Registered Nurse – Paediatrics: Sponsorship Available

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Passionate, enthusiastic, well-organised and eager to further your skills – if this is you, read on!

We are looking for a Registered Paediatric Nurse to join our friendly team part-time (min 23 hrs). Our ward has a small team of people who work closely together, promoting our Trust’s values – kindness, integrity, teamwork and equality.

Woodlands paediatric ward has 16 beds with an additional clinical assessment unit for general medical and surgical paediatric patients as well as day admissions. We also have a high dependency cubicle on the ward for very unwell children and we work very closely with Leeds Children’s Hospital.

What are the benefits of working for HDFT?

Internal staff are able to apply for a rotational Band 6 development role which allows a Band 5 to gain management experience for a fixed term of 12 months.

Adult trained nurses with paediatrics experience are welcome to apply and are able to attend EPALS

All nurses have the opportunity to rotate between ward, SCBU and A & E to gain more experience

Levels 1 and 2 Critical Care are offered to nurses who wish to develop their professional skills

All staff have access to a plethora of free wellbeing and support programmes

Harrogate is a beautiful town in which to live and work

Unfortunately we are unable to offer Paediatric OSCE training to Nurses registered overseas, therefore having an NMC PIN is an essential requirement of this role.

Main duties of the job

You will provide exceptional nursing care while working alongside your peers. You must be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and experience required for this position and have a keen interest in your ongoing professional development and evidence-based practice.

We provide all new starters with a robust induction programme and we have a part time designated Practice Development Nurse on hand to help provide 1 -1 teaching and support in identifying your professional development needs.

Main duties

  • To provide child centred, evidence based care on Woodlands Ward, SCBU, Paediatric Outpatients and elsewhere in the Trust as appropriate.
  • To implement and evaluate family centred care and to be responsible for the delivery of care.
  • To take delegated responsibility for patients working as part of a team ensuring the smooth operational running of the Unit.
  • Mentoring pre-registration students.
  • Act as Nurse in Charge of the shift as required

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered RN (Child) with NMC
  • Demonstrate previous experience of working with children, infants and young persons

Desirable

  • Teaching and assessing qualification
  • Safeguarding training
  • EPALS (European Paediatric Advanced Life Support)
  • Demonstrate relevant paediatric experience and competent in the stabilisation of the sick child.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrate previous experience of working with children, infants and young persons
  • Demonstrates relevant paediatric experience and competent in the stabilisation of the sick child.

Desirable

  • EPALS (European Paediatric Advanced Life Support)

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: 15 November 2026

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