# Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department Paediatrics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-junior-sistercharge-nurse-emergency-department-paediatrics/3b99d768-3f31-4958-b4a6-e9fed37aca1a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-junior-sistercharge-nurse-emergency-department-paediatrics/3b99d768-3f31-4958-b4a6-e9fed37aca1a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of HCAS ( pro-rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-07T15:21:21.255Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Barnet/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Emergency_Department/Emergency_Department-v8138696 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8138696?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care with the multidisciplinary team and patients’ families. As a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse you will be required to support the senior and junior team in ensuring the needs of our patients are met through the delivery of high-quality care. The role involves working as part of a large multidisciplinary team including the ED medical team, clinical practice educators safeguarding, mental health liaison team and clinical specialties. The Junior Sister/Charge Nurse works clinically including unsocial hours and will be expected to work competently in all areas of Paediatric Emergency Department as well as being able to independently take charge of them. The Junior Sister/Charge Nurse will assist their Team leader with managing their own team of nurses and ensuring they meet their potential. You will be activity involved in retention and recruitment. You will also be responsible for link roles giving you the opportunity to drive change and improve standards. We are looking for an inspirational nurse who enjoys teamwork and making a difference to the team and the patients. ### Main duties of the job We are looking to appoint passionate, enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Band 6 children’s Nurses who are ready to take the next step to develop their leadership and management skills. Our department has an integrated Urgent Care Centre and Adult Emergency Department.   Barnet ED also has Advanced Care practitioners working alongside the ED medical Team and supporting the Nursing staff. Furthermore we are a Trauma Unit receiving trauma patients from across Hertfordshire and North London. We are a busy unit receiving up to 90 ambulances per day and over 120,000 patients per year. We pride ourselves on our high quality, safe and effective care. Training and support for all staff is key to a happy team and safe patient care, this is why we have a clinical practice education team dedicated to the development of our nurses. We are committed to developing and supporting a modern career framework for our nurses in the Emergency Department. You will be supported every step of your Emergency care career pathway by our senior nurses and Clinical Practice Education team. We pride ourselves in continual development for our staff. Band 6 opportunities include; - Protected Supernumerary period - ALS - APLS - Band 6 development competencies - University accredited Internal children’s ED course for those wishing to enhance their paediatric emergency skills. - Self rostering - Step up to lead (leadership courses) ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Able to work shift work and internal rotation to night duty ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrates clinical expertise, relevant to ED - Post registration experience of working in an acute hospital setting - Experience of managing challenging situations to a positive outcome - Evidence of teaching others - Experience of mentoring others **Desirable** - Experience of managing a team ### Skills and attributes **Essential** - Advanced communication skills - Ability to prioritise and manage work load - Basic counselling skills – ability to understand the needs of the bereaved - MAST compliant ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - 1st level Paediatric registration with the NMC - Further professional studies e.g. Emergency Nursing course or equivalent - Mentorship course or practice assessor qualification - Able to evidence recent and continuing professional development relevant to ED ### Royal Free World Class Values **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values ### Personal Qualities & attribute **Essential** - A Professional, Enthusiastic and Positive Attitude - Displays compassion and understanding ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 560.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10437048) - [person specification (pdf, 240.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10437049) - [functional requirements (pdf, 112.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10437050) - [nursing and midwifery - benefits, about rfl, values and governing objectives (pdf, 621.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2755) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.