Paediatric Sister/Charge Nurse

Job overview

Acute Paediatrics within the West Suffolk Hospital comprises of Paediatric Rainbow Children’s Ward and Children’s Assessment Unit and Paediatric Emergency Department.  We provide care to children and young people aged 0-16yrs across a range of medical and surgical specialities including, medicine, surgery, ENT & orthopaedics.

We are looking for a Passionate Band 6 nurse who is motivated and committed to working predominantly within our inpatient setting which includes both a Paediatric Ward and Children’s Assessment Unit.

Main duties of the job

You will play a key role in the senior nursing team; providing quality family-centered care to our patients and their families and be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and clinical skills.

You should have the ability to motivate and influence a team in response to the evolving needs of the service, adapting to the needs of the unit on a day-to-day basis.  The successful candidate will actively participate in and contribute to the management of the department and work as a mentor, teaching and supervising junior staff including, student nurses and nursing assistants. You will be keen to learn and develop new skills and knowledge through the availability of a variety of training opportunities whilst facilitation the learning needs of others.

The post holder will be required to work within a challenging clinical environment and undertake shift work which will include nights and weekends.

If you would like to explore the opportunities Rainbow can offer and you have the necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first, please contact Rachel Pym, Paediatric Ward Manager 01284 713319, rachel.pym@wsh.nhs.uk,  Kylie Richmond, Practice Development Nurse 01284 713315  [email protected] or Stacey Lambourne, [email protected]

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the Job role and person specification, please see that attached Job Description.