Registered Nurse (Paediatric Emergency Department)
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustMargate, South East
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust based in Margate. The advertised salary is £32,073 to £39,043. Applications close on 17 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Are you interested in a career in paediatric emergency nursing? If so there is a position here for you at East Kent. We are one of the largest acute T...
We are a multi-site Trust with two acute hospitals in Ashford and Margate; we are a trauma unit and regularly receive major trauma and helicopter emergencies from the regional air ambulance and coastguard. We pride ourselves on being a clinically led organisation and are passionate about developing and empowering our staff.
Our paediatric emergency department team at East Kent Hospitals work closely together to provide a service to the local population of children and young people in East Kent. This includes links with the urgent care centres, community nursing teams and the South Thames Retrieval Services.
We work closely with adult ED, the paediatric inpatient wards and Children's Assessment Units who have Children's Advanced Nurse Practitioners providing senior clinical leadership.
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We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Essential: - Demonstrates patient focused approach; - Delivery of evidence-based practice; - Recent clinical experience in an acute setting for a Trust.
Desirable: - Evidence of on-going personal and professional development.; - Previous experience at Band 5 within speciality.; - Evidence of facilitating learning in practice.
Essential: - Registered NMC Child registered
Desirable: - Mentor Qualification
Essential: - Basic IT Skills; - Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.; - Ability todevelop working relationships with others.; - Time management and personal organisation skills
Desirable: - Experience using advanced IT programmes within a healthcare setting.
Essential: - To be aware of and adhere to the Trust's Vision, Mission and Values
Essential: - Awareness of national access standards affecting ED Patients; - NMC Code of Conduct
Desirable: - National Patient Survey; - Local nursing standards.
How this role compares
We hold 1,159 NHS vacancies in South East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £39,959. This role pays less than about 68% of them.
There are 11,917 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,827 of them in South East.
You have 6 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 30 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has 33 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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