Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (To apply for this job you must have your NMC pin number by the 1st October 2026.)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 284-26-8110974-DMRG
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Children Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/07/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/07/2026
Employer heading
Band 5 Staff Nurse - Medicine Division
5
Flexible working:
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
Welcome to Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Incorporating Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Women's Hospital were proud to be by your side every step of the way, with our patients and families at the heart of everything we do.
We would like to invite Newly Qualified and Experienced Band 5 Nurses to apply for positions in a range of clinical areas across the Birmingham Children's Hospital site. These positions will be within our Medicine Division for a 6 month fixed term contract to support with winter pressures from October 2026 till March 2027.
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 29TH JULY.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated individuals with a passion for delivering care to our women and children. At BWC we have a positive learning culture and offer excellent comprehensive professional development opportunities to ensure that our Nurses are supported in their new and exciting role. There are a range of training opportunities available along with expert clinical support from our most experienced staff.
At BWC staff experience and wellbeing is important to us. We offer a wide variety of benefits, award and recognition initiatives, opportunities to get involved with networks, along with health and wellbeing support. In addition, we also offer flexible working opportunities.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 6 month fixed term contract to experience working in an acute clinical area within the Medicine Division. arisen with a 4 bedded HDU Bay planned to launch soon. We care for patients from ages 0-16, with a wide range of short- and long-term acute conditions.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN Child
- NMC pin by 1st October 2026
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of professional and current issues in children's nursing
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Ability to recognize and act upon the need for immediate medical intervention
- Understanding and training in the management of child protection issues
- Ability to understand and respond in emergencies
Desirable criteria
- Ability to deal with conflict situations
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work well independently and as part of a team
- Able to think quickly in a rapidly changing acute environment
- Able to plan and prioritise daily workload to ensure high quality and safe care for children and young people
- Basic computer skills
- Planning and organizational skills
- Time management skills
- Excellent communication skills. Able to communicate effectively in challenging situations
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion
- Understand the importance of effective team working
- Flexible across hours of work to meet service need including nights and weekends
- Punctual and reliable
- Demonstrate conduct and behaviours in keeping with the NMC Code
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Megan Kane
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 333 6216
List jobs with Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors