Sister or Charge Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic Paediatric Nurse to join our team in the Paediatric Emergency Department here at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust as a band 6. This role offers an ideal opportunity for a Paediatric Nurse with relevant Paediatric experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring high quality nursing care with minors, majors and resus patients. You must possess good leadership skills, skills in change management, as well as excellent team working skills, sound clinical knowledge and skills, but above all put the patient at the heart of everything you do. We also pride ourselves in having a big focus on safeguarding children. As a part of your role you will be expected to undertake a multi-disciplinary approach to safeguard children in our care.

Main duties of the job

The Emergency Department has a separate, dedicated Paediatric Department. The department welcomes new members and has an open and friendly culture which is strongly supportive of nursing development and expansion of skills and leadership. You will be given additional training in required clinical skills and management skills. If you are passionate about emergency care and feel you are up to the challenge of leadership in this exciting specialty, we would be delighted to hear from you.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

• Date posted: 20 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 001577
• Job locations: Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Urgent Care CSU operates across two main sites at St James’ Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary and has a designated Children’s Hospital. We are also the regional Trauma centre for adults and paediatrics. We see approximately 210,000 patients per year from a wide range of social and ethnic groups, making it one of the largest acute hospital trusts in England. Within the Paediatric Emergency Department we see approximately 40,000 children per year.

The Emergency Department has a separate, dedicated Paediatric Department. The department welcomes new members and has an open and friendly culture which is strongly supportive of nursing development and expansion of skills and leadership. You will be given additional training in required clinical skills and management skills.

If you are passionate about emergency care and feel you are up to the challenge of leadership in this exciting specialty, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic Paediatric Nurse to join our team in the Paediatric Emergency Department here at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust as a band 6. This role offers an ideal opportunity for a Paediatric Nurse with relevant Paediatric experience.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring high quality nursing care with minors, majors and resus patients. You must possess good leadership skills, skills in change management, as well as excellent team working skills, sound clinical knowledge and skills, but above all put the patient at the heart of everything you do.

We also pride ourselves in having a big focus on Safeguarding Children. As a part of your role you will be expected to undertake a multi-disciplinary approach to safeguard children in our care.

For questions about this job, contact:

Rea Barnes Senior Sister rea.barnes@nhs.net 0113 3920968

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.