Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Staff Nurse
The closing date is 24 November 2026

Job summary
Are you an experienced paediatric nurse with a passion for delivering excellent care within a nurse led unit? Do you have a desire to gain knowledge and competence within forward thinking and dynamic paediatric hospital services?

We are looking for outstanding individuals who embody our Trust Values of being caring, fair and open, to join our exceptional team.

If you have excellent communication skills, the ability to use initiative and adapt to changing workloads, and are keen to work and collaborate to deliver high quality and responsive paediatric nursing care within a very diverse and busy paediatric service, we welcome you to apply.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Tricia Appiah & Fiona Kasana
t.appiah@nhs.net, fiona.kasana@nhs.net
0203 758 2000 est 36810 or 36811

Main duties of the job
Roles and responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited, to:

• To work as a skilled member of the nursing team, to assist in the provision of high standards of holistic family centered care to children and families
• To assist in the creation of a welcoming, caring and safe environment for the children and families To communicate effectively with the multi- disciplinary team.
• Accept delegated responsibility for specific activities/areas from the senior nurse in charge
• Work in line with Trust policies, protocols, objectives, and local guidelines, whilst also being aware of the importance of their role in supporting members of the team, always adhering to the Trust values, and practicing in line with NMC regulations.

About us
Royal Free is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £36,943 to £44,900 a year, per annum including HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 391-NMUH-8365171-A
Job location: Royal Free Hospital, 6 North, London, NW3 2QG

Person Specification
Essential

• NMC Registration/RN Child
• Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
• Recognized teaching or mentorship qualification or working towards
• Ability to plan care for a group of patients
• Good written and verbal skills
• Ability to work within a team
• Committed to family centred care
• Knowledge of risk management
• Experience of having worked with acute/chronically ill children.
• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Demonstrates sound knowledge of infection control standards
• Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values.
• Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what one needs to learn to be able to improve their current job performance.
• Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keeps a record of them.
• Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload
• Good understanding and knowledge of Paediatrics.
• Awareness of professional issues.
• Understanding of nursing practice and innovations.
• Knowledge of team nursing.
• Knowledge of the ward's specialties.
• Awareness of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Desirable

• Evidence of having attained a degree in field of nursing or working towards this.
• Aware of quality and safety standards and departmental audit requirements
• To maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care
• Ability to take part in change and service improvement
• Broad experience of clinical paediatric nursing practice within a hospital environment.
• Prior experience of taking charge.
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
• Proven communication skills and ability to negotiate
• Skilled in use of computer/key board
• Ability to work well within a team
• Ability to supervise unregistered staff
• Basic IT Skills.

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.

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

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.