Nuffield Health

Lead Children and Young Person's Nurse (CYP)

The closing date is 24 July 2025

Job summary

Lead Children and Young Person's Nurse (CYP) Leicester Nuffield Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time Up to £45,000 per annum, dependent on experience 37.5 hours per week

Main duties of the job

The Role You will be an integral part of decision making by working closely with the Nuffield Health Group Lead Nurse and Hospital Senior Management Team and by building lasting and effective relationships with our Consultant partners. At Nuffield Health, you will discover nursing as it should be - with more time to care and get to know the children who are your patients as you help them through difficult times. As Lead for the Children and Young Person's service Play a vital role in the child's journey through the hospital. Be a trusted guide and support to them as well as to their parents or guardians. Deliver high quality, clinically effective care as an essential part of our ward team. Work with a wide variety of cases which will broaden your skills. You will also work within different specialist areas. Be accountable for the operational and clinical management of the CYP service Lead and manage a team of specialist nurses to deliver a bespoke service for our patients Promote innovation within the service to be responsive to service user needs.

About us

Leicester Hospital Founded in 1969, Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital was originally built from funds raised by the local community and is now one of the leading providers of private healthcare in Leicestershire. The Hospital has a strong local reputation with patients remaining loyal. The Hospital had a £4.5 million refurbishment in 2011 and was the blue print for the wider Hospitals refresh programme. The Hospital has 28 ensuite inpatient beds, 2 Laminar flow theatres, Endoscopy Suite, minor treatment room and 14 consulting rooms. The hospital delivers a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient treatments and services using the best possible technologies. Since 2015 we have invested in a static MRI unit, a new digital X ray room & digital mammography. We are a local centre of excellence for Children and Young People Services. Having a Fitness & Wellbeing Gym in Leicester has led to a close working relationship and the Hospital was a forerunner for the Nuffield recovery plus programme. The Hospital has been rated as a 'Good' hospital by the CQC and achieved this rating across the 5 key lines of enquiry across all departments inspected.

Date posted

26 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£45,000 to £45,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

JR0088501

Job locations

Scraptoft Lane Leicester LE5 1HY

Leicester

LE5 1HY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Lead Children and Young Person's Nurse (CYP) Leicester Nuffield Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time Up to £45,000 per annum, dependent on experience 37.5 hours per week At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it's driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want - we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you. We are looking for a Lead Nurse (CYP Services) to join our team in our Leicester Hospital to lead our paediatric nursing team in providing the service and ensuring high levels of patient care are met at all times. The Role You will be an integral part of decision making by working closely with the Nuffield Health Group Lead Nurse and Hospital Senior Management Team and by building lasting and effective relationships with our Consultant partners. At Nuffield Health, you will discover nursing as it should be - with more time to care and get to know the children who are your patients as you help them through difficult times. As Lead for the Children and Young Person's service

Play a vital role in the child's journey through the hospital.

Be a trusted guide and support to them as well as to their parents or guardians.

Deliver high quality, clinically effective care as an essential part of our ward team.

Work with a wide variety of cases which will broaden your skills. You will also work within different specialist areas.

Be accountable for the operational and clinical management of the CYP service

Lead and manage a team of specialist nurses to deliver a bespoke service for our patients

Promote innovation within the service to be responsive to service user needs.

The Person To succeed as a Children and Young Person's Nurse you will;

Be NMC qualified and have extensive post registration experience in a children's ward setting

Have various levels of post-registration experience - and ideally, ILS or ALS skills or willingness to undertake further study.

Experience in Children's nursing with Adult nursing as an advantage

Experience of clinical leadership is an advantage

Can work well individually and as part of a team

Can engage and build relationships with external stakeholders

Helping you feel good. We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you. Leicester Hospital Founded in 1969, Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital was originally built from funds raised by the local community and is now one of the leading providers of private healthcare in Leicestershire. The Hospital has a strong local reputation with patients remaining loyal. The Hospital had a £4.5 million refurbishment in 2011 and was the blue print for the wider Hospitals refresh programme. The Hospital has 28 ensuite inpatient beds, 2 Laminar flow theatres, Endoscopy Suite, minor treatment room and 14 consulting rooms. The hospital delivers a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient treatments and services using the best possible technologies. Since 2015 we have invested in a static MRI unit, a new digital X ray room & digital mammography. We are a local centre of excellence for Children and Young People Services. Having a Fitness & Wellbeing Gym in Leicester has led to a close working relationship and the Hospital was a forerunner for the Nuffield recovery plus programme. The Hospital has been rated as a 'Good' hospital by the CQC and achieved this rating across the 5 key lines of enquiry across all departments inspected Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today. If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role. It starts with you.