# Band 7 - Senior Paediatric Nurse, Children's Emergency Department

**Company**: West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
**Location**: Watford
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £51,657 to £58,785 a year pro rata inc. HCA
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced, and highly motivated Band 7 Paediatric Clinical Nurse to join our dynamic Paediatric Emergency Department team for a fixed term, covering maternity leave.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled paediatric practitioner, perhaps currently working at Band 6 who would like to challenge themselves further.

The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent clinical decision-making, effective communication, and a commitment to patient safety and quality improvement. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in supporting staff development, maintaining clinical standards, and ensuring the delivery of compassionate, evidence-based care to children, young people, and their families in a fast-paced emergency environment.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Assess care needs and develop, implement, and evaluate programmes of care with the multidisciplinary team and Children's & Young Peoples (CYP) families/carers.

- Practice as a clinical expert and have overall continuing responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care.

- Manage and supervise a large multi-disciplinary team consisting of all grades of nursing staff, students, and support workers.

- Effectively manage department resources, including pay and non-pay budgets, human resources, and the clinical environment with the support of the matron.

**Requirements:**

- A & E Specialist Course

- EPLS/APLS

- Registered Paediatric Nurse

- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and paediatric mental health

- In-depth knowledge of Emergency Care targets

- Experience in Paediatric ED

- Recent and extensive A&E Experience

- Shift management/team leadership

**Benefits:**

- Flexible working options

- Staff wellbeing and development opportunities

- Recognition of the importance of work-life balance

**Salary:** £51,657 to £58,785 a year pro rata inc. HCA

**Contract:** Fixed term for 12 months

**Working Pattern:** Part-time

## Skills

### Required
- Paediatric Nursing
- Emergency Care
- A & E Specialist Course
- EPLS/APLS
- Safeguarding
- Paediatric Mental Health

### Nice to have
- HR Processes
- Staff Management

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