Nursery Nurse

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a dynamic and successful organisation with a strong focus on delivering quality care to our population of around 600,000 people. We provide a comprehensive range of secondary care services from 2 hospitals based in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated person to undertake the role of a Nursery Nurse. We are e looking for highly motivated members of staff to join our very busy Paediatric team within the Children’s Emergency Department at Tunbridge Wells Hospital.

Infants, children and young people deserve the highest quality urgent and emergency care. You will join a dedicated team of experienced and motivated nurses. You will carry out duties working alongside Medical and Paediatric Nursing staff to ensure a high quality of patient centred care is delivered to children and families from 0 to 16 years.

Good communication skills towards babies, children, young people and colleagues and the ability to organise allocated work is an essential component for this post. You will be expected to maintain confidentiality and adopt a positive attitude towards staff, children and families at all times, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, referring issues to their Line Manager as appropriate.

The role will be located in Children’s Emergency Department, located at the Trust’s Tunbridge Wells site; however, there may be requirements to travel to the Maidstone Hospital site. The post-holders will be supported to achieve their competencies to fulfil the requirements of the role.

Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lucy Andrews Job title: Paediatric Senior Sister Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01892 634490