# Children’s Emergency Department Senior Sister/Charge Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-emergency-department-senior-sistercharge-nurse/cb10eeb2-3cf4-4397-92b5-9717f474bed8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/childrens-emergency-department-senior-sistercharge-nurse/cb10eeb2-3cf4-4397-92b5-9717f474bed8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Charge nurse - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inc - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T09:50:32.111Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/A_Paediatric_Unit/A_Paediatric_Unit-v8379682 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8379682?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated compassionate individual to join our team. An experienced nurse leader who is enthusiastic and dynamic. Working in conjunction with the wider hospital team to deliver a high standard of care to all our patients. Managing and leading a busy department and team of ED staff. Motivating and role modelling high standards, implementing and driving improvements and initiatives. Continuously striving to achieve an outstanding Emergency department ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will provide enthusiastic, passionate and innovative nursing leadership to day-to-day operational management and running of the Emergency Department. A Sister/Charge Nurse is expected to take part in supporting staff development, ensuring innovative ways of working are introduced and being an advocate to local & trust wide agenda’s as well as own work that will help to make the department an outstanding place to work and visit. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Shift work will be required through the 24 hours period. - Take responsibility for own learning and performance manages staff in relation to recruitment, performance and absence. - Ensures performance reviews are undertaken (minimum of yearly) - Ability to self-reflect. ### Skills **Essential** - Recent and relevant experience in Children’s ED Nursing. - Sound ability to work as a team member with good emotional intelligence skills to read situations and balancing responses with empathy and gusto. - Ability to manage own workload - Excellent verbal and written communication skills within documentation and with all members of the team, patients and their carers - Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure - Adaptability to changing workload - Role model for junior colleagues - Sound ability to problem solve and balance risk, safety and performance, putting patients and staff at the heart of your decisions. - Excellent people management skills with understanding of HR practice/policy. - Excellent emotional intelligence to situations and people. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially during times of pressure. - Excellent interpersonal skills. - Excellent organisational and problem solving skills. - Practices openness, honesty and transparency. - Ability to cope and implement change and manage resilience - Ability to identify and provide ranges of feedback, Ability to manage risk, risk assess and mitigate against risk. - Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor against required outcomes. - Demonstrate understanding and role in management of ED operational standards. **Desirable** - Budget Management - Complaint Management - Conflict Resolution - Breakaway Training - Mental Health First - Roster Management - Aid/Awareness ### Knowledge **Essential** - Clinical experience within Emergency Care - Evidence of continual professional development of self and others - Service quality improvement in practice - Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy - Audit and analysis skills. - Knowledge and application of health and safety policy and legislation. **Desirable** - Service quality improvement in practice - Audit and analysis skills. ### Experience **Essential** - Specialist A&E/ED course or working towards - Mentorship Course or Equivalent - Relevant ED experience **Desirable** - ED specialist skills ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered childrens’ Nurse. - Degree or equivalent and relevant experience as RCN. - Department leadership experience at band 6 - Specialist A&E/ED course. Mentorship Course or Equivalent - ALS or equivalent - Safeguarding Level 3 trained **Desirable** - Masters or Masters Level Achievements - Leadership/Management course. ## Documents - [wxh bus route (pdf, 286.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10708375) - [job description (pdf, 423.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10708374) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## 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.