Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse - Paediatrics

Medway NHS Foundation Trust; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse to support the Children’s Services. The role sits in a busy ward with HDU care, a 24-hour assessment unit and a day-case surgical area, focusing on high-quality patient care and leadership within the team.

You will work under the Head of Nursing for Children and Young People with development opportunities and a commitment to value-driven care across the Trust.

Job description

Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse - Children's Services

• Division: Women, Children and Young People
• Care Group: Children & Young People
• Band: 6
• Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum/Pro Rata

We are recruiting for an Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Working with us you will enhance on your Nursing skills working within a variety of setting those including a busy Children's Ward that provides HDU care, a 24hr Assessment Unit plus a Day case Surgical area, utilising your skills within these areas will definitely make you 'think outside the box!'

Our Children’s nursing team is expanding, and is led by our Head of Nursing for Children and Young People, a Trust wide role to ensure children and young people receive high quality care wherever they access our services across the organisation.

You will be supported by Practice Development Nurse, together with a friendly multidisciplinary team and a corporate training and development team. We have in house leadership programmes and work with a range of universities to ensure you can progress through academic pathways in order to support your career development.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST Values Underpin Patient First And Are At The Core Of The Care We Give To Our Patients, The Support We Offer To Our Staff And Our Overall Leadership Approach

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Sharman Job title: Matron Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01634 976149