# Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Barnet Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 Pro rata per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 23 hours per week (Long days/Nights)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-06T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-21T16:10:53.994Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Barnet/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatrics_Galaxy_ward/Paediatrics_Galaxy_ward-v8234298
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8234298?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder will work under the direction of the ward manager and hold responsibility for: The assessment of care needs for all patients, ensuring appropriately planned care is both implemented and evaluated. He/ she is expected to work with minimal supervision and will be designated to take charge of the unit on a regular basis. He/ she will act as an effective clinical leader and will ensure the clinical and professional development of all staff for whom they are responsible.

### Main duties of the job

To assess individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate care given to patients in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team. To provide efficient, effective and evidence based nursing care to children and young people within the hospital setting. To perform nursing procedures to a high standard in accordance with the Royal Free Clinical Practice Guidelines and policies and to ensure that these policies and procedures are understood and adhered to by all staff within own management responsibility. To be competent in the recognition and management of life threatening emergencies in children and be able to carry these out in the hospital setting.

### 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.

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of teaching
- Experience of managing a team

**Desirable**

- · Experience or risk management / clinical governance / policy and procedure development

### Skills and abilities

**Essential**

- Basic IT skills
- Ability to work autonomously and also as part of a team.
- Ability to produce high standards of documentation.
- Ability to negotiate and advocate for children and their families
- Ability to work well within a team
- Committed to family centred care

**Desirable**

- Cannulation/phlebotomy skills – or willingness to undertaking training
- Central Venous Access Device competencies or willingness to achieve competencies

### Royal Free World Class Values

**Essential**

- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust values; Positively Welcoming, Actively Respectful, Clearly Communicating, Visibly reassuring.

### Education & professional Qualifications

**Essential**

- RSCN / RN Child
- Teaching and Assessing course or Working towards

**Desirable**

- PILS/APLS/EPLS/ATLS
- Other relevant post registration / professional development.

## Documents

- [fr (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10544563)
- [band 6 ps (pdf, 80.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10544566)
- [band 6 jd (pdf, 184.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10544564)
- [nursing and midwifery - benefits, about rfl, values and governing objectives (pdf, 626.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2755)

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