nurses to apply for a role within Paediatric Nursing. Are you ready to launch your career in an exciting and vibrant Children's Hospital? Are you seeking a new opportunity and adventure? Then look no further than the Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job
Leeds Children's Hospitals is one of the UK's largest Children's Hospitals with state-of-the-art treatments and facilities. We provide one of the most comprehensive ranges of specialist Children's Services in the country and are recruiting across the following specialities:

• Paediatric Critical Care
• Paediatric Medicine
• Paediatric Surgery
• Paediatric Speciality

We also offer a rotational programme to work in 3 areas over 18 months. This opportunity is designed to provide you with experiences throughout the Children's Hospital in areas of interest and offers the opportunity to gain a high dependency qualification during the final 6 months of the programme.

Please do state your preference for specialty and/or rotational programme in the supporting information section on your application form.

We will support you during your first 12 months with our Preceptorship Programme. This offers structured personal and professional development as you transition to registered practice and includes a supernumerary period, Introduction to Professional Practice (IPP) and a bespoke education pathway for all our clinical areas.

About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.

Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.

We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.

Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities
Why you should join our Team
Working at LTHT has many benefits including:

• Flexible working patterns to fit you and your lifestyle
• Supernumerary orientation periods
• Structured induction programmes
• Personalised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes regardless of experience

Leeds Children's Hospital is rated as 'GOOD' & the Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.

What you will bring to the role
The role is to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised family centred, infant, child or young person focused programmes of care.

You will deliver care without supervision and take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients and at all times promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate family centred, infant, child or young person focused patient care.

The role will involve taking charge of the ward or department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse.

You will participate in the in-service training, preceptorship & mentorship of junior staff and students, as well as maintaining your personal development.

The jobholder will work within an environment caring for infants/neonates, children and or young people in providing child or young person focused card.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

• Patient-centred
• Collaborative
• Fair
• Accountable
• Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Person Specification
Qualifications
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Experience
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Employer details
Employer name: Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address: Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Children's Professional Development Lead, Laura Bacon, laurabacon@nhs.net