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Salary for this role£32,073 – £39,043 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

This occupation falls under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2236, Registered children’s nurses. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.

Role description

Job summary

We are looking for band 5 Paediatric trained nurses or soon to qualify students to join our enthusiastic and friendly department. If you have a positive attitude to ensuring children receive the best possible care, we'd love to hear from you.

Working with us will provide you with a broad range of skills and experiences which will help in your career progression.

Following significant investment in our paediatric nurse staffing we are delighted to confirm that our newly agreed work force model aligns to RCN staffing recommendations for CYP including supernumerary nurse in charge.

This will enable you to be supported in practice and help you to provide quality care to your patients. You will also be supported to develop your knowledge and skills in providing acute paediatric care through our dedicated paediatric practice educator and preceptorship programme. Our workforce model will also flex to meet demands of the service over winter and summer by increasing the number of staff who can take annual leave over the summer months (March to September).

The post will involve nursing children on elective day case lists, acute inpatient admissions as well as children in our assessment area.

Full Time - 37.5 hours Permanent

Main duties of the job

To assess patient's needs, plan, implement and evaluate care in accordance with the Children's Charter.

To maintain contemporaneous, accurate and precise documentation relating to patient care

To work within national, regional and local guidelines relating to nursing practice

To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain existing clinical expertise and develop new skills as appropriate

To participate in a programme of formal clinical supervision

In all these respects to perform as a role model for junior staff

About us

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

Date posted

07 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

423-8317336

Job locations

Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road

Steeton

BD20 6TD

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached documents which provide further details including job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Evidence of continual development
Able to demonstrate written and oral skills

Qualifications

Essential

Registered children's Nurse

Desirable

Degree or working towards

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

Acute paediatric experience

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & 'Understanding the New NHS'
Understand principles of confidentiality
Understand principles of safeguarding children

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.

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.