Children Sister/Charge Nurse

Job overview

Working Full or Part time

We are recruiting for a Children Sister/Charge Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will need to be flexible, enthusiastic and passionate about emergency care and be committed to improving service delivery, and developing nursing practices for the children, young people and families who utilise our services.

Our values are Safe, Kind and Effective. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

If you are passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and developing your skills and knowledge in a supportive team, apply today!

Main duties of the job

To provide positive role modelling, clinical leadership and knowledge to facilitate, supervise and enable high, competent standards of safe, individualised, holistic, family centered care that is evidence based, in consultation and partnership with the child, their family/carers and other professionals that recognises the distinct needs of children and young people and ensures the provision of privacy and dignity.

Assist in the safe, effective, efficient operational management of the department and nursing team, within allocated resources.

Assist in the delivery and monitoring of robust infection control measures departmental level.

Assist in the delivery and monitoring of all quality indicators at departmental level, including patient experience indicators and observation audits.

Work alongside the paediatric division at COCH with opportunities to rotate into CAU

This post involves rotational duties over a 24-hour period.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.