Paediatric Nurse

We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, enthusiastic and possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our fantastic paediatric team. If you are a passionate and caring paediatric nurse who is team oriented, patient focussed, and ready for new and exciting challenges to develop your career, there are many opportunities for you here at Hillingdon. We can offer a supportive environment to help you develop and consolidate new competencies and are committed to helping you realise your potential. You will have a minimum of two years' experience at band 5. Through personalised training and development plans, dedicated practice educators and generous study leave, we can offer you:
§ Professional development tailored to your individual needs
§ The potential for an internal rotation programme within the Women & Children's Division, Paediatric A&E and Neonatal Unit. Other rotation options may be available.
§ Opportunities to undertake short courses
§ Internal and External study days
§ Career progression

Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed., Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Important Information Regarding Applications
At The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, our recruitment processes are designed to identify candidates who demonstrate the right skills and values to support our commitment to high-quality care.
Please note that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in applications is monitored. Any misuse that results in an inaccurate representation of a candidate's abilities may affect the outcome of the application. Applicants will be required to declare any use of AI prior to submitting their application.
Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date. All contracts are issued under Agenda for Change Terms & Conditions of employment and all posts are subject to appropriate job matching or evaluation process, where indicated. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community to ensure our workforce is representative of the population. Please note that all candidates at risk in London and going through the NHS London Redeployment scheme are to be given priority as part of the recruitment process where their application meets the essential criteria for the role.
Please note: If you do not meet the requirements for the role or have specific registration where required then your application will be automatically rejected.
If you do not hear from within 2 weeks of the closing date please assume you are unsuccessful.
The Hillingdon Hospital will use the information provided primarily for the purposes of managing your employment within the Trust.

Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic Paediatric Nurse who enjoys working as part of an innovative and CQC rated 'Good' Paediatric Team? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
We are dynamic and friendly multidisciplinary team of skilled and highly motivated staff who provide high quality care to children with a wide variety of conditions including medical, surgical, orthopaedics, diabetes and oncology. We serve both our local population and surrounding boroughs, receiving patients through our paediatric emergency department as well as children from Heathrow airport.
The paediatric department at The Hillingdon Hospital consists of a 23-bedded general medical and surgical ward, which includes a level 1 POSCU. We also have a 5-bedded paediatric day care unit and a paediatric outpatients department. The paediatric department also consists of our award winning, dedicated diabetes team, and respiratory and allergy team. In addition, we have a strong specialist nurse workforce in areas such epilepsy and transition which support all children's services. We also have close links with the paediatric community nursing team; the paediatric emergency department; our level two neonatal unit and child development centre.