Emergency Department Paediatric Sister/Charge Nurse

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Crewe; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cheshire is seeking a dedicated Nurse for its Emergency Department. You will focus on delivering high-quality, family-centred care to both children and adults. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in paediatric care and excellent communication skills. The role involves working closely within a multidisciplinary team and providing support to patients and their families. Training opportunities are available to enhance your professional development.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Flexible working policies

Qualifications

• Robust understanding of paediatric care.
• Ability to manage complex paediatric and adult patient care.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and training.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs.
• Provide clinical expertise and guidance.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Clinical competence

Team collaboration

Education

Registered children’s nurse

Job description

As a Nurse within ED you will be part of a brilliant, friendly, hard‑working team who strive for excellence and support each other. The role is primarily looking after the needs of adults, children and their families, using a holistic approach. You will identify their health and well‑being needs using assessment skills, prioritise care and provide excellent standards of treatment to both the patient and their families or carers.

You will use the skills and training you already have coupled with those you will acquire through the fantastic training opportunities on offer. Providing support and health promotion to families that attend is crucial and good communication skills with children, families and other members of the multi‑disciplinary team is essential. The trust has guidelines and policies to follow that you will become familiar with to help support your clinical management of patients.

This role will be carried out in our brand‑new, state‑of‑the‑art, purpose‑built ED unit. Current staff have worked hard to fundraise to purchase play and sensory equipment and artwork to make the unit as child‑friendly and stress‑free as possible.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health‑care needs.
• Provide clinical expertise, advice and guidance in a specialist area of clinical practice to improve the overall care provided by the team.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met.
• Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to facilitate their understanding and cooperation.
• Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards.
• Provide escort and transfer for patients as directed by the multidisciplinary team.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Collect, collate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient records and documentation.
• Maintain a caring, approachable, consistently professional and clinically competent stance, developing clinical competence if newly qualified.
• Develop leadership skills over time and manage junior colleagues, students and unqualified staff, supervising the nursing care provided to ensure safe practice at all times.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Registered children’s nurse with a robust understanding of paediatric care.
• Clinical competence and the ability to manage complex paediatric and adult patient care.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience and commitment to providing family‑centred care in an emergency department setting.
• Willingness to participate in ongoing professional development and training.

Key Messages

• Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. Candidates requiring sponsorship to work in the UK are strongly advised to check the Government website for up‑to‑date, job‑specific information. The salary threshold for sponsorship is £25,000 for Health and Care Visas and £41,700 (with limited exceptions) for Skilled Worker visas. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet these immigration rules.
• Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process and we’ll be happy to discuss this with you.
• We actively promote flexible working. Please discuss any requirements you may have with us.
• Secondments will be considered for fixed‑term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before applying.
• All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.
• Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.
• Appointments are subject to a 6‑month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3‑month probationary period.
• You are required to pay for a DBS disclosure where the post requires one, and we encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
• We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.
• Some posts may have implications on existing NHS Pension Scheme arrangements. For further information please visit the NHS Pensions Agency website.

About Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. It employs almost 5,000 members of staff and provides around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children’s health.

Mid Cheshire is also part of the Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal. During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its "Be Safe Be EquiPPEd" campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients. The Trust’s performance in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey was outstanding, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.