Health Care Assistant - Recruitment Event
Part-time
Mid
Description
Department: Children’s Services
Band 2/3 (starting salary £24,465 - £26,598 per annum)
Opportunities to start at Band 2 and progress to Band 3
• Please be advised you must have an NHS Care Certificate to be Band 3. You will be Band 2 until you pass this and your probation**
Hours: 37.5 hours per week over a variety of shifts.
(All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working)
This role can not be sponsored.
Welcome to the Children’s Nursing Team at MKUH.
We are looking for a motivated, caring and dedicated individual to join our established Children’s Nursing teams on Ward 4 (Paediatric Assessment Unit) and Ward 5 (Acute Children’s Ward)
You will work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team helping to deliver family centred care for a cohort of babies, children and young people requiring admission to an acute hospital setting.
You will require patience, understanding, creativity and most of all a sense of fun to ensure that our patients cope well with their treatments and time in hospital.
We also work very closely with Neonatal Unit and our Children’s Emergency Department, helping to staff these areas if needed.
If this role interests you, and would want an informal visit please contact:
Philippa (Pip) Cullen- Prince, Ward 5 Manager
Email: Philippa.CullenPrince@mkuh.nhs.uk
OR
Wadzanai (Elizabeth) Muchopa, Ward 4 Manager
Email: Wadzanai.muchopa@mkuh.nhs.uk
Interview date: 22nd December 2025
We offer support for educational needs to ensure competence and continued development through access to both courses (relevant to the role) and day to day supervised ‘learning on the job’.
Further training available includes: Basic Life Support and various skills training sessions such as venepuncture.
Children Services At MKUH Consist Of The Following
Ward 4: Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU)
Ward 4 is open 24 hours a day, has 16 PAU beds that flexes capacity to meet the ever-changing needs of our children. We offer access to expert, evidence based and family centred assessment, treatment, and care.
Paediatric Day Surgery Unit
6 bedded area open Monday to Friday, specific for day surgery cases, including dental, urology ENT, T&O and ophthalmology. Provides care to children all ages, from pre-op assessment, supporting children and families from admission to discharge.
Ward 5
Ward 5 is a 22 bedded acute paediatric inpatient ward caring for acutely unwell babies, children and young people across a range of specialities.
Paediatric Outpatients
Milton Mouse Unit:
Delivers specialist consultant and nurse led clinics for children that require long, and short term follow up of care.
Paediatric Day Care Unit
Provides planned infusions, transfusions and ongoing care to children and young people who do not require an overnight stay.
Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a “Good” rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.
As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.
We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.
Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards – a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards – and the recently approved Women and Children’s Centre, set to open by 2030.
Visit our website to explore the latest news and opportunities at MKUH - News - Milton Keynes University Hospital -
For further information about Milton Keynes please visit - Visit Milton Keynes
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Elizabeth Muchopa Job title: Senior Sister Email address: elizabeth.muchopa@mkuh.nhs.uk
Band 2/3 (starting salary £24,465 - £26,598 per annum)
Opportunities to start at Band 2 and progress to Band 3
• Please be advised you must have an NHS Care Certificate to be Band 3. You will be Band 2 until you pass this and your probation**
Hours: 37.5 hours per week over a variety of shifts.
(All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working)
This role can not be sponsored.
Welcome to the Children’s Nursing Team at MKUH.
We are looking for a motivated, caring and dedicated individual to join our established Children’s Nursing teams on Ward 4 (Paediatric Assessment Unit) and Ward 5 (Acute Children’s Ward)
You will work collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team helping to deliver family centred care for a cohort of babies, children and young people requiring admission to an acute hospital setting.
You will require patience, understanding, creativity and most of all a sense of fun to ensure that our patients cope well with their treatments and time in hospital.
We also work very closely with Neonatal Unit and our Children’s Emergency Department, helping to staff these areas if needed.
If this role interests you, and would want an informal visit please contact:
Philippa (Pip) Cullen- Prince, Ward 5 Manager
Email: Philippa.CullenPrince@mkuh.nhs.uk
OR
Wadzanai (Elizabeth) Muchopa, Ward 4 Manager
Email: Wadzanai.muchopa@mkuh.nhs.uk
Interview date: 22nd December 2025
We offer support for educational needs to ensure competence and continued development through access to both courses (relevant to the role) and day to day supervised ‘learning on the job’.
Further training available includes: Basic Life Support and various skills training sessions such as venepuncture.
Children Services At MKUH Consist Of The Following
Ward 4: Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU)
Ward 4 is open 24 hours a day, has 16 PAU beds that flexes capacity to meet the ever-changing needs of our children. We offer access to expert, evidence based and family centred assessment, treatment, and care.
Paediatric Day Surgery Unit
6 bedded area open Monday to Friday, specific for day surgery cases, including dental, urology ENT, T&O and ophthalmology. Provides care to children all ages, from pre-op assessment, supporting children and families from admission to discharge.
Ward 5
Ward 5 is a 22 bedded acute paediatric inpatient ward caring for acutely unwell babies, children and young people across a range of specialities.
Paediatric Outpatients
Milton Mouse Unit:
Delivers specialist consultant and nurse led clinics for children that require long, and short term follow up of care.
Paediatric Day Care Unit
Provides planned infusions, transfusions and ongoing care to children and young people who do not require an overnight stay.
Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a “Good” rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.
As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.
We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.
Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards – a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards – and the recently approved Women and Children’s Centre, set to open by 2030.
Visit our website to explore the latest news and opportunities at MKUH - News - Milton Keynes University Hospital -
For further information about Milton Keynes please visit - Visit Milton Keynes
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Elizabeth Muchopa Job title: Senior Sister Email address: elizabeth.muchopa@mkuh.nhs.uk