Band 6 Children's Sister/Charge Nurse (Mat Leave Cover)

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Romford is seeking a dedicated clinical leader for the Children's Department to oversee patient care and staff supervision. Ideal candidates should demonstrate advanced clinical skills and the ability to mentor a multidisciplinary team. A probationary period applies, and applications are online only. The closing date for applications is September 15, 2025.

Qualifications

• Role model and leadership in the clinical area.
• Advanced clinical specialist skills for patient-centred care.
• Education and supervision of staff.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing assessment of patient care needs.
• Planning, implementation, and evaluation of care programmes.
• Supervising and coordinating staff on each shift.

Job description

Overview

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

Our busy Children’s Department covers two sites – Queens Hospital in Romford and King George’s Hospital in Ilford. We deliver a comprehensive range of general medical and surgical services to our local population and have two inpatient wards, one with a co-located 4 bedded HDU, a day unit with a POSCU and haematology service, two outpatients departments with a GP ‘hot clinic’, a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists and a Children’s Community Nursing team. Our well established 32 cot level 2 NICU has both community and outreach teams to support babies on discharge. Our Children’s nursing team is expanding and is led by our Director of Nursing for Child Health, a Trust wide role to ensure children and young people receive high quality care wherever they access services across our organisation.

You will be supported by Clinical Nurse Educator, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and Quality managers, together with a friendly multidisciplinary team and a corporate training and development team.

We know it takes happy, motivated staff to produce patient satisfaction, so we’re investing in making our hospitals great places to work. It’s about living our values: Passion, Responsibility, Innovation, Drive and Empowerment – the PRIDE at the heart of all we do.

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 patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision.
• Responsible for education and supervision of staff as coordinated with the Children’s PDN. Demonstrate advanced clinical specialist skills to provide the highest standard of individualised evidence based patient centred care while supervising the work of others.
• Take charge on each shift and supervise and co-ordinate other staff as appropriate; develop self and others professionally.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Probationary period applies for all new staff appointed to posts at the Trust.
• Applications should be made online. Queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or adjustments (for applicants with a disability) may be directed to KeKe Igere, Recruitment Advisor, at 01708 435000 ext. 5938. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
• Please review the full Job Description and Person Specification prior to submitting your application. The person specification listed below is not the full specification; ensure you review the full specification on the job description.

Additional Information

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.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. The applicant should ensure they clearly demonstrate how they meet the criteria in the person specification in the supporting information section of the application form.

Application Close

This advert closes on Monday 15 Sep 2025