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 in Kent is seeking a Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse for Children’s Services to lead and develop a busy ward, delivering high‑quality patient care and supporting the nursing team. You will work across our Children’s Ward providing HDU care, a 24hr Assessment Unit and a Day Case Surgical area, applying clinical leadership and innovative practice to improve outcomes.

The role includes opportunities for leadership development and progression through academic pathways in

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

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