Pediatric Nurse in Training

We are looking to recruit motivated nurses who want to specialize as pediatric nurses in the Amalia Children's Hospital. Is it time to take a next step? To take on a new challenge? Are you up for a labor-intensive job in combination with a demanding training program? An sometimes emotionally charged, but beautiful position within the Amalia Children's Hospital? Then we are looking for you!

You will begin with a preparatory period on April 1, 2027, gaining work experience in one of the pediatric wards. Upon demonstrated suitability, the follow-up training to become a pediatric nurse will start in October 2027, in combination with a contract size of 32 hours per week. It is therefore important that you are available for at least 32 hours during the training, but also during the preparatory period. The training is provided by the Radboud Health Academy, part of Radboudumc.

Pediatric nurse in training
As a pediatric nurse in training (i.o.), you will work intensively with other pediatric nurses, nursing assistants, pedagogical staff, and physicians. The work is dynamic and labor-intensive. A shift can start quietly and end hectically, and vice versa. Collaboration is important; we check and help each other where necessary. We work in teams where the care for the child and parent is central at all times. Together with your colleagues, you work towards a common goal, namely providing excellent care to the sick child and guiding their parents/caregivers.

Tasks
As a pediatric nurse in training, you will be paired with a colleague to get to know the work, the organization, and the department. You provide complex care to one or more patients during your shift. You organize, plan, and coordinate nursing care and contribute to the development of standard procedures and protocols. You maintain close contact with the parents/caregivers of the patients, where good communication skills are central. Naturally, the needs of the children and their parents are leading for the precise implementation of the activities that belong to this position.

The next application round for this vacancy is in December 2026. As a Pediatric nurse in training, you will work with approximately 160 colleagues in the Medium Care department of the Amalia Children's Hospital. The department has three teams: F2a, F2b, and F2c. Each team has its own specialisms, but because you rotate through different teams, you will deal with a great diversity of specialisms, both medical and surgical, in your work.

Within our department, we find it important that we work together in a pleasant way to continuously improve care for children and that we offer everyone many opportunities to continuously develop themselves. Because many specialisms that place high demands on knowledge and skills come together with us, we are helpful toward one another, we find giving and receiving honest feedback important, and sharing knowledge and experience is central to us.

Amalia Children's Hospital
The Amalia Children's Hospital is the academic children's hospital of Radboudumc, where we provide care to more than 26,000 children and (prospective) mothers annually. We believe that every child deserves to grow up as healthy as possible. And that begins during pregnancy.

With us, you work in a warm, safe, child- and family-oriented environment in which we actively involve children and their parents in the care process. We connect various specialisms and expertise centers to provide high-quality and integrally organized care - from maternity care and hereditary disorders to complex pediatric trauma and burn care.

As a university medical center, we combine care with education and research. You will work together with dedicated colleagues and contribute to the development of innovative, sustainable, and person-centered healthcare. Within our teams, there is room for professional growth, learning, and development.

Working in the Amalia Children's Hospital means that you truly make a difference in the lives of children, pregnant women, and their families. Where care and attention meet, our central focus is to ensure that being young and growing up as healthy as possible is indeed possible, even when life presents medical challenges.

You are a nurse with at least an mbo-v education and work experience in Radboudumc or in a peripheral hospital. Additionally, you recognize yourself in the Radboud competencies of customer orientation, integrity, collaboration, and self-management. Can you also manage well in a hectic and dynamic environment with irregular shifts? Then apply for this vacancy and who knows, you might be the one to come and strengthen our team!

• Preparatory period starting April 2027, training starts October 2027.
• Applications for this training round will be assessed in early December.
• The first interviews will take place on December 14 and 15, 2026. It would be good if you could take this into account.
• A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is required for this position.