Newly Qualified Paediatric Nurse: Sponsorship Available

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Child Health at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to offer the opportunity to join as a Newly Qualified Nurse for Child Health. As an integrated service we pride ourselves in delivering health care at the point of need and are one of the few such organised services within the UK.

We have roles in various clinical areas throughout the Unit, such as the acute units, assessment units and the neonatal units. We are keen to meet you if you are interested in starting your career with us in any of these areas across both Basingstoke and Winchester sites.

At HHFT, we offer a full and comprehensive orientation package and professional support suited to your individual needs, alongside ongoing support from the Clinical Education Team, in order for you to achieve your full potential. We register all NQN’s onto the Wessex Child or Neonatal preceptorship programme, with support from the HHFT Child Health education team.

 

Main duties of the job

To support the team in the delivery of the service, this includes:

High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of patient care, experience and the patient journey.

Developing own clinical practice, knowledge, skills and experience.

Acting as a good role model

Supporting the team in ensuring that clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.

To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills where factors may be conflicting, requiring analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning check

To develop clinically reasoned treatment, action, and discharge plans and to undertake and evaluate treatment.

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse, with Experience
  • Children’s Nurse qualification
  • Computer Literate

Desirable

  • Continued professional CPD
  • Aware of HHFT Trust Core Values
  • Experience of staff and student supervision

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of working within Child Health

Desirable

  • HCSW experience within Child Health, Neonatal Unit

Skills and ability

Essential

  • Ability to demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust values.

Desirable

  • Customer care experience and dealing with complaints

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).

Closing Date: 03 May 2026

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