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Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of coordinating shifts or acting as nurse in charge.
- Experience
Experience of supervising and supporting junior staff and students
- Communication
Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
- Communication
Demonstrate basic IT skills
- Communication
Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team
- Training and Qualification
Current level one NMC registration RN (Child) or RSCN
- Training and Qualification
Degree or working towards a degree
- Training and Qualification
Mentorship Course
- Analytical and Judgement Skills
Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care
- Analytical and Judgement Skills
Ability to identify own learning needs
- Analytical and Judgement Skills
Demonstrate an understanding of the deputy sister/charge nurse role
- Planning and Organisation Skills
Demonstrate the ability to effectively prioritise and manage competing demands within a busy clinical environment.
- Planning and Organisation Skills
Ability to manage and respond appropriately to changing clinical priorities and service pressures.
- Planning and Organisation Skills
Demonstrate the ability to work independently and make decisions within own sphere of responsibility
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Involvement in link nurse role/project work
- Experience
Experience of investigating incidents, complaints, or supporting learning from events
- Communication
Negotiation and influencing skills
- Communication
Advanced Communication Skills Training
- Training and Qualification
Formal Leadership/Management / Training
- Training and Qualification
A Degree in Children's Nursing
- Training and Qualification
APLS/EPALS Provider
- Training and Qualification
Completion of all local competency packages
- Analytical and Judgement Skills
Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to NHS strategy and policy
- Analytical and Judgement Skills
Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place
- Planning and Organisation Skills
Experience of managing patient flow, admissions, discharges, and bed capacity
- Planning and Organisation Skills
Demonstrable ability to work proactively and anticipate operational pressures within an acute healthcare setting
Job overview
Children's Assessment Unit and Ward E37 within Nottingham Children's Hospital.
The Children's Assessment Unit is a dynamic ward area. You will have the opportunity to work across two areas gaining a plethora of skills in assessing and treating the deteriorating patient.
You must be an RN Child qualified nurse with substantial experience of working in a Children's Hospital setting as a Band 5 or Band 6 nurse.
You must be able to lead a team, demonstrating excellent organisational and clinical skills.
You will be expected to co-ordinate care on the ward and deputise and support the Ward Managers. We are committed to supporting you and offer various professional development opportunities to enhance your acute medical nursing skills and knowledge.
Main duties of the job
Ensure high quality, evidence-based care is offered to patients and, in collaboration with the Ward Managers, identify the common issues which affect the quality of care, devising clear action plans to address any shortcomings. In collaboration with the Ward Managers, ensure that the patient has a satisfactory experience by evaluating patient process and the pathway of care. Support the Ward Managers in ensuring clinical audits takes place in line with the Trust’s requirements to improve practice. Being a point of contact for patients, visitors, relatives and staff acting as a resource for problems, needs and able to clearly present the patient’s view to others. Support the Ward Managers in ensuring the development and on-going management of work rosters that provide appropriate safe staff cover.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details on the requirements of the role and utilise this for completing 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.
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This advert is for Deputy Sister/Deputy Charge Nurse Children's Assessment Unit with Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in Nottingham, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Charge nurse role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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