Band 6 Children's Sister/Charge Nurse

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Ilford seeks a clinical nurse to provide leadership and oversee the care of children and young people. The role requires advanced clinical skills and the ability to plan and evaluate care programs independently. Ideal candidates should have a registered nurse qualification and experience in nursing supervision. This position offers a supportive environment and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to oversee assessment of care needs of children and young people.
• Planning, implementing, and evaluating care programs independently.
• Experience in education and supervision of nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Act as a role model providing leadership in the clinical area.
• Supervise and coordinate the work of staff as appropriate.
• Develop self and others professionally.

Skills

Advanced clinical specialist skills

Leadership

Patient-centered care

Education and supervision

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

We provide acute care across a range of clinical specialties including Oncology, Haematology, Respiratory, Diabetes, Endocrine, Neurology & Day Surgery. We also provide a children’s community nursing team. At QH we have 30 acute inpatient beds on Tropical Lagoon which includes 4 HDU level 2 beds. We have a children’s complex discharge co-ordinator to support the most effective flow across our children’s and neonatal areas and community services, also working with our tertiary hospitals to facilitate repatriating children back to QH and therefore closer to home. We have practice educators across all of children’s services to provide education to all our staff in the clinical and classroom setting.

Our Children’s and Young People’s Assessment Unit (CYPAU) at QH has a 9 bedded 24hr facility used for the assessment and treatment of children who require urgent medical care, alongside PELC referrals and 4 CCDU (Children’s clinical decision unit) chairs. Dahlia Ward is an 8 bedded unit at King George’s hospital which takes lower acuity patients combined with 4 CCDU (Children’s clinical decision unit) chairs. Tropical Bay is our day unit where we provide our oncology and Haematology services alongside our elective day care procedures. We have a 32-cot level 2 NICU, with a transitional care team working closely with our maternity colleagues enabling mums and babies to stay together and we have our community neonatal team who facilitate discharge home and continue to support at home.

The post holder will act as a role model and provide leadership in the clinical area and will be responsible for overseeing assessment of care needs of children and young people, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. Responsible in education and supervision of staff as coordinated with the Children’s Clinical Nurse Educator. To demonstrate advanced clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised evidence based patient centered care while supervising the work of others. To expect to take charge on each shift and to supervise and co-ordinate other staff as appropriate, develops self and others professionally.

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

The post holder will act as a role model and provide leadership in the clinical area and will be responsible for overseeing assessment of care needs of children and young people, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. Responsible in education and supervision of staff as coordinated with the Children’s Clinical Nurse Educator. To demonstrate advanced clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised evidence based patient centered care while supervising the work of others. To expect to take charge on each shift and to supervise and co-ordinate other staff as appropriate, develops self and others professionally.

What we offer and how to apply

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online. For queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact KeKe Igere, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5208.

Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

This advert closes on Thursday 9 Oct 2025