Band 6 - Junior Sister/Charge Nurse, Safari Unit, WACS

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Watford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Watford is seeking a Senior Paediatric Nurse to lead clinical care in a vibrant department focused on children. The role includes coordination of care, providing clinical leadership, and working with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high standards of patient safety and care. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and advancement in a supportive clinical environment that emphasizes innovation and flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Focus on staff wellbeing and development

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering high-quality, evidence-based paediatric care.
• Ability to coordinate a multidisciplinary team in a day-stay setting.
• Strong focus on patient experience, safety, and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the clinical area ensuring safe staffing and patient flow.
• Provide leadership and support to junior staff.
• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to children.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Advanced paediatric nursing skills

Patient safety focus

Education

Senior paediatric nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

Safari is a Paediatric Day Stay Unit at Watford General Hospital. We are a growing and vibrant department providing care for children aged 0-16 years with a wide range of surgical conditions, alongside an expanding ambulatory service and elective medical day admissions. Our day service continues to evolve, and we are seeking a flexible and adaptable nurse who is enthusiastic about contributing to change and service development. The successful applicant will be confident in affecting progression within the service and supporting the delivery of high-quality care.

If you are committed to delivering excellent, family-centred care and thrive in a collaborative and evolving clinical environment, this is the role for you.

Responsibilities

• As a shift leader, take responsibility for the coordination of the clinical area, ensuring safe staffing, effective patient flow, and the delivery of high standards of care.
• Provide clinical leadership, support junior staff, and work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive experience for children and their families.
• Work as part of an extended multidisciplinary team and care for children and their families undergoing a variety of surgical and medical procedures, while demonstrating a strong understanding of the importance and philosophy of paediatric day care.
• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to children and their families while acting as a clinical leader and shift coordinator within the service.
• Work autonomously while collaborating with the Senior Sister, Matron, and multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective, and child-centred care.
• Use advanced paediatric nursing skills to assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate individualised care, maintaining a focus on patient experience, safety, and safeguarding.
• Oversee staffing, patient flow, and clinical standards, responding to changing priorities and managing risk appropriately.

Qualifications / Experience

• Senior paediatric nurse with experience in the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based paediatric care.
• Strong clinical leadership skills and ability to coordinate a multidisciplinary team in a day-stay setting.
• Advanced paediatric nursing skills with a focus on patient experience, safety, and safeguarding.

About the Organization and Future Plans

With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience. Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others. We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and