Paediatric Critical Care Outreach Nurse

A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.

Band 6 or 7 Opportunity

Full or part time available

This is an exciting opportunity to join the established Paediatric Critical Care Outreach Team (PCCOT) at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic paediatric nurse with excellent clinical, communication, and decision-making skills. You will be able to manage competing priorities, make high-level decisions, and work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to lead and deliver expert care for critically ill children.

As a Paediatric Critical Care Outreach Nurse, you will use advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills to support the care of acutely unwell children across the hospital. You will act as a professional role model, supporting, educating, and developing nursing and junior medical staff in paediatric acute and high dependency care.

This role offers experienced senior nurses the opportunity to focus on clinical leadership, care delivery, and education for higher-acuity patients. The PCCOT leads clinical management pathways and promotes high standards of holistic, evidence-based care across all clinical areas. Successful applicants will be expected to work autonomously throughout the hospital, leading, managing, and supervising patient assessment and care delivery.

Applicants are required to be RSCN or RN-Part 15 (Child Branch) and have a post-registration qualification in a related acute paediatric field. You will have excellent communication skills, proven acute paediatric clinical skills together with organisational, leadership and management expertise.

Previous experience as an Outreach Nurse is desirable.

Interview Date

TBC

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jun 2026

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