# Paediatric ED Senior Sister/Charge Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-ed-senior-sistercharge-nurse/1f60cad2-08e6-472a-9f2c-3531a6937ca4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-ed-senior-sistercharge-nurse/1f60cad2-08e6-472a-9f2c-3531a6937ca4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Town:** Thornton Heath - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £53,751 - £60,651 pa pro rata inc HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (11.5hr shift pattern covering a variety of nights and days) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T11:52:31.660Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Paediatric_ED/Paediatric_ED-v8039431 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8039431?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Paediatric ED Senior Sister/Charge Nurse (Band 7) 2 Permanent Posts Are you currently an ED band 7 looking for a new challenge or a band 6 wanting to take the next step in your career? Do you want to be part of our growing team at an exciting time? We now have vacancies available for motivated, experienced and enthusiastic paediatric nurses to assist in leading our team in our Children’s Emergency Department.  We are a busy department who currently see about 30,000 children per year in a purpose built paediatric area within the Emergency Department. You will be supported by a Paediatric Matron and have developmental opportunities including simulation, QI and ACP pathways. Interviews: tbc ### Main duties of the job A band 7 post is now available due to expanding emergency paediatric services. We are proud of our purpose built, state of the art Children's Emergency Department which is a dedicated area to see children including two resuscitation bays, a high dependency area, an outside play area, a multi-sensory treatment room and an adolescent area, all finished to a high specification, to provide high quality care to the children of Croydon. We have a well established, friendly team of ED nurses and are supported by a Paediatric ED Practice Educator who is based in the unit. We are seeking experienced dynamic individuals who can flourish working within a fast paced and demanding environment. You will need sound clinical knowledge, excellent communication skills, leadership and the ability to work well in the multidisciplinary team. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an amazing team at a time of rapid growth and development. You will be responsible for leading a team and supporting the Paediatric matron in providing excellent care to the Croydon community. You will have the opportunity to attend a wide range of courses to develop your clinical and leadership skills. You will be encouraged to get involved with service improvement projects, redesign, recruitment and department audits. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role ## Job Details 2 Permanent Posts Are you currently an ED band 7 looking for a new challenge or a band 6 wanting to take the next step in your career? Do you want to be part of our growing team at an exciting time? We now have vacancies available for motivated, experienced and enthusiastic paediatric nurses to assist in leading our team in our Children’s Emergency Department. We are a busy department who currently see about 30,000 children per year in a purpose built paediatric area within the Emergency Department. You will be supported by a Paediatric Matron and have developmental opportunities including simulation, QI and ACP pathways. Interviews: tbc ## Job Description A band 7 post is now available due to expanding emergency paediatric services. We are proud of our purpose built, state of the art Children's Emergency Department which is a dedicated area to see children including two resuscitation bays, a high dependency area, an outside play area, a multi-sensory treatment room and an adolescent area, all finished to a high specification, to provide high quality care to the children of Croydon. We have a well established, friendly team of ED nurses and are supported by a Paediatric ED Practice Educator who is based in the unit. We are seeking experienced dynamic individuals who can flourish working within a fast paced and demanding environment. You will need sound clinical knowledge, excellent communication skills, leadership and the ability to work well in the multidisciplinary team. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an amazing team at a time of rapid growth and development. You will be responsible for leading a team and supporting the Paediatric matron in providing excellent care to the Croydon community. You will have the opportunity to attend a wide range of courses to develop your clinical and leadership skills. You will be encouraged to get involved with service improvement projects, redesign, recruitment and department audits. ## Responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial Paediatric A&E experience with proven experience at Band 6 - Current knowledge of NHS reforms **Desirable** - Specialist knowledge of emergency care ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Excellent communication skills - Extended A&E skills: triage/ streaming, wound closure, POP, phlebotomy - Presentation both verbal and written - Able to facilitate learning - Evidence of managing a team **Desirable** - Ability to provide clinical supervision and safeguarding supervision - recruitment and interview skills - evidence of involvement in audits, service improvements ### Education and qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse ( child branch) - Degree / evidence of post graduate learning - Mentorship or equivalent - Children Accident and emergency course or equivalent - EPLS **Desirable** - APLS - HMIMMS - Leadership course - ATLS - EPLS/ HMIMMS provider ## Documents - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [paediatric ed nursing leaflet (pdf, 726.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=982) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) - [band 7 children's emergency department (pdf, 456.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10327862) ## 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.