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Job overview

NMC Registered Children’s Nurse’s are employed in wards and departments at the Great North Children’s Hospital, Neonates at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Cardiothoracic at the  Freeman Hospital.

We are welcoming applications from student nurses due to qualify in or before September 2024 and qualified Children’s Nurses looking for a new experience.

When you arrive for interview we will ask for your preferences and provide a list of current vacancies to assist in your choice. This year we are offering a selection of rotational posts through 3 different ward/departments based on your preferences. If you are interested please express this when we meet you at interview. Some candidates will prefer a post in one fixed area and this is available too.  

 Vacancies are constantly changing but currently there are opportunities on Ward 1a Renal, Gastroenterology and pre/post BMT, Ward 2a Respiratory, Ward 2b Medical Day Unit, Ward 3 Bone Marrow Transplant, Ward 4 Oncology, Ward 7 Renal Day Unit, Ward 9 General Surgery, Ward 10 Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ward 12 PICU, Ward 14 Oncology Day Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care, Ward 23 Cardiology and Cardiothoracic PICU. There is also a vacancy in Dermatology Outpatients that is 18 hours per week.

• Interview Date Friday, 17 May 2024
• Interviews will be face to face at Eldon Court, NE1 7YE
• Full & Part Time Hours Available

Main duties of the job

We want all of our Paediatric Nurses here at Newcastle Hospitals to feel supported and have opportunities for learning and development.

Our Education Team is here to help and will support:

The Trust Preceptorship Days for all newly qualified Band 5 staff nurses (4 days).

Bespoke paediatric clinical skills day – this includes 6 days over a 6 month period.

Bespoke speciality days including – tracheostomy care, respiratory, diabetes, acute illness management, orthopaedic care and wound care.

Clinical Educator support in the clinical area during supernumerary period and once out of supernumerary to support with competency sign ogg.

Yearly mandatory training update dates. 

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, we have around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.