Job summary
Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse, Band 6, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, up to 37.5 hours per week.

Would you like to join our dynamic team of Paediatric Nurses in our Children's Emergency Department?

An exciting opportunity has become available to be part of a growing, vibrant Paediatric Team within the Cumberland Infirmary. We are looking to appoint a passionate, enthusiastic, motivated Band 6 registered children's nurse, with active RSCN registration, who wishes to build upon their leadership skills and excel in their career. The post holder will have experience in an acute paediatric or A&E setting. Ideally you will have completed PILS/EPALS and will be able to provide evidence of professional development, shift management, and staff development.

We have recently just opened a new paediatric department within our main A&E building. We have a triage room, 3 treatment rooms including a HDU and a safe room to see and assess patients safely. This is a new and exciting opportunity for a children's nurse looking to expand their emergency care knowledge and to be part of a brand new paediatric area. There will be further opportunity for career progression and to work within a well-supported team.

Main duties of the job
You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care, providing the prescribed nursing care without supervision. You will also contribute to the development and evaluation of nursing practice within the department and ward area, as well as providing nursing care in accordance with local policies, procedures and guidelines and comply with NMC code of professional conduct.

The role will include:

• Being responsible and accountable in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care within their remit
• Providing excellent clinical leadership skills to ensure the effective delivery of patient care and resources within the remit of the unit
• To provide evidence based, quality emergency care to the public
• Participate in the role of mentor, teacher and supervisor to pre-registration students and health care assistants
• Participate in the monitoring of standards of care, essence of care, care pathway audits, reviewing of A&E documentation

The role of the senior staff nurse in the department includes supporting junior staff and taking on enhanced roles to support the senior nursing team.

Involving audits, roster management and where possible taking on the role of the coordinator in the absence of the sister

About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details
Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum Pro Rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 262-A-26-8264147
Closing date: 28 October 2026

Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Benefits

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working Scheme
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Excellent opportunities for development*
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Essential qualifications

• Registered Nurse Child with active registration
• NST 307 or Equivalent
• Relevant development to post graduate certificate or equivalent

Desirable qualifications

• Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent
• Relevant development to postgraduate diploma or equivalent

Essential experience

• Post registration patient care
• Teaching/Mentoring
• Relevant Nursing Duties
• Able to Deal with a continually changing workload
• Experience of leading shifts in the Emergency or acute Paediatric Department
• Experience within acute Paediatric Speciality
• PILS

Desirable experience

• EPALS/APLS
• NLS
• ALS

Essential knowledge

• Continuing professional development, with portfolio
• Leadership
• Clinical Governance
• Nursing Strategy

Desirable knowledge

• Relevant speciality.

Essential skills

• Well developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Extended Clinical Skills e.g Venepuncture, ECG interpretation.
• Able to use Initiative appropriately
• Able to work in a team without close supervision
• Organisational Skills
• Interpreting baseline observations.
• IT skills.
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.

Desirable skills

• Leadership skills.
• Relevant extended skills.

Essential personal circumstances

• Empathy
• Motivation
• Enthusiasm
• Positive Approach to Change
• Non-Judgemental
• Kindness, Respect, Ambition & Collaboration

Desirable personal circumstances

• Works within the trust values

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. 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.