Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - BNHH ED- paediatrics

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-house & university education

Friendly well-supported environment

Enhanced care skills (venepuncture, IV

ILS & palliative care training

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse for BNHH ED - paediatrics. The role involves being clinically in charge of shifts, leading a multidisciplinary team and supporting the expansion of the paediatric ambulatory service.

You will be supported by the Clinical Matron and ward sisters, with a strong focus on developing staff. Development of staff is central to running the service effectively, and the trust will invest time in your professional growth,

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with paediatric experience.
• Able to lead a shift and supervise staff.
• Degree level education or equivalent.
• Level 3 Management and Leadership certificate or equivalent (eg NVQ 3).
• Postgraduate learning in a specialist field (e.g., masters) or working towards.

Responsibilities

• Be clinically in charge of a shift and lead the team to deliver high-quality care.
• Support the expanding ambulatory service with your clinical expertise.
• Invest time in staff development and performance improvement.
• Provide holistic care for patients and families during vulnerability.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Leadership

Clinical governance

Mentorship

Team leading

Education

Degree level education

Management qualification

Teaching & Assessing Qualification

Postgraduate learning

Job description

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - BNHH ED- paediatrics

The closing date is 13 November 2026

Are you looking to develop your paediatric skills in a well-supported environment?

This role will offer the opportunity to be clinically in charge of a shift leading a team and supporting them in delivering high quality care. You will also be able to use your clinical expertise working in our expanding ambulatory service. You will be supported by the Clinical Matron and ward sisters. Development of staff is key to running our service effectively and we will invest our time in developing you.

Main duties of the job

• Enthusiastic and passionate registered Nurses with experience who are eager to develop your own clinical practice, knowledge and skills


• Staff who are able to (or willing to learn) to act as a role model for colleagues and student nurses within our team


• Nurses who are able to support the team to ensure that clinical services are delivered to a high standard.


• Registered Nurses who are able to provide holistic care for patient and their families when they are at their most vulnerable

What we Offer:

• In house & university based development & education


• A friendly well supported environment to work in


• Enhanced care skills including venepuncture and cannulation, ILS & palliative care


• An opportunity to look after a wide variety of paediatric patients (respiratory, gastro, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology & many more)

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience


• Level 3 Certificate/Diploma in Management and Leadership, or equivalent eg NVQ 3


• Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent study or work experience


• Additional Post graduate learning in specialist field including masters degree or working towards

Experience & Knowledge

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile


• Evidence of significant post registration clinical work experience


• Experience of staff supervision and mentorship including, employee relations, performance, conduct and training needs analysis


• Experience of project management for policy development or large scale projects

Skills & Ability

• Clinical Skills appropriate to the relevant speciality


• Understanding of effective clinical governance including implications, quality and audit
  
• Ability to work and lead within a multidisciplinary team across an organisation


• Customer Service experience i.e. dealing with complaints


• Highly specialist clinical skills across the relevant speciality
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust