Children's ED Staff Nurse | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 Per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Banbury, OX16 9AL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	4 Nov 2026

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Summary

Children's Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual with plenty of initiative to join our team. If you have an interest in emergency nursing and share our enthusiasm for delivering high standards of care, we have a position for you.

We are looking for Children's Nurses that have previously worked in an emergency setting or have ward based skills looking to gain experience in this dynamic environment.

We are looking for motivated staff to join our friendly department. Although this is fast paced environment, we offer an excellent learning opportunities and support to gain new skills.

If you are looking for a challenge then this may be for you.

• Independently assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload of patients

• Assume responsibility for individual clinical areas within the unit

• Maintain and continually develop specialist knowledge of nursing practice relevant to individual clinical area

• Contribute to the development of others through supervision, mentoring and teaching

• Contribute toward the continuing development of professional nursing practice in the Emergency Department

• To follow trust guidance in regards to safe guarding

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

The post holder will:

• Deliver a patient centred style of practice that reflects and promotes the beliefs and values of professional nursing practice within the Emergency Department

• Independently assess, deliver and evaluate care to a defined caseload of patients

• Assume coordinating responsibility for individual clinical areas, proactively resolving problems identified within the individual clinical area

• Set and maintain standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with Sister / Charge Nurse / Matron / Senior Nursing Team

• Accurately document and report to other members of the nursing and multidisciplinary team information regarding the care given to patients, communicating changes as they occur

• Supervise, mentor, support and educate pre-registration nurses, undergraduate nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary team in the clinical practice setting

• Liaise with other health care professionals with on-going responsibility for patient care

• Adhere to the code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives (NMC 2008)

• Demonstrate a commitment to research based practice and clinical excellence. Play an active part in the introduction of research-based change to improve patient centred care

• Demonstrate awareness and understanding of accountability, responsibility and duty of care. Support and educate junior staff of the implications for practice

This advert closes on Sunday 18 Oct 2026

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