Paediatric Nurse - Children\'s Outpatients

Overview

A vacancy at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King\’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a dedicated person to take responsibility for the efficient and effective organisation of the outpatient department. This includes managing the nursing team and the delivery of the service in a busy, purpose-built Children’s outpatient department, providing a service for West Norfolk and the surrounding area.

You will assist in the delivery of a family-centred, clinically effective, and dynamic service for babies, children and young people who use the service. You will be responsible for signposting and referring where appropriate. You will be supporting the MDT and external service providers, as there are outpatient clinics provided by visiting consultants from tertiary units, including orthopaedics, cardiology, surgery, renal and urology.

Responsibilities

• Organise and oversee the outpatient department to ensure efficient and effective service delivery.
• Manage the nursing team and coordinate day-to-day operations in the Children’s outpatient department.
• Signpost and refer patients appropriately and support the MDT and external service providers.
• Support outpatient clinics provided by visiting consultants from tertiary units (e.g., orthopaedics, cardiology, surgery, renal and urology).
• Maintain accurate patient documentation in line with Nursing and Midwifery Council standards, confidentiality, and information requirements.
• Communicate effectively with children and young people (CYP), parent/carers, and the wider MDT to ensure continuity of care; provide advice and demonstration teaching to parents where appropriate.
• Demonstrate safeguarding awareness, assess risk, and refer to professional teams as appropriate.
• Contribute to the provision of evidence-based care for children and young people with a range of short-term and lifelong conditions, in partnership with families and the MDT including non-QEH providers.

Qualifications and requirements

• Registered Nurse with full NMC registration in the UK.
• Internationally trained nurses who have not passed the OSCE will not be considered for this role.
• Clinical skills such as venepuncture; competencies in accessing central lines would be beneficial.
• Ability to assess children and young people seeking assistance when required.
• Ability to attend in-person interviews if selected.
• Commitment to safeguarding and ability to assess risk and refer to appropriate professional teams.

About the Trust and role context

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. The Trust is building a new state-of-the-art hospital and undertaking significant digital transformation. Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness, and we strive for continuous quality improvement. Our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rated our services as Good. We offer recognised learning and apprenticeships and support our staff and volunteers with a strong community atmosphere.

We have approximately 4,000 staff and volunteers, around 530 beds across 33 wards, and newly built education and training facilities along with modern award-winning centres and a talented team ready to welcome you.

We love working here and think you will too.

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025.