Staff Nurse – Rainbow Ward

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Rainbow Ward is seeking a proactive, enthusiastic Band 5 nurse to join the WWL family on our friendly Children’s Ward. The ward has benefited from recent investment to create a sensory zone, and a Teen Zone area, providing age appropriate spaces for our patients, day to day.

Rainbow ward is a 34 bedded integrated paediatric unit, including a 2 bedded HDU, caring for children aged 0 – 16 years with medical and surgical needs, giving staff who work on the ward a diverse range of patients to work with – no two days are ever the same!

We are looking to recruit to a 36 hour post, with a working pattern across 7 days (internal rotation).

NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis as It has been established to cover maternity leave and will end in 12 months or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on an acting / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.

Main duties of the job

In exchange for your hard work and dedication we offer a comprehensive preceptorship package, including medicines management training (including intravenous medications) and two mandatory paediatric study days in a rolling twelve month period. Further development opportunities exist with the chance to mentor students from UCLAN and Edgehill as they pursue their own career as a student nurse, or nurse associate.

Each member of Band 5 nurses is encouraged to pursue an area of specialist interest such as diabetes, or asthma.

Nurses will also have the opportunity to complete APLS training, subject to having completed two years post qualification training.

Person Specification

Additional

Essential

  • Flexible and positive approach to work
  • Internal rotation
  • Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
  • Knowledge of evidence based practice
  • Understanding of research/audit
  • Recent evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • Understanding of resource management
  • Understanding of education/student requirements

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to maintain and improve standards of care
  • Ability to challenge unacceptable behaviour or practice in a professional context

Desirable

  • Basic computer skills

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working independently and as a member of a team

Desirable

  • Post qualification experience
  • Previous experience in caring environment
  • Experience of clinical supervision
  • Experience of audit/research

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSCN / RN Child
  • NMC Registration or due to obtain

Desirable

  • Teaching and Assessing Course
  • Degree/Diploma Studies
  • Specialists Skills Course

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 28 July 2026

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