# Senior Staff Nurse - Children's Emergency Department > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-childrens-emergency-department/4086038e-4c4d-4ec2-b51a-369556588ae4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-childrens-emergency-department/4086038e-4c4d-4ec2-b51a-369556588ae4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata plus HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-12T10:00:28.882Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Lewisham_Greenwich_NHS_Trust/Paediatric_Emergency_Department/Paediatric_Emergency_Department-v7992812 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7992812?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a registered childrens nurse with experience working in a paediatric emergency department? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual with ED experience to enhance their skills as a band 6 at LGT. You will have experience in triage, plaster of paris, Venepuncture and Cannulation, EPLS/APLS, ED/HDU course or equivalent. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate would take charge in the busy Paediatric Emergency Department on a shift working long days and nights. As a registered children’s nurse, the post holder will provide leadership in the  delivery of care to children, young people and their families in the emergency  department setting. The post holder will be accountable and responsible for providing a high standard of child and family focused care. They will need to be able  to carry out care without direct supervision as part of the Emergency Department  team and supervise juniors and communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team contributing towards the effective running of the department. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical duties include: - Provision of expert specialist, high quality nursing care and support for children, young people and their relatives/carers. - Appropriate delegation of duties to other members of staff for effective delivery of patient care. - To provide timely nurse led interventions for the benefit of the child/ young  person’s care. - To assess, plan implement and evaluate care of patients from admission to discharge to supervise juniors in the assessment and deliver of care. - To be part of the effective admission / transfer / discharge of a patient involving the family, carers, significant other, multidisciplinary team and community teams when appropriate. - To maintain effective channels of communication with patients, relatives and all staff involved in providing care. - To provide and receive nursing handover reports in the role of team member,  co-ordinator. - To act as paediatric nurse in charge, coordinating care delivery to children and young people ensuring high quality care for every patient, every day. - To be part of the process in implementing clinical governance and the impact this has on patient care, i.e., audit and evidenced based practice. - Ensure that written documentation is maintained in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for Records and Record Keeping and Trust  policy. - To ensure that the storage and administration of Medicines is carried out according to statutory and Trust regulations. - To act as a resource for adult trained nurses when they are involved in the care of children. ## Job Details Are you a registered childrens nurse with experience working in a paediatric emergency department? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual with ED experience to enhance their skills as a band 6 at LGT. You will have experience in triage, plaster of paris, Venepuncture and Cannulation, EPLS/APLS, ED/HDU course or equivalent. ## Job Description The successful candidate would take charge in the busy Paediatric Emergency Department on a shift working long days and nights. As a registered children’s nurse, the post holder will provide leadership in the delivery of care to children, young people and their families in the emergency department setting. The post holder will be accountable and responsible for providing a high standard of child and family focused care. They will need to be able to carry out care without direct supervision as part of the Emergency Department team and supervise juniors and communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team contributing towards the effective running of the department. ## Responsibilities Clinical duties include: Provision of expert specialist, high quality nursing care and support for children, young people and their relatives/carers. - Appropriate delegation of duties to other members of staff for effective delivery of patient care. - To provide timely nurse led interventions for the benefit of the child/ young person’s care. - To assess, plan implement and evaluate care of patients from admission to discharge to supervise juniors in the assessment and deliver of care. - To be part of the effective admission / transfer / discharge of a patient involving the family, carers, significant other, multidisciplinary team and community teams when appropriate. - To maintain effective channels of communication with patients, relatives and all staff involved in providing care. - To provide and receive nursing handover reports in the role of team member, co-ordinator. - To act as paediatric nurse in charge, coordinating care delivery to children and young people ensuring high quality care for every patient, every day. - To be part of the process in implementing clinical governance and the impact this has on patient care, i.e., audit and evidenced based practice. - Ensure that written documentation is maintained in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for Records and Record Keeping and Trust policy. - To ensure that the storage and administration of Medicines is carried out according to statutory and Trust regulations. - To act as a resource for adult trained nurses when they are involved in the care of children. ## Person Specification ### Educational & Training **Essential** - RN Child branch/ RSCN **Desirable** - Diploma/Degree ### Experience / Education **Essential** - Substantial appropriate post registration experience - Significant experience of working in an Emergency department environment - Experience in audits **Desirable** - Link nurse role ### Skills, Knowledge and Abilities **Essential** - Triage - Plaster of Paris - Venepuncture and Cannulation - EPLS/APLS - Practice Supervisor - ED/HDU course **Desirable** - Practice Assessor - Roster management experience ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 456.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10370950) - [working at lgt (pdf, 4.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2533) - [candidates guidance on applying (pdf, 175.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2964) - [candidate guidance on the use of ai (pdf, 3.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2978) - [visa and certificate of sponsorship information for applicants (pdf, 3.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2936) ## 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.