Paediatric Recovery Nurse in Leicester

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Paediatric Recovery Nurse

The closing date is 14 November 2026

Leicester Royal Infirmary Theatre Recovery are looking for a registered paediatric nurse to join our nursing team.

The Recovery area cares for both paediatric and adult patients in the immediate post operative period. Although the majority of your working hours will be within paediatrics there will be an expectation that you work in adult recovery at times as patient acuity demands. Full training will be given to enable you to work confidently within all recovery areas.

The role is varied as we care for patients from multiple specialities. We also have 3 outside recovery areas which allows further variety within your role therefore no 2 days will be the same.

Currently the majority of nurses rotating to our paediatric area are registered adult nurses with paediatric competancies. As a paediatric nurse once you have establised your own skills and knowledge within the area we would be looking to the successful candidate to assist in creating paediatric training oportunities for our adult nurses to help and support them in gaining and completing their paediatric competancies.

Main duties of the job

Maintaing patient airways in the immediate post operative period.

Managing post operative pain and nausea.

Reassuring patients.

Acting as an autonomous practitioner, escalating concerns regarding the patients condition and administering care as needed with the intention of improving patients condition.

Communicating with the MDT.

Helping to improve the paediatric skills of adult nurses working in recovery.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

Job responsibilities

• Caring for paediatric and adult patients in the immediate postoperative period.
• Maintaining a patent patient airway.
• To be an autonomous practitioner to maintain good patient health while also administering prescribed care to prevent patient deterioration.
• Administering analgesia to maintain patient comfort.
• Being confident that patients meet discharge criteria.
• Handing over ongoing care needs of the patient to the receiving areas on discharge from the unit.
• Documentation both written and on the relevant electronic systems.

Person Specification

Traning and Qualifications

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Satisfactory attendance records in previous post or throughout training period
• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery
• Degree in nursing or health related subject
• In possession of or willingness to work towards a recognised NMC/HCPC teaching and assessing qualification
• Evidence of Post registration Educational Continuing development or reflective portfolio

Experience

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the grade applied for.
• Demonstrates knowledge of clinical risk management and clinical governance in the NHS
• Audit experience / research skills
• Experience in the speciality applied for

Planning and organisation skills

• Ability to decision make and prioritise clinical workload.
• Demonstrates understanding of their own role and responsibility in managing efficient and effective use of resources

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Able to demonstrate the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Communication and relationship skills

• Understands the importance of team working and their role within the multidisciplinary team
• Able to develop and maintain effective interpersonal skills and relationships with colleagues across the healthcare setting
• Good verbal and written skills
• Able to maintain accurate patient records
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate well in a variety of settings with patients of all cultures and with differing levels of understanding
• Able to present factual written and verbal information and deal with questions basic knowledge of IT

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Good basic understanding of the importance of delivering high quality clinical care
• Demonstrates understanding of quality and change and the importance of new ways of working
• Passed by occupational health as fit to undertake role
• Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties in the role
• Recognises own level of competence and limitations
• Ability to identify learning needs
• Maintains sickness levels within Trust target.
• Displays motivation and ideas of future career pathway and personal development planning

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.

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